- The City of Baconsville engaged in the following transactions.
Assume that the city maintains its books and records in a manner
that facilitates the preparation of the government-wide
financial statements.
Required: Prepare the
appropriate journal entries. If appropriate, write “No entry
required.”
- The city purchased for cash three dump trucks for $80,000
each.
- The city sold for $4,000, a police car that had been purchased
four years ago at a cost of $30,000. At the time of acquisition,
the city estimated that the police car had a useful life of five
years and a salvage value of $5,000.
- During the year, the city spent $12 million to build a third
lane on both sides of the major north-south highway through
town.
- During the year the city began construction of a new city hall.
By year-end, the city had made progress payments to the contractor
of $3 million.
- The city received a gift of land from a citizen. The land is to
be used to build a city park. The land had been in the donor’s
family since it was homesteaded. It has a fair value when
contributed of $2 million.