Steve Grant, the new controller of Greenbriar Company, has reviewed the expected useful lives and salvage values

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Steve Grant, the new controller of Greenbriar Company, has reviewed the expected useful lives and salvage values of selected depreciable assets at the beginning of 2014. His findings are as follows.

Accumulated Useful Life Type of Date Depreciation __in Years _ Salvage Value _ Asset Acquired Cost 1/1/14 Old Proposed Old _ Proposed Building 1/1/06 $800,000 $152,000 40 50 $40,000 $18,000 Warehouse _ 1/1/09 100,000 18,000 DS 20 10,000 3,700 All assets are depreciated by the straight-line method. Greenbriar Company uses a calendar year in preparing annual financial statements. After discussion, management has agreed to accept Grant's proposed changes.

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(a) Compute the revised annual depreciation on each asset in 2014. (Show computations.)

(b) Prepare the entry (or entries) to record depreciation on the building in 2014.

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Financial Accounting

ISBN: 9780470929384

8th Edition

Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso, J. Mather

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