Question: Franks Logistics Ltd is constructing a new warehouse facility in western Sydney near the proposed second airport and adjacent to the M7 freeway. The purchase

Franks Logistics Ltd is constructing a new warehouse facility in western Sydney near the proposed second airport and adjacent to the M7 freeway. The purchase of the land occurred and warehouse construction commenced on 1 July 2016. It was ready for use on 31 May 2017, and operations commenced on 30 June 2017. Franks incurs a many costs in building the warehouse and it needs to determine those that should be recognised in the cost of the warehouse on initial recognition. These costs include:

Purchase cost of land

$10,000,000

Legal fees on acquisition

$50,000

Stamp duty

$750,000

Auction fees paid by the vendor

$40,000

Demolition of existing structure

$500,000

Bribe paid to local council official for recommending rezoning

$25,000

Cost of CEO salary for time taken to find site

$60,000

Contract payments for the construction of the warehouse (fixed

price)

$20,000,000

Contract payments for construction of the warehouse (variations)

$2,000,000

Fines paid for Workcover (OH&S) breaches on the site

$37,500

Interest on $10m loan to purchase the land

$1,200,000

Landscaping of area surrounding warehouse

$90,000

Replanting of trees (landscaping) damaged by street races

$10,000

Purchase of e-tags for trucks

$100,000

Local Government / Council rates for the year

$60,000

Required

  1. Calculate the cost for initial recognition of the warehouse and distinguish the costs of land and building.

  1. Record journal entries for the purchases of those above assets that you identify in (1) and (2).

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