Question: Problem 1 0 - 2 ( Static ) Acquisition costs; land and building [ LO 1 0 - 1 , 1 0 - 2 ,
Problem Static Acquisition costs; land and building LO
On January the Blackstone Corporation purchased a tract of land site number with a building for $ Additionally, Blackstone paid a real estate brokers commission of $ legal fees of $ and title insurance of $ The closing statement indicated that the land value was $ and the building value was $ Shortly after acquisition, the building was razed at a cost of $
Blackstone entered into a $ fixedprice contract with Barnett Builders, Incorporated, on March for the construction of an office building on land site The building was completed and occupied on September Additional construction costs were incurred as follows:
Plans, specifications, and blueprints$ Architects' fees for design and supervision
To finance the construction cost, Blackstone borrowed $ on March The loan is payable in annual installments of $ plus interest at the rate of Blackstones average amounts of accumulated expenditures were as follows:
For the period March to December $ For the period January to September
Required:
Prepare a schedule that discloses the individual costs making up the balance in the land account in respect of land site as of September
Prepare a schedule that discloses the individual costs that should be capitalized in the office building account as of September
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