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Ivanhoe Corp. designs and builds custom harvesting equipment for logging companies across Canada. The company, which is publicly traded, has a May 31 year end.
Ivanhoe Corp. designs and builds custom harvesting equipment for logging companies across Canada. The company, which is publicly traded, has a May 31 year end. On February 18, 2024, Ivanhoe signed a contract with Kingbird Harvesting Ltd. to design and build 25 custom harvesters that can harvest wood at the steep grades found along many of the Pacific Coast timber stands included in Kingbird's harvesting leases. The following events took place in 2024 in relation to the contract:
1. | February 18: Officials from Ivanhoe and Kingbird sign the contract. The contract was for $5.8 million. Ivanhoe is to design, manufacture, and deliver the 25 machines to Kingbird's operations centre in Duncan, British Columbia. Ivanhoe's management estimates that the design component of the contract would be valued at $600,000 if contracted for separately, while the machine construction component of the contract would be valued at $5.7 million if the machines were purchased separately. Ivanhoe agrees to provide a three-year assurance-type warranty for the machines, and the company's management estimates that the warranty claims would total $262,000 based on past experience. Kingbird agrees to pay a $1,340,000 deposit within 10 days of signing the contract and to pay the balance within 15 days of the equipment being delivered. | |
2. | February 25: Kingbird pays the deposit specified in the contract. | |
3. | March 28: Ivanhoe's engineering staff complete the equipment design and it is approved by officials from Kingbird. | |
4. | May 18: Ivanhoe completes construction of the 25 harvesters. | |
5. | May 20: The 25 harvesters are loaded onto Ivanhoe's trucks and are delivered to Kingbird's operation centre in Duncan later that day. | |
6. | June 2: Kingbird pays the balance owing on the contract. |
Prepare Ivanhoe's required journal entries for all of the dates appearing above along with any other necessary journal entries for the contract based on your analysis in part (a). (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. List all debit entries before credit entries. Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125.)