Question

January 2010, Giant Green Company pays $3,000,000 for a tract of land with two buildings on it. It plans to demolish Building 1 and build a new store in its place. Building 2 will be a company office; it is appraised at $742,000, with a useful life of 25 years and a $75,000 salvage value. A lighted parking lot near Building 1 has improvements (Land Improvements 1) valued at $400,500 that are expected to last another 18 years with no salvage value. Without the buildings and improvements, the tract of land is valued at $2,020,600. Giant Green also incurs the following additional costs:


Cost to demolish Building 1 $ 400,200
Cost of additional land grading 200,000
Cost to construct new building (Building 3), having a useful life of 25 years and a $322,000 salvage value 3,851,000
Cost of new land improvements (Land Improvements 2) near Building 2 having a 20-year useful life and no salvage value 122,000

What is the amount that should be recorded for land?

A $2,516,600
B. $2,020,600
C. $3,851,000
D. $1,916,400
E. $3,000,000

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