| Problem 11-04 (Part Level Submission) A depreciation schedule for semi-trucks of Crane Manufacturing Company was requested by your auditor soon after December 31, 2021, showing the additions, retirements, depreciation, and other data affecting the income of the company in the 4-year period 2018 to 2021, inclusive. The following data were ascertained. | Balance of Trucks account, Jan. 1, 2018 | | | | Truck No. 1 purchased Jan. 1, 2015, cost | | $18,180 | | Truck No. 2 purchased July 1, 2015, cost | | 22,220 | | Truck No. 3 purchased Jan. 1, 2017, cost | | 30,300 | | Truck No. 4 purchased July 1, 2017, cost | | 24,240 | | Balance, Jan. 1, 2018 | | $94,940 | The Accumulated Depreciation-Trucks account previously adjusted to January 1, 2018, and entered in the ledger, had a balance on that date of $30,502 (depreciation on the four trucks from the respective dates of purchase, based on a 5-year life, no salvage value). No charges had been made against the account before January 1, 2018. Transactions between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2021, which were recorded in the ledger, are as follows. | July 1, 2018 | | Truck No. 3 was traded for a larger one (No. 5), the agreed purchase price of which was $40,400. Crane. paid the automobile dealer $22,220 cash on the transaction. The entry was a debit to Trucks and a credit to Cash, $22,220. The transaction has commercial substance. | | Jan. 1, 2019 | | Truck No. 1 was sold for $3,535 cash; entry debited Cash and credited Trucks, $3,535. | | July 1, 2020 | | A new truck (No. 6) was acquired for $42,420 cash and was charged at that amount to the Trucks account. (Assume truck No. 2 was not retired.) | | July 1, 2020 | | Truck No. 4 was damaged in a wreck to such an extent that it was sold as junk for $707 cash. Crane received $2,525 from the insurance company. The entry made by the bookkeeper was a debit to Cash, $3,232, and credits to Miscellaneous Income, $707, and Trucks, $2,525. | Entries for straight-line depreciation had been made at the close of each year as follows: 2018, $21,210; 2019, $22,725; 2020, $25,301; 2021, $30,704. | | | |
| | (a) For each of the 4 years, compute separately the increase or decrease in net income arising from the companys errors in determining or entering depreciation or in recording transactions affecting trucks, ignoring income tax considerations. (Enter credit, understated and decrease amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).) | | |
Problem 11-04 (Part Level Submission) A depreciation schedule for semi-trucks of Crane Manufacturing Company was requested by your auditor soon after December 31, 2021, showing the additions, retirements, depreciation, and other data affecting the income of the company in the 4-year period 2018 to 2021, inclusive. The following data were ascertained. Balance of Trucks account, Jan. 1, 2018 Truck No. 1 purchased Jan. 1, 2015, cost Truck No. 2 purchased July 1, 2015, cost Truck No. 3 purchased Jan 1, 2017, cost Truck No. 4 purchased July 1, 2017, cost Balance, Jan. 1, 2018 $18,180 22,220 30,300 24,240 $94,940 The Accumulated Depreciation-Trucks account previously adjusted to January 1, 2018, and entered in the ledger, had a balance on that date of $30,502 (depreciation on the four trucks from the respective dates of purchase, based on a 5-year life, no salvage value). No charges had been made against the account before January 1, 2018. Transactions between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2021, which were recorded in the ledger, are as follows. July 1, 2018 Truck No. 3 was traded for a larger one (No. 5), the agreed purchase price of which was $40,400. Crane. paid the automobile dealer $22,220 cash on the transaction. The entry was a debit to Trucks and a credit to Cash, $22,220. The transaction has commercial substance. Jan. 1, 2019 Truck No. 1 was sold for $3,535 cash; entry debited Cash and credited Trucks, $3,535. July 1, 2020 A new truck (No. 6) was acquired for $42,420 cash and was charged at that amount to the Trucks account. (Assume truck No. 2 was not retired.) July 1, 2020 Truck No. 4 was damaged in a wreck to such an extent that it was sold as junk for $707 cash. Crane received $2,525 from the insurance company. The entry made by the bookkeeper was a debit to Cash, $3,232, and credits to Miscellaneous Income, $707, and Trucks, $2,525. Entries for straight-line depreciation had been made at the close of each year as follows: 2018, $21,210; 2019, $22,725; 2020, $25,301, 2021, $30,704. (a) For each of the 4 years, compute separately the increase or decrease in net income arising from the company's errors in determining or entering depreciation or in recording transactions affecting trucks, ignoring income tax considerations. (Enter credit, understated and decrease amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).) Trucks dr. (cr.) Per Company Books Acc. Dep. Trucks dr. (cr.) Retained Earnings dr. (cr.) Trucks dr. (cr.) As Adjusted Net Acc. Dep., Trucks dr, (cr.) Retained Earnings dr, (cr.) Income Overstated (Understated) 1/1/18 7/1/18 12/31/18 12/31/18 1/1/19 12/31/19 12/31/19 7/1/20 7/1/20 12/31/20 12/31/20 12/31/21 12/31/21 Balance Purchase Truck #5 Trade Truck #3 Depreciation Balances Sale of Truck #1 Depreciation Balances Purchase of Truck #6 Disposal of Truck #4 Depreciation Balances Depreciation Balance Click if you would like to Show Work for this question: Open Show Work
