Question

The following payments and receipts are related to land, land improvements, and buildings acquired for use in a wholesale ceramic business. The receipts are identified by an asterisk. a. Fee paid to attorney for title search $ 2,480 b. Cost of real estate acquired as a plant site: Land 273,700 Building (to be demolished) 51,500 c. Delinquent real estate taxes on property, assumed by purchaser 16,570 d. Cost of tearing down and removing building acquired in (b) 5,495 e.* Proceeds from sale of salvage materials from old building 4,070 f. Special assessment paid to city for extension of water main to the property 29,005 g. Architect’s and engineer’s fees for plans and supervision 57,780 h. Premium on one-year insurance policy during construction 5,760 i. Cost of filling and grading land 10,910 j.* Money borrowed to pay building contractor 941,000 k. Cost of repairing windstorm damage during construction 5,910 l. Cost of paving parking lot to be used by customers 30,280 m. Cost of trees and shrubbery planted 10,120 n. Cost of floodlights installed on parking lot 1,995 o. Cost of repairing vandalism damage during construction 2,325 p.* Proceeds from insurance company for windstorm and vandalism damage 7,105 q. Payment to building contractor for new building 852,000 r. Interest incurred on building loan during construction 31,290 s.* Refund of premium on insurance policy (h) canceled after 11 months 480 Required: 1. Assign each payment and receipt to Land (unlimited life), Land Improvements (limited life), Building, or Other Accounts in the table provided. Enter receipts as negative amounts using the minus sign. 2. Determine the amount debited to Land, Land Improvements, and Building. 3. The costs assigned to the land, which is used as a plant site, will not be depreciated, while the costs assigned to land improvements will be depreciated. Explain this seemingly contradictory application of the concept of depreciation. 4. What would be the effect on the current year’s income statement and balance sheet if the cost of filling and grading land of $10,910 [payment (i)] was incorrectly classified as Land Improvements rather than Land? Assume that Land Improvements are depreciated over a 20-year life using the double-declining-balance method.

Answer 1

1	Sl no.	Land	Land improvements	Building	Other accounts
	a.	2480
	b.	325200
		(273700+51500)
	c.	10000
	d.	5495
	e.	-4070
	f.	29005
	g.			57780
	h.			5760
	i.	10910
	j.				-941000
	k.				5910
	l.		30280
	m.		10120
	n.		1995
	o.				2325
	p.				-7105
	q.			852000
	r.			31290
	s.			-480
		379020	42395	946350	-939870
	Negative sign indicates receipts
	Since, K & O are minor repairs they are not added to the cost of asset.
2	Amount debited to
	Land= $ 379020
	Land improvements= $ 42395
	Building=$ 946350
3	Land used as a plant site will not lose it's ability to provide services. Hence, it is not depreciated.
	Land improvements will lose it's ability to provide services as the time passes by. Hence, deprecated.
4	Due to this, land improvements will increase by $ 10910.
	Effect on income statement:
	This will increase the depreciation expense by $545.50 (10910/20).
	This will reduce the net income by $ 545.50.
	Effect on balance sheet:
	This will increase the accumulate depreciation of land improvements by $545.50.
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