Question

Harding Corporation acquired real estate that contained land, building and equipment. The property cost Harding $1,235,000. Harding paid $280,000 and issued a note payable for the remainder of the cost. An appraisal of the property reported the following values: Land, $296,000; Building, $880,000 and Equipment, $584,000. What value will be recorded for the building

Answer 1

Answer:

The value recorded for the building = $140,000

Explanation:

From the appraisal of the property, the following information is given:

Value of land = $296,000

Value of building = $880,000

value of equipment = $584,000

Total = 296,000 + 880,000 + 584,000 = $1,760,000

Next, we will calculate the percentage of the total value allocated to the building as follows:

Percentage allocated to building = (value of building ÷ total value) × 100

= (880,000 ÷ 1,760,000) × 100

= 0.5 × 100 = 50%

Next, since we now know that the building takes 50% of the property cost, and since $280,000 was paid, the value recorded for building will be 50% of the $280,000 paid, and this is calculated as follows:

value recorded for building = 50% of 280,000

= 50/100 × 280,000 = 0.5 × 280,000 =  $140,000