The following independent situations describe facts concerning the ownership of various assets. (a) Dewey Company purchased a

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The following independent situations describe facts concerning the ownership of various assets.
(a) Dewey Company purchased a tooling machine in 1998 for $60,000. The machine was being depreciated on the straight-line method over an estimated useful life of 20 years with no salvage value. At the beginning of 2008, when the machine had been in use for 10 years, Dewey paid $12,000 to overhaul the machine. As a result of this improvement, Dewey estimated that the useful life of the machine would be extended an additional five years.
(b) Emerson Manufacturing Co., a calendar-year company, purchased a machine for $65,000 on January 1, 2006. At the date of purchase, Emerson incurred the following additional costs:
Loss on sale of old machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500
Freight cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Installation cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000
Testing costs prior to regular operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
The estimated salvage value of the machine was $5,000, and Emerson estimated that the machine would have a useful life of 20 years, with depreciation being computed using the straight-line method. In January 2008, accessories costing $4,860 were added to the machine to reduce its operating costs. These accessories neither prolonged the machine’s life nor did they provide any additional salvage value.
(c) On July 1, 2008, Lund Corporation purchased equipment at a cost of $34,000. The equipment has an estimated salvage value of $3,000 and is being depreciated over an estimated life of eight years under the double-declining-balance method of depreciation. For the six months ended December 31, 2008, Lund recorded a half-year’s depreciation.
(d) Aiken Company acquired a tract of land containing an extractable natural resource. Geological surveys estimate that the recoverable reserves will be 3,800,000 tons and that the land will have a value of $500,000 after restoration. Relevant cost information follows:
Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000,000
Tons mined and sold in 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700,000
(e) In January 2008, Marcus Corporation entered into a contract to acquire a new machine for its factory. The machine, which had a cash price of $200,000, was paid for as follows:
Down payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 30,000
500 shares of Marcus common stock with agreed-upon value of $370 per share .. 185,000
$215,000

Prior to the machine’s use, installation costs of $7,000 were incurred. The machine has an estimated useful life of 10 years and an estimated salvage value of $10,000. The straight-line method of depreciation is used.

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In each case, compute the amount of depreciation or depletion for 2008.

Common Stock
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Salvage Value
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Intermediate Accounting

ISBN: 978-0324312140

16th Edition

Authors: James D. Stice, Earl K. Stice, Fred Skousen

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