A Company Exchanged an Old Automobile for a Newer Model

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Essay

A company exchanged an old automobile for a newer model.The old automobile account had a cost of $36,000 and accumulated depreciation of $25,000 as of the exchange date.The new automobile had a cash price of $34,000,but the company was given a $15,000 trade-in allowance and the balance of $19,000 was paid in cash.Prepare the journal entry to record the exchange,if the transaction has commercial substance.

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Definitions:

Factors Of Production

The inputs used in the production of goods or services in the attempt to make an economic profit. These include land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship.

Input

Resources used in the production process to produce goods or services, such as labor, raw materials, and capital.

Output

The amount of goods or services produced by a company, industry, or economy.

Function

A relation between a set of inputs and a set of permissible outputs, typically defined by a rule that every input is related to exactly one output.