At the beginning of the year, NRD Company purchased the rights to a natural resource for $10,000,000.
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At the beginning of the year, NRD Company purchased the rights to a natural resource for $10,000,000. The estimated recoverable units from the natural resource amount to 3,500,000 units. During the year, NRD sold 1,000,000 units of the natural resource for
$10 per unit and incurred operating costs other than depletion of $5 per unit. Based on these facts:
a. Compute NRD’s depletion deduction using the cost depletion method.
b. Compute the company’s depletion deduction using the percentage depletion method. Assume a 15 percent specified depletion percentage.
c. Which depletion deduction, cost or percentage, will NRD use this year?
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CCH Federal Taxation Basic Principles 2020
ISBN: 9780808051787
2020 Edition
Authors: Ephraim P. Smith, Philip J. Harmelink, James R. Hasselback
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