Question: On January 1 , 2 0 2 5 , Blue Corporation purchased for $ 7 2 0 , 0 0 0 a tract of

On January 1,2025, Blue Corporation purchased for \$720,000 a tract of land (site number 101) with a building. Blue paid a real estate broker's commission of \(\$ 51,840\), legal fees of \(\$ 8,640\), and title guarantee insurance of \(\$ 25,920\). The closing statement indicated that the land value was \(\$ 720,000\) and the building value was \(\$ 144,000\). Shortly after acquisition, the building was razed at a cost of \$77,760.
Blue entered into a \$4,320,000 fixed-price contract with Slatkin Builders, Inc. on March 1,2025, for the construction of an office building on land site number 101. The building was completed and occupied on September 30,2026. Additional construction costs were incurred as follows.
The building is estimated to have a 40-year life from date of completion and will be depreciated using the \(150\%\) declining-balance method.
To finance construction costs, Blue borrowed \(\$ 4,320,000\) on March 1,2025. The loan is payable in 10 annual installments of \(\$ 432,000\) starting on March 1,2026, plus interest at the rate of \(10\%\). Blue's weighted-average amounts of accumulated building construction expenditures were as follows.
For the period March 1 to December 31,\(2025\quad \)\$1,872,000
For the period January 1 to September 30,\(2026\quad \)2,736,000
Prepare a schedule that discloses the individual costs making up the balance in the land account in respect of land site number 101 as of September 30,2026.
BLUE CORPORATION
Cost of Land (Site \#101)
As of September 30,2026
\$
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Cost of Land and Old Building
Interest Capitalized During 2025\$
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