Question

Pensacola Inc. exchanged old equipment for new equipment in two exchange transactions. Each transaction has commercial substance. Old Equipment Cash Book Value Fair Value Received Equipment A $ 73,400 $ 81,100 $ 11,800 Equipment B $ 60,600 $ 54,400 $ 9,500 For Equipment A, Pensacola would record the new equipment at:

Answer 1

Answer:

$69,300

Explanation:

The computation of the amount of the new equipment for equipment A is shown below;

Since the transaction has the commercial substance and also the cash is received

So, the amount of the new equipment is

= Fair value - cash received

= $81,100 - $11,800

= $69,300

Hence, the amount of the new equipment is $69,300