The Empire is in desperate need of cash to fund the continuing war with the Rebe
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The Empire is in desperate need of cash to fund the continuing war with the Rebellion so the Emperor and imperial officers decide to sell the death star and they put it on Craiglist.com. The death star has a fair market value of 375 millins and they are able to find a buyer who pays them 400$ million. At the time of sale, the death star is listed on the emppire’s balance sheet for 418$ millions. The empire had purchased the death star for 550$ millions and was depreciating it over 25 years using the straight line method. Record the Journal entry for the sale of the death star on December 18.2015. (also please explain how did you caluclate the Accumlated Depreciation?)
Explanation / Answer
Accumulate depreciation = 550-418=132 million
Journal entry
Cash account debit 400 million
Accumulated depreciation account debit 132 million
Loss on sale debit 18 million
Death star account credit 550 million
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