Record the acquisition of the land and the building


Question 1: Pinewood Company purchased two buildings on four acres of land.  The lump sum purchase price was $900.00.  According to independent appraisals, the fair values were 4450,000 (building A) and $250,000 (building B) for the buildings and $300,000 for the land.

Required:

Determine the initial valuation of the buildings and the land.

Question 2: Teradene Corporation purchased land as a factory site and contracted with Maxtor Construction to construct a factory.  Teradene made the following expenditures related to the acquisition of the land, building and machinery to equip the factory:

Purchase price of the land                                                                         $1,200,000

Demolition and removal of old building                                                             80,000

Clearing and grading the land before construction                                            150,000

Various closing costs in connection with acquiring the land                                  42,000

Architect's fee for the plans for the new building                                               50,000

Payments to Maxtor for building construction                                                3,250,000

Machinery purchased                                                                                    860,000

Freight charges on machinery                                                                         32,000

Trees, plants and other landscaping                                                                45,000

Installation of sprinkler system for the machinery                                              5,000

Cost to build special platforms and install wiring for machinery                          12,000

Cost of trail runs to ensure proper installation of machinery                               7,000

Fire theft insurance on the factory for the first for the first year of use               24,000

In addition to the above expenditures, Teradene purchased four forklifts from Caterpillar.  In payment   Teradene paid $16,000 cash and signed a noninterest bearing note requiring the payment of $70,000 in one year.  An interest rate of 7% properly reflects the time value of money for this type of loan.

Required

Determine the initial valuation of each of the assets Teradene acquired in acquired in above transactions.

Question 3: On February 1, 2011, the Xilon Corporation issued 5,000 shares of its nonpar common stock in exchange for five acres of land located in the city of Monrovia.  On the date of the acquisition Xilon’s common stock had a fair value of $18.00.  An office building was constructed on the site by an independent contractor.  The building was completed on November 2, 2011, at a cost of $600,000.  Xilon paid $400,000 in cash and the remainder was paid by the city of Monrovia.

Required:

Prepare the journal entries to record the acquisition of the land and the building.

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