Equipment was acquired at the beginning of the year at a cost of $800,000. The equipment was depreciated using the double-declining-balance method based on an estimated useful life of 10 years and an estimated residual value of $60,000. Question Content Area a. What was the depreciation for the first year? b. Assuming the equipment was sold at the end of the second year for $650,000, determine the gain or loss on the sale of the equipment. Question Content Area c. Journalize the entry on December 31 to record the sale. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. Date Account Debit Credit December 31

Equipment was acquired at the beginning of the year at a cost of $800,000. The equipment was depreciated using the double-declining-balance method based on an estimated useful life of 10 years and an estimated residual value of $60,000. Question Content Area a. What was the depreciation for the first year? b. Assuming the equipment was sold at the end of the second year for $650,000, determine the gain or loss on the sale of the equipment. Question Content Area c. Journalize the entry on December 31 to record the sale. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. Date Account Debit Credit December 31

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Chapter8: Depreciation, Cost Recovery, Amortization, And Depletion

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a. What was the depreciation for the first year?

b. Assuming the equipment was sold at the end of the second year for $650,000, determine the gain or loss on the sale of the equipment.

Question Content Area

c. Journalize the entry on December 31 to record the sale. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

Date	Account	Debit	Credit
December 31

Definition Definition Method of recording financial transactions in the book of original entry by debiting and crediting the accounts affected by a transaction using the golden rules of accrual accounting.

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