Whispering Company purchased an electric wax melter on April 30,
2017, by trading in its old gas model and paying the balance in
cash. The following data relate to the purchase.
List price of new melter | $17,696 | |
Cash paid | 11,200 | |
Cost of old melter (5-year life, $784 salvage value) | 12,544 | |
Accumulated Depreciation-old melter (straight-line) | 7,056 | |
Secondhand fair value of old melter | 5,824 |
Prepare the journal entries necessary to record this exchange,
assuming that the exchange (a) has commercial substance, and (b)
lacks commercial substance. Whispering’s fiscal year ends on
December 31, and depreciation has been recorded through December
31, 2016. (Credit account titles are automatically
indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no
entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and
enter 0 for the amounts.)
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