Ambold Lock & Key, Inc. has a hefty investment in security equipment, as reported in the company's
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Ambold Lock & Key, Inc. has a hefty investment in security equipment, as reported in the company's balance sheet at December 31, 20X5:
Property, plant, and equipment, at cost:
Land......................................................... $ 200,000
Buildings.................................................. 310,000
Less: Accumulated depreciation............... (40,000)
Security equipment................................... 620,000
Less: Accumulated depreciation............... (370,000)
In early July 20X6, Ambold purchased additional security equipment at a cost of $80,000. Ambold depreciates buildings by the straight-line method over 20 years with residual value of $70,000. Due to obsolescence, security equipment has a useful life of only 8 years and is being depreciated by the double-declining-balance method with zero residual value.
Required
1. Journalize Ambold's plant asset purchase and depreciation transactions for 20X6.
2. Report plant assets on the company's December 31, 20X6, balance sheet.
Balance SheetBalance sheet is a statement of the financial position of a business that list all the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity and shareholder’s equity at a particular point of time. A balance sheet is also called as a “statement of financial...
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Financial Accounting
ISBN: 978-0135012840
7th edition
Authors: Walter T. Harrison, Charles T. Horngren