C & M Securities made several expenditures during the current fiscal year, including the following: (a) For each of the items listed below, indicate whether the cost should be debited to land, buildings, equipment, land improvements, or an expense account.     Amount   Description of Expenditure     1.   $150,000   Acquisition of a piece of land to be used as a building site                                                              No effectEquipmentBuildingExpense or Land improvementsLandExpenseExpense or BuildingsLand improvements 2.   3,000   Demolition of a small building on the land, to make way for the new building                                                              Expense or BuildingsNo effectLand improvementsBuildingExpenseEquipmentLandExpense or Land improvements 3.   7,500   Levelling of the land to prepare it for construction of the new building                                                              No effectLand improvementsExpense or Land improvementsBuildingLandExpenseExpense or BuildingsEquipment 4.   290,000   Construction of the new building                                                              Expense or BuildingsExpense or Land improvementsNo effectExpenseLandLand improvementsEquipmentBuilding 5.   12,000   Paving of a parking lot beside the building                                                              Expense or Land improvementsLandEquipmentExpense or BuildingsNo effectLand improvementsExpenseBuilding 6.   6,000   Addition of decorative landscaping around the building (such as planting flowers and ornamental shrubs)                                                              LandExpense or Land improvementsNo effectExpense or BuildingsBuildingEquipment 7.   80,000   Purchase of a new piece of equipment                                                              Expense or BuildingsEquipmentExpense or Land improvementsLandExpenseNo effectBuildingLand improvements 8.   6,000   Sales taxes on the new equipment             If non-recoverable                                                              LandBuildingExpense or Land improvementsEquipmentExpenseNo effectExpense or BuildingsLand improvements         If GST or HST                                                              No effectLand improvementsLandBuildingEquipmentExpenseExpense or BuildingsExpense or Land improvements 9.   3,000   Installation of the new equipment                                                              No effectLand improvementsExpenseLandExpense or BuildingsExpense or Land improvementsEquipmentBuilding 10.   1,500   Testing and adjustment of the new equipment prior to its use                                                              No effectLandEquipmentExpenseExpense or Land improvementsBuildingLand improvementsExpense or Buildings 11.   1,000   Minor repairs to some old equipment                                                              No effectEquipmentExpense or Land improvementsExpenseLand improvementsBuildingLandExpense or Buildings 12.   7,000   Major overhaul of an old piece of equipment, extending its useful life by three years                                                              No effectLand improvementsBuildingExpense or Land improvementsExpense or BuildingsEquipmentLandExpense 13.   1,200   Routine maintenance of equipment                                                              Expense or Land improvementsNo effectEquipmentExpenseLandExpense or BuildingsLand improvementsBuilding 14.   2,000   Replacement of windows broken by disgruntled employees during a labour dispute                                                              Expense or BuildingsLandExpense or Land improvementsExpenseNo effectBuildingLand improvementsEquipment

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C & M Securities made several expenditures during the current fiscal year, including the following:

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For each of the items listed below, indicate whether the cost should be debited to land, buildings, equipment, land improvements, or an expense account.

    Amount   Description of Expenditure    
1.   $150,000   Acquisition of a piece of land to be used as a building site                                                              No effectEquipmentBuildingExpense or Land improvementsLandExpenseExpense or BuildingsLand improvements
2.   3,000   Demolition of a small building on the land, to make way for the new building                                                              Expense or BuildingsNo effectLand improvementsBuildingExpenseEquipmentLandExpense or Land improvements
3.   7,500   Levelling of the land to prepare it for construction of the new building                                                              No effectLand improvementsExpense or Land improvementsBuildingLandExpenseExpense or BuildingsEquipment
4.   290,000   Construction of the new building                                                              Expense or BuildingsExpense or Land improvementsNo effectExpenseLandLand improvementsEquipmentBuilding
5.   12,000   Paving of a parking lot beside the building                                                              Expense or Land improvementsLandEquipmentExpense or BuildingsNo effectLand improvementsExpenseBuilding
6.   6,000   Addition of decorative landscaping around the building (such as planting flowers and ornamental shrubs)                                                              LandExpense or Land improvementsNo effectExpense or BuildingsBuildingEquipment
7.   80,000   Purchase of a new piece of equipment                                                              Expense or BuildingsEquipmentExpense or Land improvementsLandExpenseNo effectBuildingLand improvements
8.   6,000   Sales taxes on the new equipment    
        If non-recoverable                                                              LandBuildingExpense or Land improvementsEquipmentExpenseNo effectExpense or BuildingsLand improvements
        If GST or HST                                                              No effectLand improvementsLandBuildingEquipmentExpenseExpense or BuildingsExpense or Land improvements
9.   3,000   Installation of the new equipment                                                              No effectLand improvementsExpenseLandExpense or BuildingsExpense or Land improvementsEquipmentBuilding
10.   1,500   Testing and adjustment of the new equipment prior to its use                                                              No effectLandEquipmentExpenseExpense or Land improvementsBuildingLand improvementsExpense or Buildings
11.   1,000   Minor repairs to some old equipment                                                              No effectEquipmentExpense or Land improvementsExpenseLand improvementsBuildingLandExpense or Buildings
12.   7,000   Major overhaul of an old piece of equipment, extending its useful life by three years                                                              No effectLand improvementsBuildingExpense or Land improvementsExpense or BuildingsEquipmentLandExpense
13.   1,200   Routine maintenance of equipment                                                              Expense or Land improvementsNo effectEquipmentExpenseLandExpense or BuildingsLand improvementsBuilding
14.   2,000   Replacement of windows broken by disgruntled employees during a labour dispute                                                              Expense or BuildingsLandExpense or Land improvementsExpenseNo effectBuildingLand improvementsEquipment
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