Bracy Company acquired a new piece of construction equipment on January 1, 2011, at a cost of

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Bracy Company acquired a new piece of construction equipment on January 1, 2011, at a cost of $100,000. The equipment was expected to have a useful life of 10 years and a residual value of $20,000 and is being depreciated on a straight-line basis. On January 1, 2012, the equipment was appraised and determined to have a fair value of $101,000, a salvage value of $20,000, and a remaining useful life of nine years.
a. Determine the amount of depreciation expense that Bracy should recognize in determining net income in 2011, 2012, and 2013 and the amount at which equipment should be carried on the December 31, 2011, 2012, and 2013 balance sheets using 

(1) U.S. GAAP 

(2) IFRS. 

In measuring property, plant, and equipment subsequent to acquisition, Bracy uses the revaluation model in IAS 16.
b. Determine the adjustments that Bracy would make in 2011, 2012, and 2013 to reconcile net income and stockholders' equity under U.S. GAAP to IFRS.

GAAP
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) is the accounting standard adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). While the SEC previously stated that it intends to move from U.S. GAAP to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the...
Salvage Value
Salvage value is the estimated book value of an asset after depreciation is complete, based on what a company expects to receive in exchange for the asset at the end of its useful life. As such, an asset’s estimated salvage value is an important...
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Advanced Accounting

ISBN: 978-0077431808

10th edition

Authors: Joe Hoyle, Thomas Schaefer, Timothy Doupnik

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