George Zidek Corporation bought a machine on June 1, 2012, for $31,000, f.o.b. the place of manufacture.
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On June 1, 2016, the company buys a new machine of greater capacity for $35,000, delivered, trading in the old machine which has a fair value and trade-in allowance of $20,000. To prepare the old machine for removal from the plant cost $75, and expenditures to install the new one were $1,500. It is estimated that the new machine has a useful life of 10 years, with a salvage value of $4,000 at the end of that time. (The exchange has commercial substance.)
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Assuming that depreciation is to be computed on the straight-line basis, compute the annual depreciation on the new equipment that should be provided for the fiscal year beginning June 1, 2016.
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Intermediate Accounting
ISBN: 978-1118147290
15th edition
Authors: Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, and Terry D. Warfield
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