Question

Allocation of Package Purchase Price and Depreciation Methods

To expand its business, Small Company paid $554,000 for most of the property, plant, and equipment of a small trucking company that was going out of business. Before agreeing to the price, Small hired a consultant for $6,000 to appraise the assets. The appraised values were as follows:

Property	Assessed Value
Land	$90,000
Building	330,000
Trucks	108,000
Equipment	72,000
Total	$600,000

Small issued two checks totaling $560,000 to acquire the assets and pay the consultant on July 1. Small depreciated the assets using the straight-line method on the building and on the equipment, and the double-declining balance method on the trucks. Estimated useful lives and salvage values were as follows:

	Useful Life	Salvage Value
Building	20 years	$42,000
Trucks	4 years	15,000
Equipment	7 years	10,000

a. Calculate the amounts allocated to the various types of plant assets acquired on July 1.

Asset	Total
Land	?
Building	?
Trucks	?
Equipment	?

b. Prepare the July 1 journal entries to record the purchase of the assets and the payment to the consultant.

General Journal
Date	Description	Debit	Credit
Jul.1	Land	?	?
	Building	?	?
	Trucks	?	?
	Equipment	?	?
	Cash	?	?
	To record purchase of plant assets and payment to consultant.

c. Prepare the December 31 journal entries to record depreciation expense for the year on the building, trucks, and equipment. (Round to the nearest dollar.)

General Journal
Date	Description	Debit	Credit
Dec. 31	Depreciation Expense - Building	?	?
	Accumulated Depreciation - Building	?	?
	To record depreciation on building.
Dec. 31	Depreciation Expense - Trucks	?	?
	Accumulated Depreciation - Trucks	?	?
	To record depreciation on trucks.
Dec. 31	Depreciation Expense - Equipment	?	?
	Accumulated Depreciation - Equipment	?	?
	To record depreciation on equipment.

Answer 1

Workings:

Total Cost	$          560,000.00
Property	Assessed Value	Allocation %	Allocated Value
Land	$             90,000.00	15%	$          84,000.00
Building	$          330,000.00	55%	$        308,000.00
Trucks	$          108,000.00	18%	$        100,800.00
Equipment	$             72,000.00	12%	$          67,200.00
Total	$          600,000.00

	Cost	Useful Life	Depreciation	6 Month Depreciation
Building	$          308,000.00	20 Years	$          15,400.00	$                         7,700.00
Equipment	$             67,200.00	7 Years	$            9,600.00	$                         4,800.00

Trucks	$          100,800.00
Useful Life	4 Years
Depreciation Rate(1/4*2)	50%
Depreciation (100800*50%*6/12)	$             25,200.00

a
Property	Allocated Value
Land	$             84,000.00
Building	$          308,000.00
Trucks	$          100,800.00
Equipment	$             67,200.00

b
General Journal
Date	Description	Debit	Credit
Jul.1	Land	$    84,000.00
	Building	$ 308,000.00
	Trucks	$ 100,800.00
	Equipment	$    67,200.00
	Cash		$ 560,000.00
To record purchase of plant assets and payment to consultant.

General Journal
Date	Description	Debit	Credit
Dec. 31	Depreciation Expense - Building	$    7,700.00
	Accumulated Depreciation - Building		$    7,700.00
	(To record depreciation on building.)
Dec. 31	Depreciation Expense - Trucks	$ 25,200.00
	Accumulated Depreciation - Trucks		$ 25,200.00
	(To record depreciation on trucks.)
Dec. 31	Depreciation Expense - Equipment	$    4,800.00
	Accumulated Depreciation - Equipment		$    4,800.00
	(To record depreciation on equipment)

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