Delta Packaging Inc. purchased a new packaging machine for $150,000. The company traded in its old machine and received a trade-in allowance of $95,000. The company paid the remaining $55,000 in cash. The original cost of the old machine was $140,000, and it had accumulated depreciation of $60,000. If the transaction has commercial substance, at what amount should Delta record the new packaging machine?
Delta Packaging Inc. purchased a new packaging machine for $150,000. The company traded in its old machine and received a trade-in allowance of $95,000. The company paid the remaining $55,000 in cash. The original cost of the old machine was $140,000, and it had accumulated depreciation of $60,000. If the transaction has commercial substance, at what amount should Delta record the new packaging machine?
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Transcribed Image Text:Delta Packaging Inc. purchased a new packaging machine
for $150,000. The company traded in its old machine and
received a trade-in allowance of $95,000. The company
paid the remaining $55,000 in cash.
The original cost of the old machine was $140,000, and it
had accumulated depreciation of $60,000.
If the transaction has commercial substance, at what
amount should Delta record the new packaging
machine?
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