Brough Oil Company, which prepares financial statements on a calendar-year basis, purchased new drilling equipment on July
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Brough Oil Company, which prepares financial statements on a calendar-year basis, purchased new drilling equipment on July 1, 2012. A breakdown of the cost follows:
Cost of drilling equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $125,000
Cost of cement platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,000
Installation charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,000
Freight costs for drilling equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $185,000
Assuming that the estimated life of the drilling equipment is 20 years and its salvage value is $10,000:
1. Record the purchase on July 1, 2012.
2. Assume that the drilling equipment was recorded at a total cost of $140,000. Calculate the depreciation expense for 2012 using the following methods:
a. Sum-of-the-years’-digits
b. Double-declining-balance
c. 150% declining-balance
3. Prepare the journal entry to record the depreciation for 2012 in accordance with part (2a).
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Accounting concepts and applications
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