The balance sheets of Tully Corp. showed the following at December 31, 2017 and 2016: December 31,
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a. If there have not been any purchases, sales, or other transactions affecting this equipment account since the equipment was first acquired, what is the amount of depreciation expense for 2017?
b. Assume the same facts as in part a, and assume that the estimated useful life of the equipment is four years and the estimated salvage value is $60.000. Determine:
1. What the original cost of the equipment was.
2. What depreciation method is apparently being used. Explain your answer.
3. When the equipment was acquired.
c. Assume that the equipment is sold on December 31, 2017, for $141,600. Use the horizontal model (or write the journal entry) to show the effect of the sale of the equipment.
Salvage value is the estimated book value of an asset after depreciation is complete, based on what a company expects to receive in exchange for the asset at the end of its useful life. As such, an asset’s estimated salvage value is an important...
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Accounting What the Numbers Mean
ISBN: 978-1259535314
11th edition
Authors: David Marshall, Wayne McManus, Daniel Viele