The following payments and receipts are related to land, land improvements, and buildings acquired for use in a wholesale apparel business. The receipts are identified by an asterisk.

a. Architect's and engineer's fees for plans and supervision ...................................... $ 80,000

b. Cost of filling and rading land ....................................................................... 30,000

c. Cost of removing building purchased with land in (e) ............................................ 10,000

d. Cost of paving parking lot to be used by customers .............................................. 25,000

e. Cost of real estate acquired as a plant site: Land ($375,000) and Building ($25,000) ...... 400,000

f. Cost of repairing windstorm damage during construction ......................................... 5,000

g. Cost of repairing vandalism damage during construction ......................................... 1,800

h. Cost of trees and shrubbery planted ............................................................. 12,000

i. Delinquent real estate taxes on property, assumed by purchaser ................................ 20,000

j. Fee paid to attorney for title search ............................................................... 3,000

k. Finder's fee paid to real estate agency ............................................................ 4,000

l. Interest incurred on building loan during construction .............................................. 40,000

m. Money borrowed to pay building contractor ................................................... 775,000*

n. Payment to building contractor for new building ................................................ 750,000

o. Proceeds from insurance company for windstorm and vandalism damage .................... 3,600*

p. Premium on one-year insurance policy during construction ..................................... 7,500

q. Proceeds from sale of salvage materials from old building ...................................... 4,000*

r. Refund of premium on insurance policy (p) canceled after 10 months ........................ 1,250*

s. Special assessment paid to city for extension of water main to the property ................. 10,500

Instruction

1. Assign each payment and receipt to Land (unlimited life), Land Improvements (limited life), Building, or Other Accounts. Indicate receipts by an asterisk. Identify each item by letter and list the amounts in columnar form, as follows:

2. Determine the increases to Land, Land Improvements, and Building.
3. The costs assigned to the land, which is used as a plant site, will not be depreciated, while the costs assigned to land improvements will be depreciated. Explain this seemingly contradictory application of the concept of depreciation.

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Land Improvements Other Accounts Item Land Building