Question

Blossom Engineering Corporation purchased conveyor equipment with a list price of $9,000. Presented below are three independent cases related to the equipment.

(a)		Blossom paid cash for the equipment 8 days after the purchase. The vendor’s credit terms are 2/10, n/30. Assume that equipment purchases are initially recorded gross.
(b)		Blossom traded in equipment with a book value of $1,800 (initial cost $7,600), and paid $8,600 in cash one month after the purchase. The old equipment could have been sold for $500 at the date of trade. (The exchange has commercial substance.)
(c)		Blossom gave the vendor a $10,600 zero-interest-bearing note for the equipment on the date of purchase. The note was due in one year and was paid on time. Assume that the effective-interest rate in the market was 8%.

Prepare the general journal entries required to record the acquisition and payment in each of the independent cases above. (Round present value factor calculations to 5 decimal places, e.g. 1.25124 and final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275. Credit account titles are automatically indented when 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.)

No. Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit (a) (To record the purchase of equipment on account.) (To record the payment on account.) (b) (To record the purchase of equipment on account.) (To record the payment on account.) (c) (To record the purchase of equipment with a note.) (To record the payment of the note.)

Answer 1

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Blossom Engineering Corporation
Answer a	Amount $
List Price	9,000.00
Discount if paid within 10 days	2%
Discount amount	180.00
Net paid	8,820.00
Journal Entry
	Account	Debit $	Credit $
When conveyor purchased	Conveyor equipment	9,000.00
	Accounts Payable		9,000.00
When amount paid	Accounts Payable	9,000.00
	Bank		8,820.00
	Discount received		180.00
Answer b	Amount $
Sale value of old equipment	500.00
Cash paid	8,600.00
Value of new equipment	9,100.00
Journal Entry
	Account	Debit $	Credit $
When conveyor purchased	Conveyor equipment	9,100.00
	Old Conveyor equipment		500.00
	Accounts Payable		8,600.00
When amount paid	Accounts Payable	8,600.00
	Bank		8,600.00
Answer c	Amount $
Interest-bearing note	10,600.00
Effective-interest rate	8%
Principle (cost of conveyor)	9,814.81
Finance Charge	785.19
Journal Entry
	Account	Debit $	Credit $
When conveyor purchased	Conveyor equipment	9,814.81
	Finance Charge	785.19
	Note Payable		10,600.00
When amount paid	Note Payable	10,600.00
	Bank		10,600.00