Old Room Co. purchased land and a building for a lump-sum price of ₱48,000,000. The existing building will be demolished, and a new building will be constructed. Old Room incurred the following additional costs:
Title guarantee: ₱80,000
Option paid for the land and old building acquired: ₱24,000
Payments to tenants to vacate premises: ₱48,000
Cost of razing the old building: ₱240,000
Construction cost of new building (completed): ₱34,000,000
The land and old building have fair values of ₱20,000,000 and ₱40,000,000, respectively.
Some salvaged wood planks from the demolition were used as wall panels in the new building. Old Room estimates that the salvaged wood planks have a fair value of ₱120,000. The other salvaged materials were sold for ₱60,000.
What amount of the costs above is charged as an expense?
a. ₱48,000
b. ₱32,048,000
c. ₱32,000,000
d. ₱0