On 2 January 2015, Powerhouse Ltd purchased, by exchanging $300 000 cash and a $180 000, 12%,

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On 2 January 2015, Powerhouse Ltd purchased, by exchanging $300 000 cash and a $180 000, 12%, 18-month finance company loan, assets with the following independently determined appraised values:



Appraised value

Building

Land

Machinery and equipment

$

320 000

80 000

100 000



$

500 000



The estimated useful life of the building is 30 years and its residual value is $20000.

The $100 000 machinery and equipment amount consists of three machines independently valued at $30 000 each and some office equipment valued at $10 000. The estimated useful lives and residual values for these assets are:



Useful life


Residual value

Machine 1

Machine 2

Machine 3

Office equipment

6 years

9 years

4 years

5 years


$3 000

3 000

4 000

500


Powerhouse Ltd uses the straight-line depreciation method. Ignore GST.


Required

A. Prepare journal entries(in general journal form) to record:

1. The purchase of the assets

2. The accrual of interest expense on the loan on 31 December 2015.

3 .Depreciation expense for the year 2015.

4. The payment of the loan on 2 July 2016.

B. Show how the assets would be reported on the 31 December 2015 balance sheet.

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Authors: Lew Edwards, John Medlin, Keryn Chalmers, Andreas Hellmann, Claire Beattie, Jodie Maxfield, John Hoggett

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