Shidan Apartments purchased an apartment building to rent to university students on November 18, 2017. The following costs were
incurred during 2017, before the tenants moved in: Purchase price of the building $220,000 Purchase price of the land 100,000 Transfer taxes 10,000 Interest incurred on the mortgage loan to purchase 4,000 Attorney and real estate agent's fees 15,000 Repave the parking lot 6,000 How much will Shidan Apartments record as an asset
E: a debt of $10.7 trillion and a deficit of zero.
Explanation:
Deficits are usually financed by debt. Here the government has incurred an extra debt of $700 billion. The previous debt of $10 trillion may have been due to any reason and not necessarily deficit. However, the passage does not state if the extra debt is due to deficit or not. So it is safe to select option E.
Hence, the government has incurred a total debt of $10.7 trillion and a deficit of zero.
Therefore for computing the correct balance for ending inventory we simply deduct the office supplies from ending inventory and ignore all other amounts as they are not relevant.