Discuss the basic accounting problem that arises in handling each of the following situations.
(a) Assets purchased by issuance of capital stock.
(b) Acquisition of plant assets by gift or donation.
(c) Purchase of a plant asset subject to a cash discount.
(d) Assets purchased on a long-term credit basis.
(e) A group of assets acquired for a lump sum.
(f) An asset traded in or exchanged for another asset.