Wayside Machine Tool Company purchased a $600,000 welding machine to use in production of large machine tools

Question:

Wayside Machine Tool Company purchased a $600,000 welding machine to use in production of large machine tools and robots. The welding machine was expected to have a life of 10 years and a salvage value at time of disposition of $60,000. The company uses straight-line depreciation. During its first operating year, the machine produced 600 machines of which 480 were sold.

1. What part of the $600,000 machine cost expired?

2. Where would each of the amounts related to this machine appear on the financial statements at the end of the first year of operations?

Financial Statements
Financial statements are the standardized formats to present the financial information related to a business or an organization for its users. Financial statements contain the historical information as well as current period’s financial... Salvage Value
Salvage value is the estimated book value of an asset after depreciation is complete, based on what a company expects to receive in exchange for the asset at the end of its useful life. As such, an asset’s estimated salvage value is an important...