Moreau Lock & Key Ltd. has a hefty investment in security equipment, as reported in the company's

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Moreau Lock & Key Ltd. has a hefty investment in security equipment, as reported in the company's balance sheet at December 31, 2013:

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 October 2014, Moreau Lock & Key purchased additional security equipment at a cost of $80,000. The company depreciates buildings by the straight-line method over 20 years with a residual value of $70,000. Due to obsolescence, security equipment has a useful life of only eight years and is being depreciated by the double-diminishing-balance method with zero residual value.

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1. How will Moreau Lock & Key's equipment purchase be recorded? What will the 2014 depreciation expense be?

2. Report property, plant, and equipment on the company's December 31, 2014, balance sheet.

Balance Sheet
Balance 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: 978-0133472264

5th Canadian edition

Authors: Charles Horngren, William Thomas, Walter Harrison, Greg Berberich, Catherine Seguin

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