In: Accounting
1. At the beginning of 2021, Terra Lumber Company purchased a
timber tract from Boise Cantor for $4,200,000. After the timber is
cleared, the land will have a residual value of $600,000. Roads to
enable logging operations were constructed and completed on March
30, 2021. The cost of the roads, which have no residual value and
no alternative use after the tract is cleared, was $240,000. During
2021, Terra logged 500,000 of the estimated five million board feet
of timber.
Required:
Calculate the 2021 depletion of the timber tract and depreciation
of the logging roads assuming the units-of-production method is
used for both assets.
2. On January 2, 2021, David Corporation purchased a patent for
$700,000. The remaining legal life is 12 years, but the company
estimated that the patent will be useful only for eight years. In
January 2023, the company incurred legal fees of $50,000 in
successfully defending a patent infringement suit. The successful
defense did not change the company’s estimate of useful life.
Required:
Prepare journal entries related to the patent for 2021, 2022, and
2023.