Nonmonetary Exchange Alatorre Corporation, which manufactures shoes, hired a recent college graduate to work in its accounting
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Nonmonetary Exchange Alatorre Corporation, which manufactures shoes, hired a recent college graduate to work in its accounting department. On the first day of work, the accountant was assigned to total a batch of invoices with the use of an adding machine. Before long, the accountant, who had never before seen such a machine, managed to break the machine. Alatorre Corporation gave the machine plus $320 to Mills Business Machine Company (dealer) in exchange for a new machine. Assume the following information about the machines.
Alatorre Corp. Mills Co.
(Old Machine) (New Machine)
Machine cost $290 $270
Accumulated depreciation 140 –0–
Fair value 85 405
For each company, prepare the necessary journal entry to record the exchange. (The exchange has commercial substance.)
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Intermediate Accounting
ISBN: 978-0470423684
13th Edition
Authors: Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, And Terry D. Warfield