Logan Corporation owns and operates three sawmills that make lumber for building homes. The operations consist of

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Logan Corporation owns and operates three sawmills that make lumber for building homes. The operations consist of cutting logs in the forest, hauling them to the various sawmills, sawing the lumber, and shipping it to building supply warehouses throughout the western part of the United States. To haul the logs, Logan has several trucks. Relevant data pertaining to one truck are:

a. Date of purchase, July 1, 2010

b. Cost:

Truck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40,000

Trailer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,000

Paint job (to match company colors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000

Sales tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000

c. Estimated useful life of the truck, 120,000 miles

d. Estimated salvage value, $0

e. 2011 expenditures on truck:

(1) Spent $4,500 on tires, oil changes, greasing, and other miscellaneous items.

(2) Spent $18,000 to overhaul the engine and replace the transmission on January 1, 2011. This expenditure increased the life of the truck by 85,000 miles.

Required:

Record journal entries to account for:

1. The purchase of the truck

2. The 2010 depreciation expense using units-of-production depreciation and assuming the truck was driven 35,000 miles

3. The expenditures relating to the truck during 2011

4. The 2011 depreciation expense using the units-of-production method and assuming the truck was driven 50,000 miles


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Accounting concepts and applications

ISBN: 978-0538745482

11th Edition

Authors: Albrecht Stice, Stice Swain

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