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A company purchased land for $70,000 cash. Real estate brokers' commission was $5,000 and $7,000 was spent for demolishing an old building on the land before construction of a new building could start. Under the historical cost principle, the cost of land would be recorded at

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Answer:

UNDER THE HISTORICAL COST OF PRINCIPLE THE COST OF LAND WOULD BE $82,000

Explanation:

Historical cost principle is one of many principle that is used in the accounting , where it states that the value of the asset which will be recorded in the asset side of the balance sheet will be based on the original amount of price which was incurred to acquire the asset at the time of purchase. In this we will include the broker's commission and amount spent for demolishing old building

COST OF LAND = purchase price + broker commission + cost on demolishing

                           = $70,000 + $5000 + $7000

                           = $82,000

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