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TebalNipis purchased land as a factory site and contracted with Maksum Construction to construct a factory. TebalNipis made the following expenditures related to the acquisition of the land, building and machinery to equip the factory:

Purchase price of the land

RM1,200,000

Demolition and removal of old building

80,000

Clearing and grading the land before construction

150,000

Various closing costs in connection with acquiring the land

42,000

Architects fee for the plans for the new building

50,000

Payments to Maksum for building construction

3,250,000

Machinery purchased

860,000

Freight charges on machinery

32,000

Trees, plants and other landscaping

45,000

Installation of a sprinkler system for the landscaping

5,000

Costs to build special platforms and install wiring for the machinery

12,000

Cost of trial runs to ensure proper installation of the machinery

7,000

Fire and theft insurance on the factory for the first year of use

24,000

In addition to the above expenditures, TebalNipis purchased four forklifts from Choo & Co. In payment, TebalNipis paid RM16,000cash and signed a noninterest-bearing note requiring the payment of RM70,000 in one year. An interest rate of 7% properly reflects the time value of money for this type of loan.

Required:

Determine the initial valuation of each of the assets TebalNipis acquired in the above transactions.

(Note: Present value of RM1, n=1, i=7%, is 0.93458)

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