Chapter 10, Problem 3BP

1.

To determine

Prepare a table to allocate the costs incurred by Company P.

Explanation of Solution

Lump-Sum purchase:

If a company purchases a group of assets collectively and a lump sum amount is paid for such purchase, then it is referred to as basket purchase. The accounting term for this type of acquisition is the lump-sum purchase.

Compute the total cost of the assets as follows:

Table (1)

Note: Refer table-2 for the purchase price of each asset.

Working note:

Prepare a table to allocate the costs incurred by Company P as follows:

Assets	Fair Market Value (in $)	Percent of total=$\frac{\left(\begin{array}{l}\text{Market value of }\\ \text{specific asset}\end{array}\right)}{\left(\begin{array}{l}\text{Market value of }\\ \text{total assets}\end{array}\right)}$	Allocation of the purchase price based on the percentage of total$\left(\begin{array}{l}\$2,600,000\times \text{Specific asset's}\\ \text{ percentage of total}\end{array}\right)$
Land	795,200	$\frac{\$795,200}{\$1,420,000}$ =56%	868,000
Building B	482,800	$\frac{\$482,800}{\$1,420,000}$=34%	527,000
Land Improvements B	142,000	$\frac{\$142,000}{\$1,420,000}$=10%	155,000
Total	$1,420,000		$1,550,000

…… (1)

2.

To determine

Prepare a single journal entry to record all the incurred costs.

Explanation of Solution

Prepare a single journal entry to record all the incurred costs as follows:

Date	Account Title and Explanation	Debit ($)	Credit ($)
January 1	Land	1,164,500
	Land improvements B	155,000
	Land Improvements C	103,500
	Building B	527,000
	Building C	1,458,000
	Cash		3,408,000
	(To record the costs of lump-sum purchase)

Table (2)

• Land is an asset account and it is increased. Therefore, debit land account.
• Land Improvements are the asset account and they are increased. Therefore, debit land improvements account.
• Building is an asset account and it is increased. Therefore debit building account.
• Cash is an asset account and it is decreased. Therefore credit cash account.

3.

To determine

Prepare the December 31 adjusting entries to record depreciation of the assets for the first year.

Explanation of Solution

Prepare the December 31 adjusting entries to record depreciation of the assets for the first year as follows:

Building B:

Date	Account title and Explanation	Post Ref.	Debit ($)	Credit ($)
December 31	Depreciation expense (2)		28,500
	Accumulated depreciation			28,500
	(To record the depreciation expense)

Table (3)

• Depreciation expense is an expense account, and it decreases the value of equity. Hence, debit the depreciation expense by $28,500.
• Accumulated depreciation is a contra asset, and it decreases the value of assets. Therefore, credit the accumulated depreciation by $28,500.

Working Note:

Calculate the depreciation expense.

$\begin{array}{c}\text{Depreciation = }\frac{\left(\text{Cost of the asset}-\text{Residual value}\right)}{\text{Estimated useful life of the asset}}\\ =\frac{\$527,000-\$99,500}{15\text{years}}\\ =\$28,500\end{array}$ (2)

Building C:

Date	Account title and Explanation	Post Ref.	Debit ( $)	Credit ($)
December 31	Depreciation expense (3)		60,000
	Accumulated depreciation			60,000
	(To record the depreciation expense)

Table (4)

• Depreciation expense is an expense account, and it decreases the value of equity. Hence, debit the depreciation expense by $60,000.
• Accumulated depreciation is a contra asset, and it decreases the value of assets. Therefore, credit the accumulated depreciation by $60,000.

Working Note:

Calculate the depreciation expense.

$\begin{array}{c}\text{Depreciation = }\frac{\left(\text{Cost of the asset}-\text{Residual value}\right)}{\text{Estimated useful life of the asset}}\\ =\frac{\$1,458,000-\$258,000}{20\text{years}}\\ =\$60,000\end{array}$ (3)

Land Improvements B:

Date	Account title and Explanation	Post Ref.	Debit ( $)	Credit ($)
December 31	Depreciation expense (4)		31,000
	Accumulated depreciation			31,000
	(To record the depreciation expense)

Table (5)

• Depreciation expense is an expense account, and it decreases the value of equity. Hence, debit the depreciation expense by $31,000.
• Accumulated depreciation is a contra asset, and it decreases the value of assets. Therefore, credit the accumulated depreciation by $31,000.

Working Note:

Calculate the depreciation expense.

$\begin{array}{c}\text{Depreciation = }\frac{\left(\text{Cost of the asset}-\text{Residual value}\right)}{\text{Estimated useful life of the asset}}\\ =\frac{\$155,000-\$0}{5\text{years}}\\ =\$31,000\end{array}$ (4)

Land Improvements C:

Date	Account title and Explanation	Post Ref.	Debit ($)	Credit ($)
December 31	Depreciation expense (5)		10,350
	Accumulated depreciation			10,350
	(To record the depreciation expense)

Table (6)

• Depreciation expense is an expense account, and it decreases the value of equity. Hence, debit the depreciation expense by $10,350.
• Accumulated depreciation is a contra asset, and it decreases the value of assets. Therefore, credit the accumulated depreciation by $10,350.

Working Note:

Calculate the depreciation expense.

$\begin{array}{c}\text{Depreciation = }\frac{\left(\text{Cost of the asset}-\text{Residual value}\right)}{\text{Estimated useful life of the asset}}\\ =\frac{\$103,500-\$0}{10\text{years}}\\ =\$10,350\end{array}$ (5)