Question

On august 1, harvey company offered to pay $13,000 for equipment that was advertised as being sold for $19,000 by carrone company. the equipment had a retail value of $23,000 on that day. on august 10, carrone company offered to sell the equipment for $14,700, and harvey company agreed to buy it at that price. at what value will harvey company record the equipment on the books?

Answer 1

Answer: Harvey company will record the equipment at $14,700 is its books.

We usually record equipment at the actual price at which it was bought. Even though Harry company was willing to pay only $13,000, it actually went ahead and paid $14,700 to purchase the equipment.

We don’t consider the retail price here, since Harvey company did not buy the equipment from the retail market.

In the advertisement, Carrey Company probably put a value of $19,000 (by considering the retail rate) to see the market response to buy the at that price. So, we don’t consider that either.