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Tristar Production Company began operations on September 1, 2018. Listed below are a number of transactions...

Tristar Production Company began operations on September 1, 2018. Listed below are a number of transactions that occurred during its first four months of operations. (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.) On September 1, the company acquired five acres of land with a building that will be used as a warehouse. Tristar paid $250,000 in cash for the property. According to appraisals, the land had a fair value of $178,200 and the building had a fair value of $91,800. On September 1, Tristar signed a $55,000 noninterest-bearing note to purchase equipment. The $55,000 payment is due on September 1, 2019. Assume that 10% is a reasonable interest rate. On September 15, a truck was donated to the corporation. Similar trucks were selling for $4,000. On September 18, the company paid its lawyer $5,000 for organizing the corporation. On October 10, Tristar purchased maintenance equipment for cash. The purchase price was $30,000 and $1,250 in freight charges also were paid. On December 2, Tristar acquired various items of office equipment. The company was short of cash and could not pay the $7,000 normal cash price. The supplier agreed to accept 200 shares of the company's nopar common stock in exchange for the equipment. The fair value of the stock is not readily determinable. On December 10, the company acquired a tract of land at a cost of $35,000. It paid $5,000 down and signed a 12% note with both principal and interest due in one year. Twelve percent is an appropriate rate of interest for this note. Required: Prepare journal entries to record each of the above transactions. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field. Round final answers to the nearest whole dollars.)

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  1. On September 1, the company acquired five acres of land with a building that will be used as a warehouse. Tristar paid $250,000 in cash for the property. According to appraisals, the land had a fair value of $178,200 and the building had a fair value of $91,800.

Asset

Fair Value

Percentage of Total Fare Value

Initial Valuation

Land

$178,200

66

$165,000

Building

$91,800

34

$85,000

Total

$270,000

100

$250,000

  1. On September 1, Tristar signed a $55,000 noninterest-bearing note to purchase equipment. The $55,000 payment is due on September 1, 2019. Assume that 10% is a reasonable interest rate.

PV(FV=55,000, PMT=0, n=1, i=10) = 55,000*0.909=49,995

Equipment                              49,995

Discount on note payable 5,005

Note payable 55,000

  1. On September 15, a truck was donated to the corporation. Similar trucks were selling for $4,000.

Truck                                                                  4,000

          Revenue - donation of asset 4,000

  1. On September 18, the company paid its lawyer $5,000 for organizing the corporation.

Organization cost expense      5,000

                  Cash                                            5,000

  1. On October 10, Tristar purchased maintenance equipment for cash. The purchase price was $30,000 and $1,250 in freight charges also were paid.

Machinery 31,250

Cash                                31,250

  1. On December 2, Tristar acquired various items of office equipment. The company was short of cash and could not pay the $7,000 normal cash price. The supplier agreed to accept 200 shares of the company's no par common stock in exchange for the equipment. The fair value of the stock is not readily determinable.

Office Equipment         7,000

        Common Stock                   7,000

  1. On December 10, the company acquired a tract of land at a cost of $35,000. It paid $5,000 down and signed a 12% note with both principal and interest due in one year. Twelve percent is an appropriate rate of interest for this note.

Land                            35,000

     Cash                                          5,000

     Note Payable 30,000


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