Accounting adds and subtracts numbers billing etc.
Bookkeeping just organizes and stores imformation.
Answer:
b. $400,000
Explanation:
According to the historical cost principle, the land or fixed assets should be reported in the financial statement with the purchase price or historical price.
In the given situation, the land receiving value is $400,000 and its fair market value or FMV is $500,000 and exchange value is $300,000
So, here the land should be recorded at $400,000. Hence, we ignored the fair market value and the exchanged value
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