232 FUNDAMENTALS Entry Unproved property-exploration costs-Lease B... Cash 2,000 2006 5) Costs of maintaining lease records for Leases A and B were $800 for the year (allocated based on relative acreage: $800/(1,000+ 1,500)=$0.32 per acre] Entry Unproved property-maintenance cost-Lease A ($0.32 x 1,000).. Unproved property maintenance cost-Lease B (50.32 1,500). Cash 320 480 Note that the cost of the lease records department should be allocated between lease acquisition and maintenance activities versus those activities that are of a general administrative nature. The costs allocated to lease acquisition and maintenance should be capitalized, and the cost allocated to general administration should be expensed as part of general corporate overhead. At the beginning of the next year, Tyler Company began drilling operations on both Lease A and Lease B. The company incurred the following costs: Lease Lease A Lease B Entries Lease A Lease & Well Equipment $50,000 20,000 IDC $200,000 130,000 Wells-in-progress-L&WE Wells-in-progress-IDC Cash Lease B Wells-in-progress-L&WE Wells-in-progress-IDC Cash 50,000 200,000 250,000 20,000 130,000 ISLOW As with the successful efforts method, drilling costs are accumulated in tx wells-in-progress accounts until drilling is complete.