Accounting for a real estate complex

The accounting writing of the purchase of a property complex involves to properly breaking it
down into different categories. The purchase of the land will have to be
accounted for on the one hand and the purchase of the building on the other,
and the additional costs will have to be taken into account. A tedious task...
Accounting for land
When acquiring
a real estate complex, a company must be able to identify which part of the purchase price actually concerns the
acquisition of the land since this value will not be depreciable as
opposed to the construction.
If the notary’s
deed does not give any indication on this subject, the value of the land can be estimated by calling on a real estate expert or calculated by reference to the market
price of similar land.
This amount
will be recorded in a subdivision of the "211 - Land" account which
will generally be” 2115 - Built Land”.
Accounting
for a building
If you buy a
building, you acquire a set of
elements such as buildings, installations, fittings, etc. Three
main accounts, all subdivisions of the "213 - Constructions" account
will allow to record these data:
- The “2131-Building” account will allow to account all the elements of the structure of a
building (walls, floors, foundations, roofing). It will
be important to decompose everything well since each element will have its
own depreciation table
- The account " 2135 - General installations, fixtures
and fittings of buildings " will be used to account for the present installations (electrical,
heating, telephone) as well as all the work carried out to ensure that the premises are in good working
order . Again, it will be important to properly
- The account " 2138 - Infrastructure works "
allows to count the books to ensure the communications.
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