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16.10.2020 • 
Business

Tristar Production Company began operations on September 1 2021. Listed below are a number of transactions that occurred during its first four months of operations. 1. On September 1, the company acquired five acres of land with a building that will be used as a warehouse. Tristar paid $290,000 in cash for the property. According to appraisals, the land had a fair value of $204,600 and the building had a fair value of $105,400.
2. On September 1, Tristar signed a $59,000 noninterest-bearing note to purchase equipment. The $59,000 payment is due on September 1, 2022. Assume that 8% is a reasonable interest rate.
3. On September 15, a truck was donated to the corporation. Similar trucks were selling for $4,400.
4. On September 18, the company paid its lawyer $7,000 for organizing the corporation.
5. On October 10, Tristar purchased maintenance equipment for cash. The purchase price was $34,000 and $1,450 in freight charges also were paid.
6. On December 2, Tristar acquired various items of office equipment. The company was short of cash and could not pay the $7,400 normal cash price. The supplier agreed to accept 200 shares of the company's no-par common stock in exchange for the equipment. The fair value of the stock is not readily determinable.
7. On December 10, the company acquired a tract of land at a cost of $39,000. It paid $7,000 down and signed a 10% note with both principal and interest due in one year. Ten percent is an appropriate rate of interest for this note.

Required:
Prepare journal entries to record each of the above transactions.

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