23rd Edition

ISBN: 9781259536359

Author: John J Wild, Ken Shaw Accounting Professor, Barbara Chiappetta Fundamental Accounting Principles

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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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 exp…

Depreciation Accounting

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Chapter 10, Problem 1BPSB

Problem 10-1B

Plant asset costs: depreciation methods

Nagy Company negotiates a lump-sum purchase of several assets from a contractor who is relocating. The purchase is completed on January 1, 2017, at a total cash price of $1,800,000 for a building, land, land improvements, and five trucks. The estimated market values of the assets are building, $890,000; land, $427,200; land improvements, $249,200; and five trucks, $213,600. The company’s fiscal year ends on December 31.

Required

Prepare a table to allocate the lump-sum purchase price to the separate assets purchased (round percents to the nearest 1%). Prepare the journal entry to record the purchase.
Compute the depreciation expense for year 2017 on the building using the straight-line method, assuming a 12-year life and a $120,000 salvage value.
Compute the depredation expense for year 2017 on the land improvements assuming a 10-year life and double-declining balance depreciation.

(2) $65,000

(3) $50,400

Analysis Component

Defend or refute this statement: Accelerated depreciation results in payment of more taxes over the asset’s life.

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Fundamental Accounting Principles

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