On October 1, Hot Springs Co., a water distiller, acquired new bottling equipment with a list price

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On October 1, Hot Springs Co., a water distiller, acquired new bottling equipment with a list price (fair market value) of $462,000. Hot Springs received a trade-in allowance of $96,000 on the old equipment of a similar type and paid cash of $366,000. The following information about the old equipment is obtained from the account in the equipment ledger: cost, $336,000; accumulated depreciation on December 31, the end of the preceding fiscal year, $220,000; annual depreciation, $20,000. Assuming the exchange has commercial substance, journalize the entries to record
(a) The current depreciation of the old equipment to the date of trade-in and
(b) The exchange transaction on October 1.

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Accounting

ISBN: 978-0324662962

23rd Edition

Authors: Jonathan E. Duchac, James M. Reeve, Carl S. Warren

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