1. In its first year of business, Baumgartner Company purchased land, a building, and equipment on March 5, 2013, for $650,000 in total. The land was valued at $275,000, the building at $343,750, and the equipment at $68,750. Additional information on the depreciable assets follows:

(a) Allocate the purchase cost of the lan4 building, and equipment to each of the assets.

(b) Baumgartner Company has a December 31 fiscal year end and is trying to decide how to calculate depreciation for assets purchased during the year. Calculate depreciation expense for the building and equipment for 2013 and 2014 assuming:

1. depreciation is calculated to the nearest whole month.

2. a half year depreciation is recorded in the year of acquisition.

(c) What policy should Baumgartner Company follow in the year of acquisition: recording depreciation to the nearest whole month or recording a half year depreciation?