Question: A manufacturing company traded in old equipment with an original cost of $95,000 and accumulated depreciation of $65,000 for new equipment with a fair value of $110,000. The company received a trade-in allowance of $40,000 on the old equipment and paid the remaining $70,000 in cash. If the transaction has commercial substance, at what amount should the company record the new equipment?

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Question: A manufacturing company traded in old equipment
with an original cost of $95,000 and accumulated depreciation
of $65,000 for new equipment with a fair value of $110,000.
The company received a trade-in allowance of $40,000 on the
old equipment and paid the remaining $70,000 in cash.
If the transaction has commercial substance, at what amount
should the company record the new equipment?
Transcribed Image Text:Question: A manufacturing company traded in old equipment with an original cost of $95,000 and accumulated depreciation of $65,000 for new equipment with a fair value of $110,000. The company received a trade-in allowance of $40,000 on the old equipment and paid the remaining $70,000 in cash. If the transaction has commercial substance, at what amount should the company record the new equipment?
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