Ollie Owns a Personal Use Car for Which He Originally

question 14

Essay

Ollie owns a personal use car for which he originally paid $48,000. He trades the car in on a sports utility vehicle (SUV) paying the automobile dealer cash of $30,000. If the negotiated price of the SUV is $49,000, what is Ollie's recognized gain or loss and his adjusted basis for the SUV?

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Definitions:

Allocation Base

A criterion or standard used to distribute costs among multiple cost objects in a fair and systematic manner.

Plantwide Overhead Rate

A single overhead rate calculated for an entire manufacturing plant, applied uniformly to all cost objects irrespective of the department in which they were produced.

Direct Labor Hours

The total hours worked by employees directly involved in the manufacturing process.

Allocation Base

An allocation base is a measure or quantity (like direct labor hours or machine hours) that is used to assign costs in an equitable manner.