The Following Transactions Occurred in Fiscal 2012

Essay

The following transactions occurred in fiscal 2012:
•Synthesize Inc. exchanged machinery with Energize Corp.
•Synthesize Inc. purchased equipment by signing a 5 year non-interest bearing note payable for $200,000. The implicit rate of interest was 5%.
•Synthesize received a government grant of $10,000 to help purchase the equipment.
Required:
a)Assuming the machinery exchange has commercial substance, prepare the required journal entries for the exchange for both Synthesize and Energize.
b)Assuming the machinery exchange does not have commercial substance, prepare the required journal entries for the exchange for both Synthesize and Energize.
c)Prepare the required journal entry to record the purchase of the equipment purchased by the non-interest bearing note.
d)Prepare the required journal entries to record the government grant using both the gross method and the net method.