A company buys an oil rig for $2,400,000 on January 1, 2018. The life of the rig is 10 years and the expected cost to dismantle the rig at the end of 10 years is $609,000 (present value at 12% is $196,080). 12% is an appropriate interest rate for this company. What expense should be recorded for 2018 as a result of these events?

For each of the following unrelated situations, calculate the annual amortization expense and prepare a journal entry to record the expense: A. A patent with a ten-year remaining legal life was purchased for $300,000. The patent will be usable for another eight years. B. A patent was acquired on a new smartphone. The cost of the patent itself was only $24,000, but the market value of the patent is $600,000. The company expects to be able to use this patent for all twenty years of its life.

For each of the following unrelated situations, calculate the annual amortization expense and prepare a journal entry to record the expense: A. A patent with a seventeen-year remaining legal life was purchased for $850,000. The patent will be usable for another six years. B. A patent was acquired on a new tablet. The cost of the patent itself was only $12,000, but the market value of the patent is $150,000. The company expects to be able to use this patent for all twenty years of its life.

A company buys an oil rig for $2,700,000 on January 1, 2020. The life of the rig is 10 years and the expected cost to dismantle the rig at the end of 10 years is $575,000 (present value discounted at 10% (fair rate for this company) is $221,687). What is the total amount of expense that shoOuld be recorded in the financial statements for 2020 as a result of these events (hint: consider both depreciation of the oil rig and any interest on the asset retirement obligation). There is no estimated salvage value for the oil rig and the company uses straight-line depreciation. Round all intermediate calculations to whole dollars. O $346,266 O $314,338 O $292.169 O $22,169 O $327,500