On January 2021, AAA Company paid the national government a fee in the amount of P129,000,000 for an area of interest with removable ore estimated by geological surveys at 10,000,000 tons. AAA is required by the national government to restore the area of interest after the extraction of the estimated units of reserves, AAA Company estimates that it will take 10 years to fully extract the reserves and estimates its restoration cost to be P10,000,000. The relevant discount rate is 10% (use 3 decimal places to round off the present value factor). The Company also incurred P2,150,000 of development costs in preparing the property for the extraction of the ore During 2021, 540,000 tons were mined. How much is the depletion/amortization expense for the year ended December 31, 2021?
On January 2021, AAA Company paid the national government a fee in the amount of P129,000,000 for an area of interest with removable ore estimated by geological surveys at 10,000,000 tons. AAA is required by the national government to restore the area of interest after the extraction of the estimated units of reserves, AAA Company estimates that it will take 10 years to fully extract the reserves and estimates its restoration cost to be P10,000,000. The relevant discount rate is 10% (use 3 decimal places to round off the present value factor).
The Company also incurred P2,150,000 of development costs in preparing the property for the extraction of the ore During 2021, 540,000 tons were mined.
How much is the depletion/amortization expense for the year ended December 31, 2021?
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