Wagner Company purchased an office building 20 years ago for $1 3 million, $500,000 of which was attributable to land The mortgage has been fully paid The current balance sheet follows The company is about to borrow $1 8 million on a first mortgage to modernize and expand the building This amounts ...

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Wagner Company purchased an office building 20 years ago for $1.3 million, $500,000 of which was attributable

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Wagner Company purchased an office building 20 years ago for $1.3 million, $500,000 of which was attributable to land. The mortgage has been fully paid. The current follows:

The company is about to borrow $1.8 million on a first mortgage to modernize and expand the building. This amounts to 60% of the combined appraised fair value of the land and building before the modernization and expansion.
Prepare a balance sheet after the loan is made and the building is expanded and modernized. Comment on itssignificance.

Balance Sheet
Balance sheet is a statement of the financial position of a business that list all the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity and shareholder’s equity at a particular point of time. A balance sheet is also called as a “statement of financial...