Question

Pierce Corporation exchanged old equipment for new equipment. The original cost of the old equipment was $120,000, and its accumulated depreciation at the date of exchange was $40,000. The new equipment received had a fair value of $50,000 and a book value of $32,000. The journal entry to record this exchange will include which of the following entries

Answer 1

Answer:

new equipment                   50,000 debit

accumulated depreciation  40,000 debit

loss at disposal:                   30,000 debit

                   old equipment               120,000 credit

--to record trade of equipment--

Explanation:

Let's break the transactions into small parts:

We need to remove the old equipment from accounting along with their accumulated depreciation so:

accumulated depreciation 40,000 debit

                   old equipment               120,000 credit

Then, we debit the new equipment at fair value:

new equipment 50,000 debit

Last, assuming the trade has commercial substance: we recognize the gain or loss on sale:

book value of traded equipment: 80,000

fair value of new equipment:         50,000

loss at disposal:                              30,000

Thus, the journal entry will be as follows:

new equipment                   50,000 debit

accumulated depreciation  40,000 debit

loss at disposal:                   30,000 debit

                   old equipment               120,000 credit