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1.Leslie manufacturing company purchased land adjacent to its factory for the in

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1.Leslie manufacturing company purchased land adjacent to its factory for the installation of a holding area for equipment. Expenditures by the company were as follows: purchase price, 173,000; paving, 5,300; title search and other fees, $760; grading, 3,000; demolition of a shack on the property, 4,600; lighting, 8,200; signs, 2,850; brokers fees, 10,240; and landscaping, 10,600. Determine the amount that should be debited to the land account and record the journal entry assuming that Leslie purchased the land with cash.

2.At the beginning of a fiscal year, alexander company buys a machine for 48,000. The machine has an estimated life of 5 years and an estimated salvage value 4,000.

Using the following four methods, determine the annual depreciation of the machine for each of the estimated 5 years of its life, the accumulated depreciation at the end of each year, and the book value of the machine at the end of each year. Round annual depreciation to whole dollars.

A.straight line method

B.double declining balance method

C.units of production method (useful method is 420,000 units. Year 1 use is 120,000 units, year 2 use is 100,000 units, year 3 use is 90,000 units, year 4 use is 60,000 units and year 5 use is 50,000 units) Round calculations to 3 decimal places. Year 5 depreciation should be rounded to balance.

D.MACRS method (assume that the asset was purchased after 1986 and is 7-year property) Year 8 is depreciation should be rounded to balance.

3.During a 3 year period, 5th street motel completed the following transactions pertaining to its pickup truck:

Year 1:

Jan 11- bought a used pickup truck for cash 8,800

Nov 16- paid garage for maintenance repairs to pickup truck, 273

Dec 31- recorded the adjusting entry for depreciation. The estimated life of the pickup truck is four years, and it has an estimated trade in value of 2,200.

Dec 31- closed the expense accounts to the income summary account

Year 2:

Mar 4- paid garage for tune up and minor repairs, 88

May 27- bought a tire for the truck, 105

Dec 31- recorded the adjusting entry for depreciation for the fiscal year

Dec 31- closed the expense accounts to the income summary account

Year 3:

Feb 13- paid garage for maintenance repairs to pickup truck, 436

June 22- traded in the pickup truck for another pickup truck priced at 9,460, receiving a trade in allowance of 1,040 and paying the difference in cash. Recorded the entry to depreciate the old truck to date. Made the entry to record the exchange, assuming that the exchange has “commercial substance”.

Dec 31- recorded the adjusting entry for depreciation of the new pickup truck for the fiscal year, using the straight line method of depreciation. The estimated life of the new truck is 6 years, and it has an estimated trade in value of 2,500.

Dec 31- closed the expense accounts to the income summary account

1.record the transactions in general journal form

2. after journalizing each entry, post to the following ledger accounts, truck, no 131; accumulated depreciation, truck, no 132; truck repair expense, no 519; depreciation expense, truck, no 523; and loss on disposal of property and equipment, no 640.

Explanation / Answer

Answer 1

In accounting, all the expenses related to installation of project should be capitalised to the asset for which the same are expensed.

All the expenses, are assumed to be expensed for installation of holding area of equipment

Suppose, all the expenses are paid to only 1 vendor i.e. Mr. X

For land, Accounting entry is

Land Dr 173000

Vendor Cr 173000

Vendor Dr 173000

Cash Cr 173000

Rest all the expenses are related to installation of equipmentWill be entered in Capital WIP, so entry is

Title Dr 5300

Fees Dr 760

Grading Dr 3000

Demolition Dr 4600

Lighting Dr 8200

Signs Dr 2850

Brokerage Dr 10240

landscaping Dr 10600

Vendor Cr 45550

Vendor Dr 45550

cash Cr 45550

Equipment dr 45550

Capital WIP Cr 45550

2)

a) Straight Line Method

   = (48000-4000)/5

   = 8800 $

(b) Double decling Method

Incomplete Information

(c) Production based Method

d) MACRS Method

Nil value, as the asset has already depriciated

1year 2 year 3 year 4year 5 year Purchase Value 48000 39200 30400 21600 12800 Dep. 8800 8800 8800 8800 8800 Book value 39200 30400 21600 12800 4000
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