In: Accounting
On April 1, 2017, Flounder Company received a condemnation award of $490,200 cash as compensation for the forced sale of the company’s land and building, which stood in the path of a new state highway. The land and building cost $68,400 and $319,200, respectively, when they were acquired. At April 1, 2017, the accumulated depreciation relating to the building amounted to $182,400. On August 1, 2017, Flounder purchased a piece of replacement property for cash. The new land cost $102,600, and the new building cost $456,000.
| Date | Account Title & Description | Debit ($) | Credit($) |
| Apr 1,2017 | cash | 4,90,000 | |
| Accumulated depreciation - building | 1,82,400 | ||
| Land | 68,400 | ||
| Building | 3,19,200 | ||
| Gain on sale of plant assets | 2,84,800 | ||
| (To Record the Gain on Forced Sale of Land and Building) | |||
| Aug 1, 2017 | Land | 1,02,600 | |
| Building | 4,56,000 | ||
| cash | 5,58,600 | ||
| (To Record the Purchase of Land and Building) |