In: Accounting
Jamison Company reports depreciation expense of $55,000 for Year
2. Also, equipment costing $185,000 was sold for a $6,500 gain in
Year 2. The following selected information is available for Jamison
Company from its comparative balance sheet. Compute the cash
received from the sale of the equipment.
| At December 31 | Year 2 | Year 1 | ||||
| Equipment | $ | 685,000 | $ | 870,000 | ||
| Accumulated Depreciation-Equipment | 488,000 | 575,000 | ||||
Multiple Choice
$43,000.
$49,500.
$98,000.
$55,000.
$36,500.
$49,500.
Working:
| a. | |||||||
| Accumulated depreciation at December 31 of Year 2 | $ 4,88,000 | ||||||
| Less:Depreciation expense for Year 2 | $ 55,000 | ||||||
| Accumulated depreciation of Year 1 after sale | $ 4,33,000 | ||||||
| b. | Accumulated depreciation before sale for Year 1 | $ 5,75,000 | |||||
| Accumulated depreciation for Year 1 after sale | $ 4,33,000 | ||||||
| Accumulated depreciation of sold equipment | $ 1,42,000 | ||||||
| c. | Cost of sold equipment | $ 1,85,000 | |||||
| Accumulated depreciation of sold equipment | $ 1,42,000 | ||||||
| Book Value of sold equipment | $ 43,000 | ||||||
| d. | Book Value of sold equipment | $ 43,000 | |||||
| Gain on sale of equiment | $ 6,500 | ||||||
| Cash received from sale of equipment | $ 49,500 | ||||||