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Kohlbeck Corporation, a manufacturer of steel products, began operations on Octo

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Question

Kohlbeck Corporation, a manufacturer of steel products, began operations on October 1, 2013. The accounting department of Kohlbeck has started the fixed-asset and depreciation schedule presented below. You have been asked to assist in completing this schedule. In addition to ascertaining that the data already on the schedule are correct, you have obtained the following information from the company’s records and personnel.

Present value
of $1.00 at 8%

Present value
of an ordinary annuity
of $1.00 at 8%


Complete the schedule below. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 45,892.)

KOHLBECK CORPORATION
Fixed-Asset and Depreciation Schedule
For Fiscal Years Ended September 30, 2014, and September 30, 2015

Depreciation
Expense
Year Ended
September 30

Assets

Acquisition Date

Cost

Salvage

Depreciation Method

Estimated Life in Years

2014

2015

Open Show Work

1. Depreciation is computed from the first of the month of acquisition to the first of the month of disposition. 2. Land A and Building A were acquired from a predecessor corporation. Kohlbeck paid $808,260 for the land and building together. At the time of acquisition, the land had an appraised value of $97,990, and the building had an appraised value of $881,910. 3. Land B was acquired on October 2, 2013, in exchange for 3,300 newly issued shares of Kohlbeck’s common stock. At the date of acquisition, the stock had a par value of $6 per share and a fair value of $32 per share. During October 2013, Kohlbeck paid $18,630 to demolish an existing building on this land so it could construct a new building. 4. Construction of Building B on the newly acquired land began on October 1, 2014. By September 30, 2015, Kohlbeck had paid $327,250 of the estimated total construction costs of $459,590. It is estimated that the building will be completed and occupied by July 2016. 5. Certain equipment was donated to the corporation by a local university. An independent appraisal of the equipment when donated placed the fair value at $45,300 and the salvage value at $3,720. 6. Machinery A’s total cost of $182,280 includes installation expense of $850 and normal repairs and maintenance of $14,030. Salvage value is estimated at $6,380. Machinery A was sold on February 1, 2015. 7. On October 1, 2014, Machinery B was acquired with a down payment of $6,167 and the remaining payments to be made in 11 annual installments of $6,467 each beginning October 1, 2014. The prevailing interest rate was 8%. The following data were abstracted from present value tables (rounded).

Explanation / Answer

Assets

Acquisition date

Cost

Salvage

Depreciation method

Estimated life in years

Depreciation expense for 2014

Depreciation expense for 2015

Land A

1 st Oct,2013

80,826

NA

NA

NA

NA

Building A

1 st Oct,2013

727,434

42,900

Straight line

68453

68453

Land B

1 st Oct,2013

124,230

NA

NA

NA

NA

Building B

Under construction

327,250

Straight line

30

10908

10908

Donated equipment

2 nd Oct,2013

45,300

3,720

150% declining balance

10

6795

558

Machinery A

2 nd Oct,2013

182,280

6,380

Sum of the year's digits

8

21986

21986

Machinery B

1 st Oct,2013

52,335

Straight line

20

2617

2617

Assets

Acquisition date

Cost

Salvage

Depreciation method

Estimated life in years

Depreciation expense for 2014

Depreciation expense for 2015

Land A

1 st Oct,2013

80,826

NA

NA

NA

NA

Building A

1 st Oct,2013

727,434

42,900

Straight line

68453

68453

Land B

1 st Oct,2013

124,230

NA

NA

NA

NA

Building B

Under construction

327,250

Straight line

30

10908

10908

Donated equipment

2 nd Oct,2013

45,300

3,720

150% declining balance

10

6795

558

Machinery A

2 nd Oct,2013

182,280

6,380

Sum of the year's digits

8

21986

21986

Machinery B

1 st Oct,2013

52,335

Straight line

20

2617

2617