In: Accounting
Selected accounts included in the property, plant, and equipment
section of Tamarisk Corporation’s balance sheet at December 31,
2019, had the following balances.
Land | $306,000 | |
Land improvements | 142,800 | |
Buildings | 1,122,000 | |
Equipment | 979,200 |
During 2020, the following transactions occurred.
1. | A tract of land was acquired for $153,000 as a potential future building site. | |
2. | A plant facility consisting of land and building was acquired from Mendota Company in exchange for 20,400 shares of Tamarisk’s common stock. On the acquisition date, Tamarisk’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 $112,200 for land and $326,400 for the building at the exchange date. Current appraised values for the land and building, respectively, are $234,600 and $703,800. | |
3. | Items of machinery and equipment were purchased at a total cost of $408,000. Additional costs were incurred as follows. |
Freight and unloading | $13,260 | |
Sales taxes | 20,400 | |
Installation | 26,520 |
4. | Expenditures totaling $96,900 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 $81,600 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 $20,400 on July 1, 2020. Original cost of the machine was $44,880 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 $2,040. |
(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 |
$ |