Lester Company transferred the following assets to a newly created subsidiary, Mumby Corporation, in exchange for 40,000 shares of its $3 par value
Lester Company transferred the following assets to a newly created subsidiary, Mumby Corporation, in exchange for 40,000 shares of its $3 par value stock:
Cost | Book Value | |||||
Cash | $ | 40,000 | $ | 40,000 | ||
Accounts Receivable | 75,000 | 68,000 | ||||
Inventory | 50,000 | 50,000 | ||||
Land | 35,000 | 35,000 | ||||
Buildings | 160,000 | 125,000 | ||||
Equipment | 240,000 | 180,000 |
The following are the answers for Depreciation – how did they come up with those answers, if the questions doesn’t give you more details?
Accumulated depreciation–Buildings | 35,000 |
Accumulated depreciation–Equipment | 60,000 |