The Venus Company hired an architect to design plans and a construction firm to build a new office building on a parcel of land it owns. The following data relates to the building:

Price paid to the construction firm

$320,000

Architect fees

18,000

Permit fees

1,200

Property taxes during the construction period

800

Insurance premium for first year of operations

3.000

Property taxes during the first year of operations

6.000

The total acquisition cost of the new building is:

  1. $349,000.
  2. $340,000.
  3. $338,000.
  4. $320,000.