Just - For - You Hardware Consultants purchased a building for $870,000 and depr
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Just - For - You Hardware Consultants purchased a building for $870,000 and depreciated it on a straight line basis over a 30 year period. The estimated residual value is $120,000. After using the building for 15 years, Just - For - You realized that wear and tear on the building would wear it out before 30 years and that the estimated residual value should be $104,000. Starting with the 16th year, Just - For - You began depreciating the building over a revised total life of 20 years using the new residual value. Journalize depreciation expense on the building for years 15 and 16.
Year 15?
Year 16?
Explanation / Answer
Depreciation Calculation if the life of machine is 30 years.
Cost = $870,000
Scrap Value = $120,000
Deprecation = (cost - salvage value) / Number of life year of machine
= (870,000-120,000)/30 = $25,000
So the depreciation entry for the year 15 is
Depreciation Expense 25,000
Accumulated Depreciation 25,000
Depreciation Calculation if the life of machine is 20 years.
Cost in the beginning = $870,000
Total Accumulated Depreciation = 15*25,000 = 375,000
Remaining life of machine = 5 years
Depreciation for the remaining life = (Cost - Accumulated Depreciation - Salvage Value) / Remaining Life
= (870,000-375,000-104000) / 5 = $78,200
So the depreciation entry for the year 16 is
Depreciation Expense 78,200
Accumulated Depreciation 78,200
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