Tony and Suzie see the need for a rugged all-terrain vehicle to transport participants and supplies. They decide to purchase a used Suburban on July 1, 2025, for $12,000. They expect to use the Suburban for five years and then sell the vehicle for $4,500. The following expenditures related to the vehicle were also made on July 1, 2025:
• The company pays $1,800 to GEICO for a one-year insurance policy.
• The company spends an extra $3,000 to repaint the vehicle, placing the Great Adventures logo on the front hood, back, and both sides.
• An additional $2,000 is spent on a deluxe roof rack and a trailer hitch. The painting, roof rack, and hitch are all expected to increase the future benefits of the vehicle for Great Adventures. In addition, on October 22, 2025, the company pays $400 for basic vehicle maintenance related to changing the oil, replacing the windshield wipers, rotating the tires, and inserting a new air filter.

Required:
1. Record the expenditures related to the vehicle on July 1, 2025. Note: The capitalized cost of the vehicle is recorded in the Equipment account.
2. Record the expenditure related to vehicle maintenance on October 22, 2025.
3. Prepare a depreciation schedule using the straight-line method. Follow the example in Illustration 7–12, except the calendar years 2025 (first year) and 2030 (last year) will have a half-year of depreciation to reflect the five-year service life beginning on July 1, 2025.
4. Record the depreciation expense and any other adjusting entries related to the vehicle on December 31, 2025.
5. Record the sale of the vehicle two years later on July 1, 2027, for $10,000. The Great Adventures continuing problem also can be assigned using the General Ledger
software in Connect. Students will be given an existing trial balance and asked to prepare (1) the journal entries for the transactions in 2025, (2) financial statements, and (3) closing entries.