Financial And Managerial Accounting
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Author: WARREN, Carl S.
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Chapter 9, Problem 21E
a.
To determine
Compute the book value of the fixed assets for the current year and the preceding year.
b.
To determine
Explain whether it is normally expected that Company A’s book value of fixed assets would increase or decrease during the year.
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Book Value of Fixed Assets
Cannington, Inc., designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers and related software. The following information was taken from a
recent annual report of Cannington:
Property, Plant, and Equipment (in millions):
Preceding Year
$291,415
376,830
457,220
(532,586)
Current Year
Land and buildings
$502,440
Machinery, equipment, and internal-use software
477,318
Other fixed assets related to leases
607,952
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
(638,099)
a. Compute the book value of the fixed assets for the current year and the preceding year.
Current year book value
Preceding year book value i
A comparison of the book values of the current and preceding years indicates that they i
and accumulated depreciation reveals that Cannington purchased
additional depreciation expense of $
b. Would you normally expect the book value of fixed assets to increase or decrease during the year?
A comparison of the total cost
million of additional fixed assets, which was…
Book Value of Fixed Assets
Cannington, Inc., designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers and related software. The following information was taken from a recent annual report of Cannington:
Property, Plant, and Equipment (in millions):
Current Year
Preceding Year
Land and buildings
$574,290
$333,088
Machinery, equipment, and internal-use software
545,576
430,718
Other fixed assets related to leases
694,891
522,604
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
(729,348)
(608,747)
a. Compute the book value of the fixed assets for the current year and the preceding year.
Current year book value
Preceding year book value
A comparison of the book values of the current and preceding years indicates that they Increased v. A comparison of the total cost and accumulated depreciation reveals that Cannington purchased
million of additional fixed assets, which was offset by the additional depreciation expense of $
million taken during the current year.
b. Would you normally expect the book…
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