Loose Leaf for Fundamentals of Accounting Principles and Connect Access Card
Loose Leaf for Fundamentals of Accounting Principles and Connect Access Card
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ISBN: 9781259542169
Author: John J Wild
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10, Problem 5BPSB
To determine

Introduction:

Asset is a term used to define a resource owned by a company against which some income will earn in near future and that income will expressed in monetary terms. Recording of an asset is done via journal entry and represented in Balance sheet as an Asset.

Depreciation is a term used to indicate reduction in value of assets occurred due to frequent use, wear and tear, changes in technology etc. it is recorded in statement of accounts as expenditure however there is no outflow of cash.

Straight line method is a method to be used for computing depreciation using Formula under which cost of asset is depreciated equally over the useful life of asset.

To determine:

Journalize the entries of the events occurred

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Journal entry will be recorded as under:

In the books of York instruments

     
    		 
    		 
    		$
    		$
    01.01.2014
    		Machine A/c
    		Dr.
    		114270
    		 
     
    		To Cash A/c
    		Cr.
    		 
    		114270
     
    		(Being asset recorded)
    		 
    		 
    		 
     
    		 
    		 
    		 
    		 
    31.12.2014
    		Depreciation Expense A/c
    		Dr.
    		17425
    		 
     
    		To Accumulated Depreciation A/c
    		Cr.
    		 
    		17425
     
    		(Being Depreciation on Asset (Machine) recorded)
    		 
    		 
    		 
     
    		 
    		 
    		 
    		 
    31.12.2015
    		Depreciation Expense A/c
    		Dr.
    		27500
    		 
     
    		To Accumulated Depreciation A/c
    		Cr.
    		 
    		27500
     
    		(Being Depreciation on Asset (Machine) recorded)
    		 
    		 
    		 
     
    		 
    		 
    		 
    		 
    31.12.2016
    		Depreciation Expense A/c
    		Dr.
    		27500

     
    		To Accumulated Depreciation A/c
    		Cr.

    		27500
     
    		(Being Depreciation on Asset (Machine) recorded)
    		 


     
    		 
    		 


    31.12.2016
    		Cash A/c
    		Dr.
    		25240

     
    		Loss on sale of Machine A/c
    		Dr.
    		 16605

     
    		To Machine A/c
    		Cr.

    		41845
     
    		(Being Machine sold in cash recorded)
    		 








Explanation:

Year 2014

Given:

Cost of Asset for the year 2014 is $ 114270,
Residual value is $ 9720,
Useful life of Copy machine is 6 Years

Formula used:

For computation of cost of Machine

    Cost of Machine
    		$
    Original value of asset at the beginning of year
    		xxxx
    Add: Expenditure capitalized during the year
    		xxxx
    Less: Depreciation for the year
    		xxxx
    Asset value at the end of year xxxx

For calculating Depreciation under straight line method

Cost of Asset- Residual Value
 Useful life of Asset

Calculation:

*Computation of Cost of Machine

    Cost of Machine$
    Cash
    		107800
    Sales tax
    		6470
    Total114270

$ 114270- $ 9720
     6
$ 104550/6
$ 17425

Year 2015

Given:

Cost of Asset for the year 2015 is $ 96845,
Residual value is $ 14345,
Useful life of machine reduced from 6 years to 4 years, as one year already passed so remaining useful life is 3 years in the year 2015

Formula used:

For computation of cost of Machine

    Cost of Machine
    		$
    Original value of asset at the beginning of year
    		xxxx
    Add: Expenditure capitalized during the year
    		xxxx
    Less: Depreciation for the year
    		xxxx
    Asset value at the end of year xxxx

For calculating Depreciation under straight line method

Cost of Asset- Residual Value
 Useful life of Asset

Calculation:

*Computation of Cost of Machine

    Cost of Machine
    		$
    Asset value in the year 2014
    		114270
    Less: Depreciation for the year 2014
    		17425
    Asset value at the beginning of year 201596845

$ 96845- $ 14345
     3
$ 82500/3
$ 27500

Year 2016

Given:

Cost of Asset for the year 2016 is $ 69345,
Residual value is $ 14345,
Remaining useful life of Machine is 2 years in year 2016

Formula used:

Formula for computation of cost of machine

    Cost of Machine
    		$
    Original value of asset at the beginning of year
    		xxxx
    Less: Depreciation for the year
    		xxxx
    Asset value at the end of year xxxx

For calculating Depreciation under straight line method

Cost of Asset- Residual Value
 Useful life of Asset

For calculating profit or loss on sale of asset

    Calculation of profit or loss on sale of asset
    		$
    Original value of asset
    		xxxx
    Less: Depreciation for the used period
    		xxxx
    Asset value at the time of sale
    		xxxx
    Less: Sale value
    		xxxx
    Profit / Loss on sale of Assetxxxx

Calculation:

*Computation of Cost of Machine

    Cost of Machine
    		$
    Asset value in the year 2015
    		96845
    Less: Depreciation for the year 2015
    		27500
    Asset value at the beginning of year 2016 69345

$ 69345- $ 14345
     2
$ 55000/2
$ 27500

*Computation of Cost of Machine at the time of sale

    Cost of Machine
    		$
    Truck value at the beginning of year 2016
    		69345
    Less: Depreciation for the year 2016
    		27500
    Truck value at the time of sale
    		41845
    Sale of Truck in Cash
    		25240
    Loss on sale of Machine ($ 41845- $ 25240)
    		16605*

*Loss on sale of truck will be recorded as expenses under Profit & Loss A/c

Conclusion

Events and transaction are recorded in the form of journal entries as and when it occurred.

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