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logan's Landscaping purchased a tractor at a cost of $35,000 and sold it three years later for $10,000. Landscaping recorded deprecation using the straight-line method, a five-year service life, and a 5000 residue little value. Factors are included in the equipment account. The journal entry to record the sale would include
Entry will include
Debit of cash by $10,000
Debit accumulated depreciation by $18,000
Debit of Loss on sale of equipment by $7,000
Credit of Equipment by $35,000
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Working
| Straight line | |
| Cost | $ 35,000.00 | 
| Accumulated depreciation | $ 18,000.00 | 
| Book value | $ 17,000.00 | 
| Sales price | $ 10,000.00 | 
| Book value | $ 17,000.00 | 
| Gain /(loss) | $ (7,000.00) | 
Entry for sale is
| General Journal | Debit | Credit | 
| Cash | $ 10,000 | |
| Accumulated Depreciation-Equipment | $ 18,000 | |
| Loss on sale of Equipment | $ 7,000 | |
| Equipment | $ 35,000 | |
| (To record sale of Equipment) | 
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| Straight line Method | ||
| A | Cost | $ 35,000 | 
| B | Residual Value | $ 5,000 | 
| C=A - B | Depreciable base | $ 30,000 | 
| D | Life [in years left ] | 5 | 
| E=C/D | Annual SLM depreciation | $ 6,000 | 
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| Depreciation schedule-Straight line method | ||||
| Year | Book Value | Depreciation expense | Accumulated Depreciation | Ending Book Value | 
| 1 | $ 35,000.00 | $ 6,000.00 | $ 6,000.00 | $ 29,000.00 | 
| 2 | $ 29,000.00 | $ 6,000.00 | $ 12,000.00 | $ 23,000.00 | 
| 3 | $ 23,000.00 | $ 6,000.00 | $ 18,000.00 | $ 17,000.00 |