Salem Company Hired Kirk Construction to Construct an Office Building

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Multiple Choice

Salem Company hired Kirk Construction to construct an office building for ₤8,000,000 on land costing ₤2,000,000, which Salem Company owned. The building was complete and ready to be used on January 1, 2014 and it has a useful life of 40 years. The price of the building included land improvements costing ₤600,000 and personal property costing ₤750,000. The useful lives of the land improvements and the personal property are 10 years and 5 years, respectively. Salem Company uses component depreciation, and the company uses straight-line depreciation for other similar assets. What is the net amount reported for the building on Salem Company's December 31, 2014 statement of financial position?

• A) ₤7,665,000
• B) ₤7,573,750
• C) ₤6,483,750
• D) ₤7,800,000

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Definitions:

Gross Profit Margin

The difference between sales and the cost of goods sold, expressed as a percentage of sales, indicating the efficiency of a company in managing its production and labor costs.

Asset Turnover Ratio

A financial metric that measures the efficiency of a company's use of its assets in generating sales revenue.

Assets

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Sales

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