Harwood Company Purchased an Office Building for $5,000,000 Cash on April

question 40

Multiple Choice

Harwood Company purchased an office building for $5,000,000 cash on April 1.Prior to renting it out to tenants on July 1,Harwood spent $1,000,000 on materials and labor to renovate the property.It funded $100,000 of the renovation cost with its own funds and borrowed the remaining $900,000.As of July 1,$10,000 of interest had been paid to the bank,but none of the principal had been repaid.The basis of the building on July 1 is

• A)$5,000,000.
• B)$5,100,000.
• C)$6,000,000.
• D)$6,010,000.

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