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Chapter 9: Q5RQ (page 525)
Question: What is a lump-sum purchase, and how is it accounted for?
Answer
A scenario in which several assets are purchased simultaneously by paying a single price and accounted as assets are debited, and cash or Notes payable are credited.
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What is depreciation? Define useful life, residual value, and depreciable cost.
Handling acquisition of patent, amortization, and change in useful life Melbourn Printers (MP) manufactures printers. Assume that MP recently paid $200,000 for a patent on a new laser printer. Although it gives legal protection for 20 years, the patent is expected to provide a competitive advantage for only eight years
Requirements
1. Assuming the straight-line method of amortization, make journal entries to record
(a) The purchase of the patent and
(b) Amortization for the first full year.
2. After using the patent for four years, MP learns at an industry trade show that another company is designing a more efficient printer. On the basis of this new information, MP decides, starting with Year 5, to amortize the remaining cost of the patent over two remaining years, giving the patent a total useful life of six years. Record amortization for Year 5.
This problem continues the Canyon Canoe Company situation from Chapter 8. Amber and Zack Wilson are continuing to review business practices. Currently, they are reviewing the company’s property, plant, and equipment and have gathered the following information:
Asset | Acquisition Date | Cost | Estimated Life | Estimated Residual value | Depreciation Method | Monthly Depreciation Expense |
Canoes | Nov. 3, 2018 | \(4,800 | 4 Years | \) 0 | SL | $100 |
Land | Dec 1, 2018 | 85,000 | n/a | |||
Building | Dec 1, 2018 | 35,000 | 5 Years | 5,000 | SL | 500 |
Canoes | Dec 2, 2018 | 7,200 | 4 Years | 0 | SL | 150 |
Computer | Mar. 2, 2019 | 3,600 | 3 Years | 300 | DDB | |
Office Furniture | MAR. 3, 2019 | 3,000 | 5 Years | 600 | SL |
*SL = Straight@line; DDB = Double@declining@balance
Requirements
1. Calculate the amount of monthly depreciation expense for the computer and office furniture for 2019.
2. For each asset, determine the book value as of December 31, 2018. Then, calculate the depreciation expense for the first six months of 2019 and the book value as of June 30, 2019.
3. Prepare a partial balance sheet showing Property, Plant, and Equipment as of June 30, 2019.
Accounting for intangibles
Midland States Telecom provides communication services in Iowa, Nebraska, the Dakotas, and Montana. Midland States Telecom purchased goodwill as part of the acquisition of Sheldon Wireless Enterprises, which had the following figures:
Book value of assets \( 900,000
Market value of assets 1,400,000
Market value of liabilities 530,000
Requirements
1. Journalize the entry to record Midland States Telecom’s purchase of Sheldon Wireless for \)440,000 cash plus a $660,000 note payable.
2. What special asset does Midland States Telecom’s acquisition of Sheldon Wireless identify? How should Midland States Telecom account for this asset after acquiring Sheldon Wireless? Explain in detail.
Question:Western Bank & Trust purchased land and a building for the lump sum of $3,000,000. To get the maximum tax deduction, Western allocated 90% of the purchase price to the building and only 10% to the land. A more realistic allocation would have been 70% to the building and 30% to the land.
Requirements
1. Explain the tax advantage of allocating too much to the building and too little to the land.
2. Was Western’s allocation ethical? If so, state why. If not, why not? Identify who was harmed.
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