Beerbo began the fiscal year 2021 with no plant assets. On January 1, 2021, Beerbo purchased several
Question:
Beerbo began the fiscal year 2021 with no plant assets. On January 1, 2021, Beerbo purchased several plant assets (a.k.a. fixed assets; property, plant, and equipment) for a total price of $100,000 cash. The details of the assets purchased are as follows:
Asset | Market Value ($) | Residual Value ($) | Useful Life | Depreciation Method |
Land | 30,000 | 90,000 | ??? | ??? |
Building | 45,000 | 5,000 | 25 years | straight-line |
Vehicle | 7,500 | 0 | 40,000 miles | units-of-production |
Furniture | 7,500 | 0 | 5 years | double-declining-balance |
Equipment | 60,000 | 0 | 8 years | straight-line |
Beerbo occupied the building and also began using the furniture immediately after purchase. However, Beerbo did not begin using the equipment until April 1, 2020. Beerbo plans to drive the vehicle as follows:
Fiscal Year | Driving Miles (estimated) |
2021 | 6,000 |
2022 | 8,000 |
2023 | 10,000 |
2024 | 12,000 |
2025 | 14,000 |
Assume Beerbo has a December 31 fiscal year-end. Also, assume the Beerbo has the following accounts set up in its ledger:
- Accumulated Depreciation – Building
- Accumulated Depreciation – Equipment
- Accumulated Depreciation – Furniture
- Accumulated Depreciation – Land
- Accumulated Depreciation – Vehicle
- Building
- Cash
- Depreciation Expense – Building
- Depreciation Expense – Equipment
- Depreciation Expense – Furniture
- Depreciation Expense – Land
- Depreciation Expense – Vehicle
- Equipment
- Furniture
- Gain on Sale of Plant Asset
- Land
- Loss on Sale of Plant Asset
- Maintenance Expense
- Vehicle
- 1.a) January 1, 2020 journal entry (LO 7.1)
Write out the journal entry that Beerbo would record for the lump-sum / basket purchase above.
- 1.b) Capitalize or expense (7.2)
Beerbo spent an additional $5,000 cash clearing the land to prepare it for use. Write out the journal entry that Beerbo would record for this expenditure.
- 1. c) Depreciation schedules (7.3)
Given the assumptions above, calculate how much depreciation expense Beerbo would record for each asset purchased in each of the fiscal years below. Assume depreciation is recorded once at the end of each fiscal year. Round to the nearest dollar.
Depreciation Expense ($) | |||||
Asset | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Land | |||||
Building | |||||
Vehicle | |||||
Furniture | |||||
Equipment |
- 1.d) Netbook value schedules (7.3)
Given the assumptions above, calculate the book value (a.k.a. net book value) that Beerbo would report for each asset at the end of the fiscal years below. Assume depreciation is recorded once at the end of each fiscal year. Round to the nearest dollar.
Net Book Value ($) | |||||
Asset | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Land | |||||
Building | |||||
Vehicle | |||||
Furniture | |||||
Equipment |
- 1.e) Sale of assets (7.4)
Assume Beerbo sold certain assets as follows:
Asset | Sale Date | Useful Life Consumed | Cash Proceeds Received ($) |
Vehicle | Jan. 1, 2025 | 32,000 miles | 500 |
Furniture | Jan. 1, 2026 | 5 years | 389 |
Equipment | Jan. 1, 2027 | 5.75 years | 12,000 |
Assume at the date of sale, all depreciation expenses incurred to date had been recorded (i.e. all accumulated depreciation was up-to-date).
- 1.e.i) Write out the journal entry for the sale of the vehicle. Round to the nearest dollar.
- 1.e.ii) Write out the journal entry for the sale of the furniture. Round to the nearest dollar.
- 1.e.iii) Write out the journal entry for the sale of the equipment. Round to the nearest dollar.