Question

The plant asset and accumulated depreciation accounts of Pell Corporation had the following balances at December 31, 2015:

	Plant Asset			Accumulated Depreciation
Land	$	480,000		$	—
Land improvements		245,000			58,000
Building		2,150,000			363,000
Machinery and equipment		1,184,000			418,000
Automobiles		215,000			125,000

Transactions during 2016 were as follows:
a.	On January 2, 2016, machinery and equipment were purchased at a total invoice cost of $325,000, which included a $6,800 charge for freight. Installation costs of $40,000 were incurred.
b.	On March 31, 2016, a machine purchased for $71,000 in 2012 was sold for $49,500. Depreciation recorded through the date of sale totaled $26,600.
c.	On May 1, 2016, expenditures of $63,000 were made to repave parking lots at Pell’s plant location. The work was necessitated by damage caused by severe winter weather.
d.	On November 1, 2016, Pell acquired a tract of land with an existing building in exchange for 10,000 shares of Pell's common stock that had a market price of $35 per share. Pell paid legal fees and title insurance totaling $36,000. Shortly after acquisition, the building was razed at a cost of $48,000 in anticipation of new building construction in 2017.
e.	On December 31, 2016, Pell purchased a new automobile for $16,550 cash and trade-in of an old automobile purchased for $24,500 in 2012. Depreciation on the old automobile recorded through December 31, 2016, totaled $14,800. The fair value of the old automobile was $5,050.

Required:

1.	Prepare a schedule analyzing the changes in each of the plant assets during 2016.

      

2.	Prepare a schedule showing the gain or loss from each asset disposal that would be recognized in Pell’s income statement for the year ended December 31, 2016.

     

Answer 1

Prepare a schedule of Anlasing the changes
Particular	Balance 31/12/2012	Increase	Decrease	Balance 31/12/2013
Land	$48,000	$434,000		$482,000
Land improvement	$245,000			$245,000
Building	$2,150,000			$2,150,000
Machinery and Equipment	$1,184,000	$365,000	$71,000	$1,478,000
Automobiles	$215,000	$21,600	$24,500	$212,100
Total	$3,842,000	$386,600	$95,500	$4,567,100

Working Note
Increase in Land (10000X$35)+$36000+$48000	$434,000
Increase in Machinery: $325000+$40000	$365,000
Increase in Automobile: $16550+$5050	$21,600

Prepare Schedule showing Gain/loss
Particular	Amount
Sale of machine 31/02/2013
Sellng Price	$49,500
Less: Book Value of the machine ($71000-$26600)	$44,400
Gain on Sale of machine	$5,100
Trade in of Automobile on 31/12/2013
Book value of trade in (24500-14800)	$9,700
Less: Fair value of trade in	$5,050
Loss on trade in	$4,650