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  • Oct 4, 2012, 08:02 PM
    Kallie
    Discontinued Operations with Sale
    If a company is discontinuing a division... division assets are 650,000 (acc. Depreciation is 300,000, therefore book value is 350,000). Fair value is 300,000 and costs to sell are 25,000... then sold for 400,000... buyer assumes liabilities of 100,000. If there are only 2 entries to make... are these correct?

    To reclassify:
    Held-for-sale assets 275,000
    Loss on write-down (incl. costs to sell) 75,000
    Acc. Depreciation 300,000
    Division Assets 650,000

    To sell:
    Cash 400,000
    Liabilities 100,000
    Held-for-sale assets 275,000
    Gain on Sale 200,000
    Commission to sell payable 25,000

    Basically... I'm not sure what to do with the liabilities... the transaction to get them off the balance sheet...

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks,
    Kallie
  • Oct 4, 2012, 08:40 PM
    Kallie
    Let me repost that... I thought the debit and credit columns would have stayed (brackets are credits)

    To reclassify:
    Held-for-sale assets 275,000
    Loss on write-down (incl. costs to sell) 75,000
    Acc. Depreciation 300,000
    Division Assets (650,000)

    To sell:
    Cash 400,000
    Liabilities 100,000
    Held-for-sale assets (275,000)
    Gain on Sale (200,000)
    Commission to sell payable (25,000)

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