Joy's House of Cheese (stocks Cougar Cheese) purchases a tract of land and an existing building for $940,000. The company plans to remove the old building and construct a new building on the site in a few months. In addition to the purchase price, Joy's pays closing costs, including title insurance of $2,400. The company also pays $12,800 in property taxes, which includes $8,400 of back taxes (unpaid taxes from previous years) paid by Joy's on behalf of the seller and $4,400 due for the current fiscal year after the purchase date. Shortly after closing, the company pays a contractor $47,000 to tear down the old building and remove it from the site. Joy is able to sell salvaged materials from the old building for $3,800 and pays an additional $10,400 to level the land to make it ready for use. Required: Determine the amount Joy's should record as the cost of the land. (Amounts to be deducted should be indicated by a minus sign.) Total cost of the land

Joy's House of Cheese (stocks Cougar Cheese) purchases a tract of land and an existing building for $940,000. The company plans to remove the old building and construct a new building on the site in a few months. In addition to the purchase price, Joy's pays closing costs, including title insurance of $2,400. The company also pays $12,800 in property taxes, which includes $8,400 of back taxes (unpaid taxes from previous years) paid by Joy's on behalf of the seller and $4,400 due for the current fiscal year after the purchase date. Shortly after closing, the company pays a contractor $47,000 to tear down the old building and remove it from the site. Joy is able to sell salvaged materials from the old building for $3,800 and pays an additional $10,400 to level the land to make it ready for use. Required: Determine the amount Joy's should record as the cost of the land. (Amounts to be deducted should be indicated by a minus sign.) Total cost of the land

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