In: Accounting
Zephyr Minerals completed the following transactions involving
machinery.
Machine No. 1550 was purchased for
cash on April 1, 2017, at an installed cost of $58,000. Its useful
life was estimated to be six years with a $4,000 trade-in value.
Straight-line depreciation was recorded for the machine at the ends
of 2017, 2018, and 2019. On March 29, 2020, it was traded for
Machine No. 1795, with an installed cash price of $66,000. A
trade-in allowance of $30,610 was received for Machine No. 1550,
and the balance was paid in cash. The fair values of Machine No.
1550 and Machine No. 1795 could not be determined.
Machine No. 1795’s life was predicted
to be four years with a trade-in value of $8,600. Double
declining-balance depreciation on this machine was recorded each
December 31. On October 2, 2021, it was traded for Machine No.
BT-311, which had an installed cash price of $487,000, the
machine’s fair value. A trade-in allowance of $10,000 was received
for Machine No. 1795, and the balance was paid in cash.
It was estimated that Machine No.
BT-311 would produce 200,000 units of product during its five year
useful life, after which it would have a $15,000 trade-in value.
Units-of-production depreciation was recorded for the machine for
2021, a period in which it produced 28,000 units of product.
Between January 1, 2022, and August 21, 2024, the machine produced
103,000 more units. On August 21, 2024, it was sold for
$81,600.
Required:
Prepare journal entries to record: (Round intermediate
calculations to the nearest whole dollar.)
a. The depreciation expense recorded to the
nearest whole month on the first December 31 of each machine’s
life. (Round the final answers to the nearest whole dollar.
If no entry is required for a transaction, select "No journal entry
required" in the first account field.)
b. The purchase/exchange/disposal of each machine. (Round the final answers to the nearest whole dollar. If no entry is required for a transaction, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)