Sheffield Corp. traded machinery with a book value of $978480 and a fair value of $906000. It received in exchange from Ivanhoe Company a machine with a fair value of $1023780. Sheffield also paid cash of $102378 in the exchange. Ivanhoe’s machine has a book value of $978480. What amount of gain or loss should Sheffield recognize on the exchange (assuming lack of commercial substance)?

Gain $72,480

Explanation:

Calculation for the amount of gain or loss that Sheffield should recognize on the exchange

Using this formula

Gain/Loss= Book value – Fair value

Let plug in the formula

Gain/Loss= $978,480 – $906,000

Gain=$72,480

Therefore the amount of gain or loss that Sheffield should recognize on the exchange will be $72,480

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.

answer(d) the growth of consumption is likely to remain sluggish even as the economy begins to recover.;