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 fund financial statements.
Required: Prepare the appropriate journal entries in the general fund. If appropriate, write "No entry required."
a) The city purchased for cash three dump trucks for $80,000 each.
b) 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.
c) During the year, the city spent $12 million to build a third lane on both sides of the major north-south highway through town.
d) The city traded in a pickup truck used in general government operations for a new pickup truck, paying a difference of $18,000. The old pickup truck was purchased four years ago at a cost of $21,000. At the time it had an estimated useful life of five years and an estimated salvage value of $6,000. At the time of the trade the old truck had a fair value of $10,000. The new truck has a sticker price of $29,000.
e) 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.
f) 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 had a fair value when contributed of $2 million.

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The Answer of 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 fund financial statements.
Required: Prepare the appropriate journal entries in the general fund. If appropriate, write "No entry required."
a) The city purchased for cash three dump trucks for $80,000 each.
b) 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.
c) During the year, the city spent $12 million to build a third lane on both sides of the major north-south highway through town.
d) The city traded in a pickup truck used in general government operations for a new pickup truck, paying a difference of $18,000. The old pickup truck was purchased four years ago at a cost of $21,000. At the time it had an estimated useful life of five years and an estimated salvage value of $6,000. At the time of the trade the old truck had a fair value of $10,000. The new truck has a sticker price of $29,000.
e) 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.
f) 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 had a fair value when contributed of $2 million.

The City of Baconsville Engaged in the Following Transactions