Yellowstone Mining Company had total depletable capitalized costs of $711,000 for a mine acquired in early 2019. It was estimated that the mine contained 790,000 tons of recoverable ore when production began. During 2019, 39,500 tons were mined, and 150,100 tons were mined in 2020. Required:

(1) Compute the depletion expense in 2019 and 2020 for financial accounting purposes. (Do not round your intermediate calculations.)

Depletion expense
2019
2020

(2-a) In 2019, 39,500 tons of ore were sold for $3,950,000. For tax purposes, operating expenses of the mine were $470,000. The taxpayer may deduct either cost depletion or percentage depletion, which for the type ore produced is 8 percent of production sold from the mine. (Assume, however, that percentage depletion is limited to the amount of net income from the property.) What would be the amount of percentage depletion allowable in 2019?

Amount of percentage depletion

(2-b) What would be the amount of cost depletion allowable for tax purposes in 2019, assuming that capitalized mineral costs are the same for tax purposes as for financial accounting purposes?

Cost depletion

(2-c) What will be the amount of depletion based on cost that the company could deduct on its tax return in 2020 if it deducts percentage depletion in 2019?

Capitalized costs of minerals
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Remaining cost eligible for cost depletion
Depletion

(2-d) Suppose that in the first three years of the mines life, the company took percentage depletion totaling $700,000. In the fifth year of the mines life, production proceeds were $4,000,000. How much percentage depletion could the company deduct in the fifth year, considering allowable percentage depletion rate is 8%?

Amount of percentage depletion