Maximum Renovation Company decided to purchase a new carpet cutting machine for its shop in Los Angeles.

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Maximum Renovation Company decided to purchase a new carpet cutting machine for its shop in Los Angeles. After a long search, it found the appropriate machine in Chicago. The machine costs $32,000 and has an estimated 16-year life and no salvage value. Maximum made the following additional expenditures with respect to this purchase:
Sales tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,400
Delivery costs (FOB shipping point) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200
Assembly cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900
Painting of machine to match the décor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
1. What is the cost of the machine to Maximum?
2. What is the amount of the first full year’s depreciation if Maximum uses the straight-line method?

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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Accounting concepts and applications

ISBN: 978-0538745482

11th Edition

Authors: Albrecht Stice, Stice Swain

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