A city engaged in the following transactions during a year: It acquired computer equipment at a cost of $40,000. It completed construction of a new jail, incurring $245,000 in new costs. In the previous year the city had incurred $2.5 million in construction costs. The project was accounted for in a capital projects fund. It sold for $16,000 land that it had acquired three years earlier for $28,000. It traded in a four‐year‐old sanitation department vehicle for a new model. The old vehicle had initially cost $27,000, its carrying value at the time of trade was $17,000, and its market value was $13,000. The city paid an additional $39,000 cash for the new model. The fair value of the new model was $52,000. Prepare journal entries to reflect the transactions in an appropriate governmental fund (e.g., a general fund or a capital projects fund). Prepare journal entries to reflect the transactions in the city's government‐wide statements.

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1. Journal entries to reflect the transactions in an appropriate governmental fund

S/N      Particulars                                      Debit ($)    Credit ($)

1.          Expenditure - acquisition of         40,000

           computers

                      Cash                                                       40,000

2.          Expenditure - Construction cost  245,000

                       Cash                                                       245,000

3           Cash                                                16,000

                      Other financing sources - sale of land   16,000

4          Expenditure - acquisition of vehicle 39,000  

                     Cash                                                          39,000

Note: Cash being asset account, decreases hence debited.  Expenditure being expense account increases hence debited.

2. Journal entries to reflect the transactions in the city's government-wide statements

S/N       Particulars                                Debit ($)   Credit ($)

1.           Computers                                40,000

                  Cash                                                       40,000

2           Construction in process           245,000

                  Cash                                                        245,000

3            Buildings                                   2,745,000

                   Construction in process                        2,745,000

4             Cash                                          16,000

              Loss on sale of land                 12,000

                    Land                                                        28,000

5              Vehicle – new                         52,000  

                Accumulated depreciation -  10,000

                old vehicle

                Loss on trade-in                       4,000

                     Cash                                                        39,000

                      Vehicle - old                                           27,000

Note:  All assets are asset accounts increases hence debited, If decrease then credited.  All expenses are expense accounts increases hence debited, if decrease then credited.

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