Timberly Construction makes a lump-sum purchase of several assets on January 1 at a total cash price of $800,000. The estimated market values of the purchased assets are building, $510,000; land, $270,000; land improvements, $60,000; and four vehicles, $160,000.

Required:

1-a. Allocate the lump-sum purchase price to the separate assets purchased.

1-b. Prepare the journal entry to record the purchase.

2. Compute the first-year depreciation expense on the building using the straight-line method, assuming a 15-year life and a $30,000 salvage value.

3. Compute the first-year depreciation expense on the land improvements assuming a five-year life and double-declining-balance depreciation.

4. Compared to straight-line depreciation, does accelerated depreciation result in payment of less total taxes over the assets life?