Question

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		$

Answer 1