Question: At January 1, 2017, Youngstown Company reported the following property, plant, and equipment accounts:
The company uses straight-line depreciation for buildings and equipment, its year-end is December 31, and it makes adjusting entries annually. The buildings are estimated to have a 40-year useful life and no salvage value; the equipment is estimated to have a 10-year useful life and no salvage value.
During 2017, the following selected transactions occurred:
Apr. 1 Purchased land for $4.4 million. Paid $1.1 million cash and issued a 3-year, 6% note payable for the balance. Interest on the note is payable annually each
April 1. May 1 Sold equipment for $300,000 cash. The equipment cost $2.8 million when originally purchased on January 1, 2009.
June 1 Sold land for $3.6 million. Received $900,000 cash and accepted a 3-year, 5% note for the balance. The land cost $1.4 million when purchased on
June 1, 2011. Interest on the note is due annually each
June 1. July 1 Purchased equipment for $2.2 million cash.
Dec. 31 Retired equipment that cost $1 million when purchased on December 31, 2007. No proceeds were received.
Instructions: (a) Record the above transactions.
(b) Record any adjusting entries required at December 31.
(c) Prepare the property, plant, and equipment section of the company's statement of financial position at December 31.