Question

Black Mountain Ski Resort has been granted a 20 - year permit to develop and operate a skiing operation in a national park. After 20 years the site must be returned to its original condition. The roads may remain, as they can be used for fire prevention purposes. In the spring and summer before the ski hill opened, the following transactions and events occurred:

You must use the following Long-Lived asset accounts

Ski Lift

Ski Chalet

Land improvement

Roads

Parking lot

1. Installed three ski lifts for a total cost of $150,000,000. It is estimated that the scrap metal from the lifts could be sold for $4,000,000 at the end of 20 years.
2. Built a Ski chalet for $70,000,000
3. Removed Trees and cleared the area for ski runs at a cost of $40,000,000
4. Received $ 10,000,000 for the trees that were removed for the ski runs.
5. Put in roads for a cost of $50,000,000.
6. Paved an area at the base of the mountain for a parking lot at a cost of $10,000,000.
7. Estimated that it would cost $20,000,000 to dismantle the ski lifts in 20 years. The chalet could be removed for a cost of $15,000,000. Re-foresting the site would cost $5,000,000. Removing the parking lot will cost $3,000,000. Calculate the PV of Site Restoration using a risk rate of 6% and provide the journal entry.

8. Using Straight Line Depreciation record the depreciation for the first year of operations on the Long-Lived assets and site restoration costs. Put all the depreciation expense in one account and then create accumulated depreciation accounts for each asset that requires depreciation.

9. Allocate the interest expense on the site restoration costs for the first three years

10. Using the table below prepare the balance sheet presentation of all the accounts involved in this question for the end of the third year of operations.

    	Cost	Accumulated Depreciation	Net Carrying Amount
    Property Plant and Equipment
    Ski Lift
    Ski Chalet
    Land Improvement
    Roads
    Parking Lot
    Site Restoration Costs
    Total Property Plant and Equipment

    Long Term Liabilities

    Obligation for future restoration =

11. At the end of the project the actual cost of restoring the site is $43,000,000, as originally estimated. Prepare the journal entry to record the payment of these costs at the end of the project

    Date	Explanation/ Account	Debit	Credit

    what would be the total expenses associated with the site restoration in the first, second and 20^th year?

    Year	Depreciation of Site Restoration Costs	Interest expense accrual on obligation for future site restoration	Total Expense relating to site restoration
    1
    2
    20

    Calculations

Answer 1

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