Company A exchanges equipment with Company B, resulting in a gain for company A. The transaction has commercial substance. Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding this transaction as it related to company A? The entire amount of the gain would be recognized Only a part of the gain would be recognized None of the gain would be recongnized Because the transaction has commercial substance. Company A is in the same economic position as it was before the exchange took place.
Company A exchanges equipment with Company B, resulting in a gain for company A. The transaction has commercial substance. Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding this transaction as it related to company A? The entire amount of the gain would be recognized Only a part of the gain would be recognized None of the gain would be recongnized Because the transaction has commercial substance. Company A is in the same economic position as it was before the exchange took place.
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Transcribed Image Text:Company A exchanges equipment with Company B, resulting in a gain for company A. The
transaction has commercial substance. Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding
this transaction as it related to company A?
The entire amount of the gain would be recognized
Only a part of the gain would be recognized
None of the gain would be recongnized
Because the transaction has commercial substance. Company A is in the same economic position as it
was before the exchange took place.
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