Cornerstones of Financial Accounting
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Chapter 7, Problem 69APSA
A Cost of a Fixed Asset
Mist City Car Wash purchased a new brushless car-washing machine for one of its bays. The machine cost $41,700. Mist City borrowed the purchase price from its bank on a 1-year, 8% note payable. Mist City paid $975 to have the machine transported to its place of business and an additional $200 in shipping insurance. Mist City incurred the following costs as a part of the installation:
During the testing process, one of the motors became defective when soap and water entered the motor because its cover had not been installed properly by Mist City’s employees. The motor was replaced at a cost of $640.
Required:
1. Compute the cost of the car-washing machine.
2. CONCEPTUAL CONNECTION Explain why any costs were excluded from the cost of the machine.
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Mist City Car Wash purchased a new brushless car-washing machine for one of its bays. The machine cost $32,600. Mist City borrowed the purchase price from its bank
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During the testing process, one of the motors became defective when soap and water entered the motor because its cover had not been installed properly by Mist City's
employees. The motor was replaced at a cost of $450.
Required:
Compute the cost of the car-washing machine.
A company purchased a special purpose machine on August 1st of the previous
year. It was installed and ready to run on January 1st of the current year. The
following costs were incurred in the purchase and installation of the machine:
Invoice price $1,200,000
Freight costs 6,000
Installation costs 64,000
Electrical and power connections 32,000
Repairs to correct damage during uncrating 12,000
Costs to adjust machine to appropriate specifications 56,000
Costs of spare parts for future use 108,000
Sales tax 70,500
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Grab Manufacturing Co. purchased a ten-ton draw press at a cost of $180,000.
Since the company made a cash payment, a discount of $9,000 is received in the
purchase. Shipping costs were $4,600, which included $200 for insurance in
transit. Installation costs totaled $12,000, which included $4,000 for taking out
a section of a wall and rebuilding it because the press was too large for the
doorway. Insurance expenses paid for the first year is $10,000. The capitalized
cost of the ten-ton draw press is:
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