Wonder Mountain Company operates a snow sports resort for skiers and snowboarders. The company has recently decided
Question:
Wonder Mountain Company operates a snow sports resort for skiers and snowboarders. The company has recently decided to replace an existing old chair lift with a new high speed quad chair and expand the hill to allow for increased capacity. The old chair lift was a $725,000 asset on the books, 90% depreciated. The work was completed from April to November. Wonder Mountain incurred the following costs for the expansion:
Invoice price high-speed quad chair lift .............................................$1,500,000
Costs to dismantle old chair lift ........................................................... 27,500
Cash received for sale used chair lift .................................................. 150,000
Shipping costs for delivery ................................................................... 17,500
Landscape architect fees, grading expansion hill .............................. 6,000
Permit costs ............................................................................................ 4,000
Clearing trees/grading land for expansion ......................................... 42,500
Installation of concrete bases for chair lift ......................................... 90,000
Helicopter rental to install towers for chair lift ................................... 80,000
Labour installation ski lift ...................................................................... 250,000
Training employees on maintenance and operation ......................... 7,500
Testing of chair lift .................................................................................. 25,000
Interest costs on loan for construction................................................ 60,000
General overhead costs ....................................................................... 30,000
Annual routine maintenance............................................................... 45,000
Purchase tools required for annual maintenance ............................. 75,000
Required:
Calculate the total cost for each asset:
a. Land
b. Ski lift
c. Tools
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Intermediate Accounting Volume 1
ISBN: 9781260306743
7th Edition
Authors: Thomas H. Beechy, Joan E. Conrod, Elizabeth Farrell, Ingrid McLeod Dick