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Chapter 9: Q2RQ (page 525)
Plant assets are recorded at historical cost. What does the historical cost of a plant asset include?
Yes, Plant assets are recorded at historical cost.
Historical costs include the entire amount paid to acquire the assets and make them ready for use.
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What is the process by which businesses spread the allocation of an intangible asset鈥檚 cost over its useful life?
Accounting for depletion of natural resources Ajax Petroleum holds huge reserves of oil assets. Assume that at the end of 2018, Ajax Petroleum鈥檚 cost of oil reserves totaled $27,000,000, representing 3,000,000 barrels of oil.
Requirements
Determining asset cost, preparing depreciation schedules (3 methods), and identifying depreciation results that meet management objectives
On January 3, 2018, Rapid Delivery Service purchased a truck at a cost of \(100,000. Before placing the truck in service, Rapid spent \)3,000 painting it, \(600 replacing tires, and \)10,400 overhauling the engine. The truck should remain in service for five years and have a residual value of $12,000. The truck鈥檚 annual mileage is expected to be 32,000 miles in each of the first four years and 8,000 miles in the fifth year鈥�136,000 miles in total. In deciding which depreciation method to use, Andy Sargeant, the general manager, requests a depreciation schedule for each of the depreciation methods (straight-line, units-of-production, and double-declining-balance).
Requirements
1. Prepare a depreciation schedule for each depreciation method, showing asset cost, depreciation expense, accumulated depreciation, and asset book value.
2. Rapid prepares financial statements using the depreciation method that reports the highest net income in the early years of asset use. Consider the first year that Rapid uses the truck. Identify the depreciation method that meets the company鈥檚 objectives.
Define property, plant, and equipment. Provide some examples.
Question:Jim Reed manages a fleet of utility trucks for a rural county government. He鈥檚 been in his job for 30 years, and he knows where the angles are. He makes sure that when new trucks are purchased, the residual value is set as low as possible. Then, when they become fully depreciated, they are sold off by the county at residual value. Jim makes sure his buddies in the construction business are first in line for the bargain sales, and they make sure he gets a little something back. Recently, a new county commissioner was elected with vows to cut expenses for the taxpayers. Unlike other commissioners, this man has a business degree, and he is coming to visit Jim tomorrow.
Requirements
1. When a business sells a fully depreciated asset for its residual value, is a gain or loss recognized?
2. How do businesses determine what residual values to use for their various assets? Are there 鈥渉ard and fast鈥� rules for residual values?
3. How would an organization prevent the kind of fraud depicted here?
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