Selected accounts included in the property, plant, and equipment section of Splish Corporation’s balance sheet at December 31, 2019, had the following balances. Land   $378,000 Land improvements   176,400 Buildings   1,386,000 Equipment   1,209,600 During 2020, the following transactions occurred. 1.   A tract of land was acquired for $189,000 as a potential future building site. 2.   A plant facility consisting of land and building was acquired from Mendota Company in exchange for 25,200 shares of Splish’s common stock. On the acquisition date, Splish’s stock had a closing market price of $37 per share on a national stock exchange. The plant facility was carried on Mendota’s books at $138,600 for land and $403,200 for the building at the exchange date. Current appraised values for the land and building, respectively, are $289,800 and $869,400. 3.   Items of machinery and equipment were purchased at a total cost of $504,000. Additional costs were incurred as follows.   Freight and unloading   $16,380 Sales taxes   25,200 Installation   32,760   4.   Expenditures totaling $119,700 were made for new parking lots, streets, and sidewalks at the corporation’s various plant locations. These expenditures had an estimated useful life of 15 years. 5.   A machine costing $100,800 on January 1, 2012, was scrapped on June 30, 2020. Double-declining-balance depreciation has been recorded on the basis of a 10-year life. 6.   A machine was sold for $25,200 on July 1, 2020. Original cost of the machine was $55,440 on January 1, 2017, and it was depreciated on the straight-line basis over an estimated useful life of 7 years and a salvage value of $2,520. (a) Calculate the balance at December 31, 2020 in each of the following balance sheet accounts. (Hint: Disregard the related accumulated depreciation accounts.)     Balance at December 31, 2020 Land   $  Land Improvements   $  Buildings   $  Equipment   $

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Selected accounts included in the property, plant, and equipment section of Splish Corporation’s balance sheet at December 31, 2019, had the following balances.

Land   $378,000
Land improvements   176,400
Buildings   1,386,000
Equipment   1,209,600


During 2020, the following transactions occurred.

1.   A tract of land was acquired for $189,000 as a potential future building site.
2.   A plant facility consisting of land and building was acquired from Mendota Company in exchange for 25,200 shares of Splish’s common stock. On the acquisition date, Splish’s stock had a closing market price of $37 per share on a national stock exchange. The plant facility was carried on Mendota’s books at $138,600 for land and $403,200 for the building at the exchange date. Current appraised values for the land and building, respectively, are $289,800 and $869,400.
3.   Items of machinery and equipment were purchased at a total cost of $504,000. Additional costs were incurred as follows.

 

Freight and unloading   $16,380
Sales taxes   25,200
Installation   32,760

 

4.   Expenditures totaling $119,700 were made for new parking lots, streets, and sidewalks at the corporation’s various plant locations. These expenditures had an estimated useful life of 15 years.
5.   A machine costing $100,800 on January 1, 2012, was scrapped on June 30, 2020. Double-declining-balance depreciation has been recorded on the basis of a 10-year life.
6.   A machine was sold for $25,200 on July 1, 2020. Original cost of the machine was $55,440 on January 1, 2017, and it was depreciated on the straight-line basis over an estimated useful life of 7 years and a salvage value of $2,520.


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Calculate the balance at December 31, 2020 in each of the following balance sheet accounts. (Hint: Disregard the related accumulated depreciation accounts.)

    Balance at December 31, 2020
Land  
Land Improvements  
Buildings  
Equipment  
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