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PART I. Problems . ABC closing costs of $5 ompany purchased land for $350,000 wi

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PART I. Problems . ABC closing costs of $5 ompany purchased land for $350,000 with intentions to construct eebding on the site. At the time of the closing, ABC Company paid 000, title fees of $800, and attorney's fees of $3,200. When ompany purchased the land, removal of an old building waS ABC C ABC C fro ompleted in preparation for the new building at a cost of $8,000. However ompany was able to sell a portion of the building materials retrieved m the old, demolished building to a local contractor for $2,000. After $21,000 was paid to grade the property, a building was constructed at a total cost of $600,000. Required: Based on the previous information, identify the total acquisition costs for the land and the building. 2. ABC Company acquired a vehicle on January 1, 20X2, for $78,000. The machine is estimated to have a 6-year life, with a residual value of $9,000. ABC Company is not certain whether to use the straight-line or double- declining-balance method of depreciation. Prepare the following depreciation schedule: Straight-Line Double-Declining-Balance Depreciation Book Depreciation Book Expense Value Expense Value $78,000 Date 01/01/2X02 12/31/2X02 12/31/20X3 12/31/20X4 12/31/20X5 $78,000

Explanation / Answer

The cost of land & equipment includes the purchase price of the asset and all expenditures necessary to prepare the asset for its intended use, Land purchases often involve rlegal fees, bank fees, title search fees, and real state commision, attorney fees. Sometimes there are Old buildings, whiich may need to be demolished before the company can use the land, such expenses incurred on Demolition are considered part of the land's cost. the cost of buildings includes the purchase price and all closing costs related with the acquisition of the buildings,

PARTICULARS

AMOUNT

PURCHASE COST OF LAND

$350000

ADD:CLOSING COST

$5000

TITLE FEES

$800

ATTORNEY FEES

$ 3200

DEMOLITION OF OLD BUILDING

$ 8000

Gradation of property

$ 21000

Cost of Building construction

$ 600000

LESS : Sale of retrieved old building material

($ 2000)

          TOTAL COST OF LAND & BUILDING

$ 986000

B) Straight line method : Under straight line depreciation method, the Cost of an asset is depreciated uniformly over each period until it reaches its salvage value

Cost of the asset is the purchase price of the asset

Salvage value is the value of the asset at the end of its useful life

Useful life of asset represents the number of years in which the asset is expected to be used . $78

.

Annual Depreciation = Cost of Asset- Salvage value / useful life of Asset

= $78000-9000/6

= $11500

SCHEDULE OF DEPRECIATIOM (STRAIGHT LINE METHOD)

DATE

DEPRECIATION EXPENSE

BOOK VALUE

1-1-2002

78000

31-1-2002

11500

66500

31-12-2003

11500

55000

31-12-2004

11500

43500

31-12-2005

11500

32000

31-12-2006

11500

20500

31-12-2007

11500

9000

Under the double declining balance method, double means twice or 200% of the straight line depreciation rate.

Rate of depreciation under Straight line method= 11500/(78000-9000)*100

=16.66%

Rate of depreciation under Straight line method = 16.66%*2 = 33.3333%

SCHEDULE OF DEPRECIATIOM (Double Declining Method of dEPRECIATION)

DATE

BOOK VALUE AT THE BEGGINING

DEPRECIATION EXPENSE

BOOK VALUE AT TH END

1-1-2002

78000

31-12-2002

78000

78000*33.33%=26000

52000

31-12-2003

52000

52000*33.33%=17332

34668

31-12-2004

34668

34668*33.33%=11555

23113

31-12-2005

23113

23113*33.33%=7704

15409

31-12-2006

15409

15409*33.33%= 5136

10273

31-12-2007

10273

1273 (balance)

9000

PARTICULARS

AMOUNT

PURCHASE COST OF LAND

$350000

ADD:CLOSING COST

$5000

TITLE FEES

$800

ATTORNEY FEES

$ 3200

DEMOLITION OF OLD BUILDING

$ 8000

Gradation of property

$ 21000

Cost of Building construction

$ 600000

LESS : Sale of retrieved old building material

($ 2000)

          TOTAL COST OF LAND & BUILDING

$ 986000