Question

Sam's Taxi Company exchanged a fleet of Toyota vehicles for an equal-sized fleet of Nissan vehicles from the Dave Transportaion Group. The carrying value and fair value of each fleet of vehicles on the date of the exchange are as follows:

Fair Asset Toyota fleet (Asset Given Up) Nissan fleet (Asset Received) Accumulated Cost Depreciation 1,090,000 $ 510,000 $ 980,000 $ 290,000 $ Carrying Value 580,000 $ 690,000 $ $ $ Value 795,000 715,500

Sam's Taxi received cash of $79,500 and the Nissan fleet in exchange for the Toyota fleet. Sam's Taxi does not expect the future cash flows to change significantly as a result of this exchange and, therefore, the transaction lacks commercial substance.

Prepare the journal entry to record the exchange transaction for Sam's Taxi Company. (Record debits first, then credits. Exclude explanations from any journal entries.)

Answer 1

Answer

This exchange lacks commercial substance and boot is received.

Realized gain (or loss) = FV of asset given up - CV of asset given up = 795,000 – 580,000 = 215,000 gain.

Recognize part of realized gain = Realized Gain x %-of-Boot = 215,000 x 10% = 21,500.

Working Note

% of Boot = FV of boot / (FV of asset recd + FV of boot) = 79,500/ (715,500 + 79,500) = 10%

Journal entry

Asset Recd. (debit) 522,000

Accumulated Dep. (debit) 510,000

Cash (debit) 79,500

Asset Given up (credit) 1,090,000

Gain (calculated) (credit) 21,500