Ajax and Brindel Corporations Have Filed Consolidated Returns for Several

question 1

Multiple Choice

Ajax and Brindel Corporations have filed consolidated returns for several calendar years. Ajax acquires land for $60,000 on January 1 of last year. On September 1 of this year, Ajax sells the land to Brindel for $90,000. The basis and holding period for the land acquired by Brindel are:

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Definitions:

Journal Entries

Records of financial transactions in the accounting system that are used to transfer amounts from one account to another.

Depreciation Expense

An accounting method of allocating the cost of a tangible asset over its useful life, representing how much of the asset's value has been used up.

Accumulated Depreciation

The total amount of depreciation expense that has been recorded against a fixed asset over its useful life.

Adjusting Journal Entry

A journal entry made at the end of an accounting period to allocate income and expenditure to the appropriate years.