In: Accounting
Strawberry Fields purchased a tractor at a cost of $39,000 and sold it two years later for $24,900. Strawberry Fields recorded depreciation using the straight-line method, a five-year service life, and an $7,000 residual value.
1. What was the gain or loss on the sale?
2. Record the sale. (If no entry is
required for a particular transaction/event, select "No Journal
Entry Required" in the first account field.)
1.
Cost of equipment = $39,000
Useful life = 5 year
Residual value = $7,000
Accumulated depreciation expense = (Cost of equipment - Residual value )/Useful life
= (39,000 - 7,000)/5
= 32,000/5
= $6,400
Accumulated depreciation for 2 year = Accumulated depreciation expense x 2
= 6,400 x 2
= $12,800
Book value of equipment at the end of year 2 = Cost of equipment - Accumulated depreciation for 2 year
= 39,000 - 12,800
= $26,200
Sale price of equipment = $24,900
Loss on sale of equipment = Book value of equipment at the end of year 2 - Sale price of equipment
= 26,200 - 24,900
= $1,300
2.
Journal
Date |
Account Title and Explanation |
Debit |
Credit |
cash | 24,900 | ||
Accumulated depreciation - equipment | 12,800 | ||
Loss on sale of equipment | 1,300 | ||
Equipment | 39,000 | ||
(To record sale of equipment) |