On April 13, 2017, Splish Ltd. purchased a small apartment building with eight suites. The building qualified
Question:
On April 13, 2017, Splish Ltd. purchased a small apartment building with eight suites. The building qualified as an investment property under IAS 40. At the time of purchase, six out of the eight suites were rented. Splish paid the following items at the time of its acquisition of the apartment building (all items were paid in cash except for the building itself, for which Splish took out a mortgage):
Purchase price of building | $4,000,000 |
Legal fees | 7,000 |
Property transfer fees | 24,000 |
Painting of empty apartments | 5,000 |
Advertising for empty apartments | 2,000 |
In addition, the previous owner of the apartment building paid Splish $11,000 for damage deposits from the existing tenants.
On December 31, 2017, the apartment building had a fair value of $4,191,000. On December 31, 2018, it was determined that the apartment building had a fair value of $3,991,000.
Assuming that Splish follows IFRS, prepare the journal entries required to record the above events. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. Record entries in the order presented in the problem.)
Principles of Managerial Finance
ISBN: 978-0134476315
15th edition
Authors: Chad J. Zutter, Scott B. Smart