If a company is considering the purchase of a parcel of land that was acquired by the seller for $91,000, is offered for sale at $162,000, is assessed for tax purposes at $101,000, is recognized by the purchaser as easily being worth $152,000, and is purchased for $149,000, the land should be recorded in the purchaser's books at:

Respuesta :

Answer:

$91,000

Explanation:

Even though the new seller purchased it for $149,000, land is always recorded at historical cost (the cost when it was first purchased). Assuming the current holder is the person who was the first to buy the land, then it is is 91,000, since there is no other information about previous owners of the land before the one that bought it for 91,000.