Champion Contractors completed the following transactions involving equipment. Year 1 January 1 Paid $318,000 cash plus $12,720 in sales tax and $1,700 in transportation (FOB shipping point) for a new loader. The loader is estimated to have a four-year life and a $31,800 salvage value. Loader costs are recorded in the Equipment account. January 3 Paid $5,000 to install air conditioning in the loader to enable operations under harsher conditions. Thi increased the estimated salvage value of the loader by another $1,500. December 31 Recorded annual straight-line depreciation on the loader. Year 2 January 1 Paid $4,500 to overhaul the loader's engine, which increased the loader's estimated useful life by two years. February 17 Paid $1,125 for minor repairs to the loader after the operator backed it into a tree. December 31 Recorded annual straight-line depreciation on the loader. Required: Prepare journal entries to record these transactions and events.
Depreciation Methods
The word "depreciation" is defined as an accounting method wherein the cost of tangible assets is spread over its useful life and it usually denotes how much of the assets value has been used up. The depreciation is usually considered as an operating expense. The main reason behind depreciation includes wear and tear of the assets, obsolescence etc.
Depreciation Accounting
In terms of accounting, with the passage of time the value of a fixed asset (like machinery, plants, furniture etc.) goes down over a specific period of time is known as depreciation. Now, the question comes in your mind, why the value of the fixed asset reduces over time.
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![Champion Contractors completed the following transactions involving equipment.
Year 1
January 1 Paid $318,000 cash plus $12,720 in sales tax and $1,700 in transportation (FOB shipping point) for a new
loader. The loader is estimated to have a four-year life and a $31,800 salvage value. Loader costs are
recorded in the Equipment account.
January 3 Paid $5,000 to install air conditioning in the loader to enable operations under harsher conditions. This
increased the estimated salvage value of the loader by another $1,500.
December 31 Recorded annual straight-line depreciation on the loader.
Year 2
January 1 Paid $4,500 to overhaul the loader's engine, which increased the loader's estimated useful life by two
years.
February 17 Paid $1,125 for minor repairs to the loader after the operator backed it into a tree.
December 31 Recorded annual straight-line depreciation on the loader.
Required:
Prepare journal entries to record these transactions and events.
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Date
January 1, Year 1
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Paid $318,000 cash plus $12,720 in sales tax and $1,700 in transportation
(FOB shipping point) for a new loader. The loader is estimated to have a four-
year life and a $31,800 salvage value. Loader costs are recorded in the
Equipment account.
Note: Enter debits before credits.
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