On October 1, Sebastian Company Acquired New Equipment with a Fair

question 38

Essay

On October 1, Sebastian Company acquired new equipment with a fair market value of $458,000. Sebastian received a trade-in allowance of $92,000 on the old equipment of a similar type and paid cash of $366,000. The following information about the old equipment is obtained from the account in the equipment ledger: Cost, $336,000; accumulated depreciation on December 31, the end of the preceding fiscal year, $220,000; annual depreciation, $20,000. Assuming the exchange has commercial substance, journalize the entries to record:
(a) the current depreciation of the old equipment to the date of trade-in and
(b) the exchange transaction on October 1.

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Definitions:

ATC

Average Total Cost, which is the total cost of production divided by the quantity of output produced.

AVC

Average Variable Cost; the per unit variable cost associated with producing a good or service.

AFC

Average Fixed Cost; the total fixed costs of production divided by the quantity of output produced, illustrating how fixed costs spread out over produced units.

Short Run

A period in which at least one input in the production process is fixed, limiting the ability to change production levels significantly.