Question

#1

(related to

Ch11

(Worth 6 points)\ Oa March 31, 2021, M. Belotti purchased the right to remove gravel from an old rock quarry. The gravel is to be sold as roadbed for bighway construction. The cost of the quarry rights was

$164,000

, with estimated salable rock of 20,000 tons. During 2021, Belotti loaded and sold 4,000 tons of rock and estimated that 16,000 tons remained at December 31, 2021. At Jannary I, 2022, Belotti estimated that 20,000 tons still remained. During 2022, Belotti loaded and sold 8,000 tons. Belotti uses the units-of-production method.\ A) What dollar amount of depletion would Belotti record in 2021 ? (show calculations)

Oa March 31, 2021, M. Belotti purchased the right to remove gravel from an old rock quarry. The gravel is to be sold as roadbed for bighway construction. The cost of the quarry rights was $164,000, with estimated salable rock of 20,000 tons. During 2021, Belotti loaded and sold 4,000 tons of rock and estimated that 16,000 tons remained at December 31, 2021. At January I, 2022, Belotti estimated that 20,000 tons still remained. During 2022, Belotti loaded and sold 8,000 tons. Belotti uses the units-of-production method. A) What dollar amount of depletion would Belotti record in 2021? (show calculations)