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Chapter 9: 9 RQ (page 488)
How does a business decide which depreciation method is best to use?
The method of depreciation is chosen on the basis of various factors such as type of company, type of assets, the useful life of assets, etc
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Donahue Oil Incorporated has an account titled Oil and Gas Properties. Donahue paid \(6,400,000 for oil reserves holding an estimated 400,000 barrels of oil. Assume the company paid \)510,000 for additional geological tests of the property and $470,000 to prepare for drilling. During the first year, Donahue removed and sold 75,000 barrels of oil. Record all of Donahue’s transactions, including depletion for the first year.
Question: Accounting for natural resources Conseco Oil, Inc. has an account titled Oil and Gas Properties. Conseco paid \(6,600,000 for oil reserves holding an estimated 1,000,000 barrels of oil. Assume the company paid \)570,000 for additional geological tests of the property and $450,000 to prepare for drilling. During the first year, Conseco removed and sold 72,000 barrels of oil. Record all of Conseco’s transactions, including depletion for the first year.
Core Telecom provides communication services in Iowa, Nebraska, the Dakotas, and Montana. Core purchased goodwill as part of the acquisition of Surety Wireless Company,which had the following figures:
Book value of assets \( 700,000
Market value of assets 1,000,000
Market value of liabilities 510,000
Requirements
1. Journalize the entry to record Core’s purchase of Surety Wireless for \)280,000 cashplus a $420,000 note payable.
2. What special asset does Core’s acquisition of Surety Wireless identify? How shouldCore Telecom account for this asset after acquiring Surety Wireless? Explain in detail
What is an intangible asset? Provide some examples
During 2018, Lora Company completed the following transactions:
Jan. 1 Traded in old office equipment with book value of \(55,000 (cost of\)129,000 and accumulated depreciation of \(74,000) for new equipment.Lora also paid \)55,000 in cash. Fair value of new equipment is \(116,000.Assume the exchange had commercial substance.
Apr. 1 Sold equipment that cost \)12,000 (accumulated depreciation of \(1,000through December 31 of the preceding year). Lora received \)7,100 cashfrom the sale of the equipment. Depreciation is computed on a straightlinebasis. The equipment has a five-year useful life and a residual valueof \(0.
Dec. 31 Recorded depreciation as follows:
Office equipment is depreciated using the double-declining-balancemethod over four years with a \)7,000 residual value.
Record the transactions in the journal of Lora Company.
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