
Concept explainers
1.
To prepare: A table to compute the lump sum purchase and to prepare
1.

Explanation of Solution
Computation of lump sum purchase:
Particulars | Appraised Value ($) | Percentage of total | Apportioned Cost ($) |
Building | 890,000 | 50% | 900,000 |
Land improvements | 249,200 | 14% | 252,000 |
Land | 427,200 | 24% | 432,000 |
Trucks | 213,600 | 12% | 216,000 |
Total | 1,780,000 | 1,800,000 |
Table (1)
Record purchase of the assets on January 1st 2017.
Date | Account Title and Explanation | Post ref | Debit ($) | Credit ($) |
Jan1 | Building | 900,000 | ||
Land | 432,000 | |||
Trucks | 216,000 | |||
Land improvements | 252,000 | |||
Cash | 900,000 | |||
(To record the purchase of assets) |
Table (2)
- Building is an asset account. Building account increases as new building has been purchased. Hence, all the assets are debited as they increases in value.
- Land is an asset account. Land account increases as a new land is purchased and all the assets are debited as a new asset is purchased or if its value increases.
- Vehicle account is an asset account. Vehicles account increases as a new vehicle is purchased and all the assets are debited as a new asset is purchased or if its value increases.
- Land improvements are an asset account. Land improvement account increases as some improvements have been done on land to increase its useful life and all the assets are debited as their value increases.
- Cash account is an asset account. Cash account decreases as the amount paid for the purchase of all assets are made in cash and all the assets are credited as their values decreases.
Working Notes:
Computation of total appraised value:
Total appraised value is $1,780,000.
Building
Computation of percentage of total of building:
Percentage of building is 50%.
Computation of apportioned cost of the building:
Apportioned cost of the building is $900,000.
Land improvements
Computation of percentage of total of Land improvements:
Percentage of Land improvements is 14%.
Computation of Apportioned Cost of the Land improvements:
Apportioned cost of land improvements is $252,000.
Land
Computation of percentage of total of Land:
Percentage of Land is 24%.
Computation of apportioned Cost of the Land:
Apportioned cost of land is $432,000.
Vehicles
Computation of percentage of total of vehicles:
Percentage of vehicles is 12%.
Computation of Apportioned Cost of the vehicles:
Apportioned cost of vehicles is $216,000.
2.
To Compute: The
2.

Explanation of Solution
Given,
Cost of building is $900,000.
Salvage value is $120,000.
Useful life is 12 years.
Formula to calculate depreciation:
Substitute $477,000 as the cost of the asset, $27,000 as residual value and 15 years as useful life,
Depreciation on building is $65,000.
Hence, the depreciation that will be charged on building for the year 2017 is $65,000.
3.
To Compute: The depreciation amount on the land improvements using double declining method.
3.

Explanation of Solution
Given,
Appraised value of land improvements is 252,000.
Useful life is 10 years.
Formula to calculate the depreciation rate:
Substitute 5 years as useful life in the above formula,
The double depreciation rate is 20%.
Formula to calculate depreciation in first year:
Substitute $252,000 as cost of the land improvements and 20% as depreciation rate,
Hence, the depreciation that will be charged is $50,400.
4.
To identify: Accelerated depreciation results in payment of fewer taxes.
4.

Explanation of Solution
- This statement is not correct that accelerated depreciation reduces that amount of tax rate paid to the government, it doesn’t reduce the taxes as it just provides higher amount of depreciation in the first few years and provides lower depreciation in the later years.
- The Acceleration depreciation just delays the taxes to the forthcoming years.
Hence, the accelerated depreciation does not result in payment of less tax.
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