Exam 9: Property,Plant,and Equipment; Intangibles; and Goodwill

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Plant assets may properly include:

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A firm acquired used equipment on January 1st,2014 by issuing a note calling for four equal payments to be made each December 31 starting in 2014.The note's principal value equals the negotiated price of $40,000,and the interest rate implied in the note is consistent with the market rate of interest for this level of risk (8%).What is the net present value of the note payable as on January 1st,2014?

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Company B acquired a capital asset,terms 1 percent discount if paid within 30 days.The invoice cost was $5,000.The asset should be recorded by Company B at:

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On January 1,2015,The Bargain Bin owned capital asset X that was reflected in the accounts as follows: Cost,$20,000; accumulated amortization,$15,000.The company acquired capital asset Y that had a nonnegotiable actual cash price of $10,750.In full payment,Asset X was traded in and cash of $6,000 was paid by The Bargain Bin. Give the journal entry required for The Bargain Bin under each of the two independent assumptions: Assumption A-Similar assets. Assumption B-Dissimilar assets.

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When a non-interest bearing note is issued as consideration for equipment acquired,the equipment will initially be recorded at the present value of the note payable.

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The cost incurred to enhance the service potential of a capital asset is betterment and should be expensed immediately.

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On September 1,2013,SI exchanged 2,000 shares of its common shares for a parcel of land to be held for a future plant site.SI's common shares had a fair market value of $80 per share on September 1,2013.(Based on several recent large trading volumes.) SI received netted $9,000 from the demolition of an existing building on the site.The book value of the land acquired is:

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In the case of exchanges of both similar and dissimilar assets,the asset acquired should never be recorded at an amount that is more than its market value.

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Only purchased Goodwill is recognized on the financial statements.

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Asset A,owned by LC,had a book value of $8,000 at 12/31/2011.At that time,LC exchanged Asset A and $50,000 cash with AE for Asset B The market value of Asset A and the asking price of Asset B were $13,000 and $77,000, respectively, at 12/31/11.Assuming that these assets were dissimilar in nature, at what amount should Asset B be recorded by LC?

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Under the fair value model,buildings must be depreciated over their useful lives.

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Early in January,2000,Vars Co.purchased a patent for a new consumer product for $540,000.At the time of the purchase,the patent was valid for fifteen years.Due to the competitive nature of the product,however,the patent was estimated to have a useful life of only 10 years.During 2004,the product was permanently removed from the market under governmental order because of a potential health hazard present in the product.Calculate the amount Vars should charge to expense in 2004,assuming amortization is only recorded at the end of the fiscal year.

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Self-constructed assets may never be valued in excess of fair market value,regardless of cost.

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Ivory has a Model B widget-making machine that originally cost $77,000 (accumulated amortization,$44,000).It has a current market value of $20,000.Ivory exchanged this machine for a similar widget-making machine (a smaller one,Model A) owned by EC.The Model A originally cost $46,000 (accumulated amortization to date,$37,400).It has a current market value of $18,000.Ivory received $10,000 cash on the exchange.Ivory should record the cost of the Model A widget-making machine acquired at:

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For some purposes,assets are classified as identifiable and unidentifiable.Which of the following is an unidentifiable asset?

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What is the general principle for capitalizing costs to property,plant and equipment?

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Strong Co.purchased a trademark from Wall Co.for $60,000 on July 1,2000.Expenditures of $10,000 for successful litigation in defence of the trademark were paid on July 1,2002.Strong estimates that the useful life of the trademark will be 20 years from the date of acquisition. Calculate the carrying value of the trademark at December 31,2002.

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XZ owned Asset A that was reflected in the accounts as: cost,$30,000 and accumulated amortization,$20,000.Its market value in present condition is reliably estimated to be $12,000.XZ acquired Asset B (a similar asset) that had a firm cash price of $16,000.The asset acquired (B) was paid for by trading in Asset A and paying cash of $8,000. Give the entry XZ should make to record this transaction.

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A firm received an asset as a donation from a shareholder.However,the shareholder imposed a condition to be met before title transfers to the firm.The firm will be unable to meet the condition during the current fiscal year.How should the firm account for this donated asset?

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Which of the following would Bezel,Inc.capitalize to land?

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