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Accounting: What the Numbers Mean 9th Edition by Wayne W McManus, Daniel F Viele, David H Marshall

Edition 9ISBN: 0073527068
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Accounting: What the Numbers Mean 9th Edition by Wayne W McManus, Daniel F Viele, David H Marshall

Edition 9ISBN: 0073527068
Exercise 7
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a. The cost of the equipment plus the cost of moving and installation are allocated on the basis of the appraiser's estimate of fair value.  The list price of the same items if new does not represent the value of the useditems being purchased.  Likewise, the net book value of the items on the sellingcompany’s books is not relevant to their value to the purchaser.

 

Appraiser's

 

 

Total

Purchase

 

Estimate of

Percent

 

Amount

Price

 

Fair Value

of Total

 

Allocated 

Allocation

Punch press

$24,000

60%

*

$36,800

 $22,080

Lathe

      12,000

30%

*

36,800

   11,040

Welder

    4,000

10%

*

36,800

     3,680

Total

$40,000

 

 

 

 $36,800


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