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CP 8-14

18 August, 2015 - 16:46

Brown Company paid $900,000 cash to purchase the following tangible and intangible assets of Coffee Company on January 1, 2016:

Land

$300,000

Building

200,000

Patents

100,000

Machinery

250,000

 

The building is depreciated using the double-declining balance method, has an estimated useful life of ten years, and a residual value of $10,000. The machinery has an estimated useful life of five years and a residual value of 10% of cost. Depreciation expense is calculated on the basis of productive output. The machinery’s productive output was estimated to be 60,000 units. Actual production was as follows:

2016

10,000

2017

15,000

2018

20,000

 

The patents have an estimated useful life of twenty years and are amortized on a straight-line basis. They have no residual value. On December 31, 2017, the value of the patents was estimated to be $80,000. The machinery was sold on December 2, 2018 for $100,000. The company uses the ½ year rule to calculate depreciation and amortization expense in the years of acquisition and disposal. Its fiscal year-end is December 31.

Required: Prepare journal entries to record in the records of Brown:

  1. The $900,000 purchase
  2. Depreciation and amortization expense for 2016
  3. The decline in value of the patents at December 31, 2017
  4. The sale of the machinery.