Accounting 26th Edition by Carl Warren,James Reeve,Jonathan Duchac

تمرين 40

Asset traded for similar asset
A printing press priced at a fair market value of $275,000 is acquired in a transaction that has commercial substance by trading in a similar press and paying cash for the difference between the trade-in allowance and the price of the new press.
a Assuming that the trade-in allowance is $90,000, what is the amount of cash given
b. Assuming that the book value of the press traded in is $68,000, what is the gain or loss on the exchange