In: Accounting
Beaumont company recently purchased some real estate that contained, land improvements (parking lot) and a building. Beaumont has the property appraised after the purchase. The information is below:
| Land Purchase | 375,927 | |
| Land Appraisal | 175,000 | |
| Improvement appraisal | 87,000 | |
| Building Appraisal | 210,000 |
| 1 | Allocate the total cost to the three assets | |||||
| Asset Description | Appraisal Values | Percent of Total Appraised Value | x total acquisition cost | = allocated cost | ||
| Land | ||||||
| Land improvements | ||||||
| Building | ||||||
| Totals | ||||||
| 1 | Prepare the Journal entry to record the purchase | |||||
| Debit | Credit | |||||
| Land | ||||||
| Land improvements | ||||||
| Building | ||||||
1- Allocating the total cost to three costs
| Asset Description | Appraisal Values | Percentage of Total appraised value | X total acquisition cost | = allocated cost |
| Land | 175000 | 37.1% | 375927 | 139380 |
| Land improvements | 87000 | 18.4% | 375927 | 69291 |
| Building | 210000 | 44.5% | 375927 | 167256 |
| TOTAL | 472000 | 100% | - | 375927 |
2- Prepare the Journal entry to record the purchase
| Particulars | Debit | Credit |
| Land | 139380 | |
| Land Improvement | 69291 | |
| Building | 167256 | |
| To Cash | 375927 |