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Type of Date Accumulated Depreciation, Useful Life (in years) Salvage Value Asse

ID: 2452207 • Letter: T

Question

Type of

Date

Accumulated
Depreciation,

Useful Life (in years)

Salvage Value

Asset

Acquired

Cost

Jan. 1, 2014

Old

Proposed

Old

Proposed

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.)

Account Titles and Explanation

Debit

Credit

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

Building Jan. 1, 2006 $792,400 $146,956 40 48 $57,620 $36,470 Warehouse Jan. 1, 2009 151,700 29,420 25 20 4,600 4,530
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.)

Explanation / Answer

Building :

Book value of building as on Jan 1, 2014 = 792400-146956 = $645444

Eight years have been depreciated. So with the new useful life and the new salvage value, the new depreciation per year is :

(645444-36470)/40 = 15224

Dr....Dep Exp-Building $15224

Cr...Accumulated Dep-Building $15224

Warehouse :

Book value of building as on Jan 1, 2014 = 151700-29420 = $122280

Five years have been depreciated. So with the new useful life and the new salvage value, the new depreciation per year is :

(122280-4530)/15 = $7850

Dr....Dep Exp-Warehouse $7850

Cr...Accumulated Dep-Warehouse $7850