Elaine exchanges a lot of land that is used exclusively for business purposes for another lot that also is to be used exclusively for business. The adjusted basis for the old lot is $19,400, and its FMV is $15,500. Required:
a. Calculate Elaine's recognized gain or loss on the exchange.
b. Calculate Elaine's basis for the lot she receives.

The starr theater, owned by meg vargo, will begin operations in march. the starr will be unique in that it will show only triple features of sequential theme movies. as of march 1, the ledger of starr showed: cash $3,150, land $22,000, buildings (concession stand, projection room, ticket booth, and screen) $10,000, equipment $10,000, accounts payable $7,300, and owner’s capital $37,850. during the month of march, the following events and transactions occurred. mar. 2 rented the three indiana jones movies to be shown for the first 3 weeks of march. the film rental was $3,600; $1,600 was paid in cash and $2,000 will be paid on march 10.3 ordered the lord of the rings movies to be shown the last 10 days of march. it will cost $200 per night.9 received $4,500 cash from admissions.10 paid balance due on indiana jones movies rental and $2,200 on march 1 accounts payable.11 starr theater contracted with adam ladd to operate the concession stand. ladd is to pay 15% of gross concession receipts, payable monthly, for the rental of the concession stand.12 paid advertising expenses $900.20 received $5,100 cash from customers for admissions.20 received the lord of the rings movies and paid the rental fee of $2,000.31 paid salaries of $2,900.31 received statement from adam ladd showing gross receipts from concessions of $6,000 and the balance due to starr theater of $900 ($6,000 × 15%) for march. ladd paid one-half the balance due and will remit the remainder on april 5.31 received $9,200 cash from customers for admissions.1.) enter the beginning balances in the ledger.2.) journalize the march transactions. starr records admission revenue as service revenue, rental of the concession stand as rent revenue, and film rental expense as rent expense. (credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. do not indent manually. record journal entries in the order presented in the problem. if no entry is required, select "no entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)3.) post the march journal entries to the ledger. (post entries in the order of journal entries presented in the previous question.)

The ledger of laurie rental agency on march 31 of the current year includes the following selected accounts before adjusting entries have been prepared. debit credit prepaid insurance $ 5,400 supplies $ 4,500 equipment 40,000 accumulated depreciation—equipment $12,600 notes payable 25,000 unearned rent revenue 11,100 rent revenue 90,000 interest expense –0– salaries and wages expense 20,000 an analysis of the accounts shows the following. 1. the equipment depreciates $600 per month. 2. two-thirds of the unearned rent revenue was earned during the quarter. 3. the note payable is dated january 1 and bears 12% interest. 4. supplies on hand total $800. 5. the insurance policy is a two-year policy dated january 1. instructions: a. prepare the adjusting entries at march 31, assuming that adjusting entries are made quarterly. additional accounts are: depreciation expense, insurance expense, interest payable, and supplies expense. b. compute the ending balances for prepaid insurance, unearned rent revenue, and rent revenue, and indicate in which financial statement those items will be reported.

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