Question

Pitney Co. purchased an office building, land, and furniture for $639,300 cash. The appraised value of the assets was as follows:

Land $136,043
Building 179,004
Furniture 400,969
Total $716,016

Required:
a. Compute the amount to be recorded on the books for each asset.
b. Show the purchase in a horizontal statements.
c. Prepare the general journal entry to record the purchase.

Answer 1

a). Amount to be recorded on the books for each of the assets.

Working Allocated cost($)

Land (639,300 / 716,016 )x 136,043 121467

Building (639,300 / 716,016 )x 179,004 159825

Furniture (639,300 / 716,016 )x 400,969 358008

Total 639,300

b). Statement model

Assets : Cash + Land + Building + Furniture

639,300 + 121,467 + 159825 + 358008

Cash flow = 639,300

c). Journal entry

General journal Debit($) Credit($)

Land 121,467

Building 159,825

Furniture 358,008

Cash 639,300