Assume the same facts as in Exercise 9-27, except that the book value of the press traded

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Assume the same facts as in Exercise 9-27, except that the book value of the press traded in is $108,500. 

(a) What is the amount of cash given? 

(b) What is the gain or loss on the exchange?


Data from Exercise 9-27,

A printing press priced at a fair market value of $275,000 is acquired in a transaction that has commercial substance by trading in a similar press and paying cash for the difference between the trade-in allowance and the price of the new press. 

a Assuming that the trade-in allowance is $90,000, what is the amount of cash given?

b. Assuming that the book value of the press traded in is $68,000, what is the gain or loss on the exchange?

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Accounting

ISBN: 9781337902687

28th Edition

Authors: Carl S. Warren, Christine Jonick, Jennifer Schneider

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