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Please try to analyze the following cases and write down the appropriate recodin

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Question

Please try to analyze the following cases and write down the appropriate recoding process.

a)

Payne Company purchased equipment in 2010 for $90,000 and estimated a $6,000 residual value at the end of the equipment's 10-year useful life. At December 31, 2016, there was $58,800 in the Accumulated Depreciation account for this equipment using the straight-line method of depreciation. On March 31, 2017, the equipment was sold for $26,000.

Please prepare the appropriate journal entries to remove the equipment from the books of Payne Company on March 31, 2017.

b)

Judson Company sold a machine for $15,000. The machine originally cost $35,000 in 2014 and $8,000 was spent on a major overhaul in 2017 (charged to Machinery account). Accumulated Depreciation on the machine to the date of disposal was $28,000.

Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record the disposition of the machine.

c)

Donahue Company sold office equipment that had a book value of $7,000 for $8,000. The office equipment originally cost $20,000 and it is estimated that it would cost $25,000 to replace the office equipment.

Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record the disposition of the office equipment.

Explanation / Answer

1)

Debit

Credit

Depreciation Expense ($8,400 × 1/4 = $2,100)

2,100

Accumulated Depreciation - Equipment

2,100

Cash

24,000

Loss on Disposal

5,100

Accumulated Depreciation - Equipment (58,800 + 2,100)

60,900

Equipment

90,000

2)

Debit

Credit

Cash

15,000

Accumulated Depreciation - Machine

28,000

Machine

43,000

3)

Debit

Credit

Cash

8,000

Accumulated Depreciation - Equipment

14,000

Office Equipment

20,000

Gain on disposal

2,000

Debit

Credit

Depreciation Expense ($8,400 × 1/4 = $2,100)

2,100

Accumulated Depreciation - Equipment

2,100

Cash

24,000

Loss on Disposal

5,100

Accumulated Depreciation - Equipment (58,800 + 2,100)

60,900

Equipment

90,000