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Item 1
On March 31,2024, Susquehanna Insurance purchased an office building for $14,100,000. Based on their relative fair values, one-third of the purchase price was allocated to the land and two-thirds to the building. Furniture and fixtures were purchased separately from office equipment on the same date for $1,270,000 and $770,000, respectively. The company uses the straight-line method to depreciate its buildings and the double-declining-balance method to depreciate all other depreciable assets. The estimated useful lives and residual values of these assets are as follows:
Service Life Residual Value
Building 3010% of cost
Furniture and fixtures 1010% of cost
Office equipment 5 $ 37,000
Required:
Calculate depreciation for the years ended December 31,2024 and 2025.
What book values would be reported in the December 31,2025, balance sheet (including land)?

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