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The company purchased furniture on April 1, 2020 for $5,630.
On the same date, furniture with an original cost of $119,961, was sold for $66,438.
Calculate the maximum impact on business income for the year from furniture and other miscellaneous tangible capital assets.
Journal Entries for the purchase of asset is as under:-
Furnitures A/c Debit - $5630
Cash Account Credit - $5630
Journal Entry for the sale of asset on loss as under:-
Cash Account Debit - $66438
Loss on Sale of Furniture - $53523
Furnitures A/c Credit $119961
Since accumulated depreciation or carrying value is not given in the question, the loss is calculated on the given furniture value. However to calculate the exact profit / loss on sale of any fixed asset the value of accumulated depreciation and assets carrying value has a vital role.
The loss of sale of assets is considered a non-operational loss to the business to the value of $ 53,523/- and to be shown as a deduction in income statement. Hence business profit will be showing a less figure after adjusting the loss.