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Danny Venable, the new controller of Seratelli Company, has reviewed the expecte

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Question

Danny Venable, the new controller of Seratelli Company, has reviewed the expected useful lives and salvage values of selected depreciable assets at the beginning of 2014. Here are his findings:

Type of

Date

Accumulated
Depreciation,

Useful Life (in years)

Salvage Value

Asset

Acquired

Cost

Jan. 1, 2014

Old

Proposed

Old

Proposed

All assets are depreciated by the straight-line method. Seratelli Company uses a calendar year in preparing annual financial statements. After discussion, management has agreed to accept Danny’s proposed changes. (The “Proposed” useful life is total life, not remaining life.)

Compute the revised annual depreciation on each asset in 2014. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125.)

Building

Warehouse

Prepare the entry (or entries) to record depreciation on the building in 2014. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)

Type of

Date

Accumulated
Depreciation,

Useful Life (in years)

Salvage Value

Asset

Acquired

Cost

Jan. 1, 2014

Old

Proposed

Old

Proposed

Building Jan. 1, 2006 $757,100 $137,812 40 48 $68,040 $36,470 Warehouse Jan. 1, 2009 148,600 28,786 25 20 4,670 5,450

Explanation / Answer

DEPRECIATION EXPENSE = ( COST - REVISED SALVAGE VALUE- DEPRECIATION EXPENSE) / REVISED REMAINING USEFUL LIFE.

BUILDING = (757100 - 36470 - 137812) / 40 = 582818 / 40 = 14570. (REVISED DEPRECIATION BUILDING)

WAREHOUSE = (148600 - 5450 - 28786) / 15 = 114364 / 15 = 7624.  (REVISED DEPRECIATION WAREHOUSE)

DEPRECIATION EXPENSE 14570

ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION 14570

( DEPRECIATION EXPENSE FOR BUILDING)