Cool Globe Inc

question 79

Essay

Cool Globe Inc. entered into two transactions, as follows:
1. Purchased equipment paying $20,000 at the date of purchase and signing a noninterest-bearing note requiring the balance to be paid in four annual installments of $20,000 on the anniversary date of the contract. Based on Cool Globe's 12% borrowing rate for such transactions, the implicit interest cost is $19,253.
2. Purchased a tract of land in exchange for $10,000 cash that was paid immediately and signed a noninterest-bearing note requiring five $10,000 annual payments. The first annual payment of the note is due in one year. The fair value of the land is $46,000.
Required:
Prepare the journal entries for these transactions.

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