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(Impairment) Assume the same information as E11-16, except that Suarez intends to dispose of the equipment in the coming year. It is expected that the cost of disposal will be \(20,000.

Cost

\)9,000,000

Accumulated depreciation to date

1,000,000

Expected future net cash flows

7,000,000

Fair value

4,800,000

Instructions

  1. Prepare the journal entry (if any) to record the impairment of the asset at December 31, 2017.
  2. Prepare the journal entry (if any) to record depreciation expense for 2018.
  3. The asset was not sold by December 31, 2018. The fair value of the equipment on that date is \(5,300,000. Prepare the journal entry (if any) necessary to record this increase in fair value. It is expected that the cost of disposal is still \)20,000.

Short Answer

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Answer

  1. Loss on impairment = $3,220,000
  2. No entry required
  3. Recovery of loss on impairment = $500,000

Step by step solution

01

Meaning of Impairment 

A permanent loss in value of an asset is considered an impairment. This can be a result of permanent damage or technical problems that impede it from delivering the performance it used to deliver.

02

(a) Preparing journal entries

Date

Particular

Debit ($)

Credit ($)

Loss on Impairment

3,220,000

Accumulated Depreciation

Equipment

3,220,000

Working notes:

Calculating the amount of loss on impairment

Cost

$9,000,000

Accumulated depreciation

1,000,000

Carrying amount

8,000,000

Less: Fair value

4,800,000

Plus: Cost of disposal

20,000

Loss on impairment

$3,220,000

03

(b) Explaining the journal entry

Depreciation is not taken on assets intended to be sold. Therefore no entry should be passed.

If the assesses sells, destroys, or demolishes the asset in the same year that it was purchased, they cannot claim the deduction.

04

(c) Preparing journal entry 

Date

Particular

Debit ($)

Credit ($)

Accumulated Depreciation-Equipment

500,000

Recovery of Loss from Impairment

500,000

Working notes:

Calculation of recovery of impairment loss

Fair value $5,300,000

Less: Cost of disposal 20,000

$5,280,000

Less: Carrying amount

4,780,000

Recovery of loss on impairment

$ 500,000

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(Depreciation Computations—SYD, DDB—Partial Periods) Judds Company purchased a new plant asset on April 1, 2017, at a cost of \(711,000. It was estimated to have a service life of 20 years and a salvage value of \)60,000. Judds’ accounting period is the calendar year.

Instructions

  1. Compute the depreciation for this asset for 2017 and 2018 using the sum-of-the-years’-digits method.
  2. Compute the depreciation for this asset for 2017 and 2018 using the double-declining-balance method.

Explain how gains or losses on impaired assets should be reported in income.

Question: (Comprehensive Depreciation Computations) Kohlbeck Corporation, a manufacturer of steel products, began operations on October 1, 2016. The accounting department of Kohlbeck has started the fixed-asset and depreciation schedule presented on page 595. You have been asked to assist in completing this schedule. In addition to ascertaining that the data already on the schedule are correct, you have obtained the following information from the company’s records and personnel.

  1. Depreciation is computed from the first of the month of acquisition to the first of the month of disposition.
  2. Land A and Building A were acquired from a predecessor corporation. Kohlbeck paid \(800,000 for the land and building together. At the time of acquisition, the land had an appraised value of \)90,000, and the building had an appraised value of \(810,000.
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  4. Construction of Building B on the newly acquired land began on October 1, 2017. By September 30, 2018, Kohlbeck had paid \(320,000 of the estimated total construction costs of \)450,000. It is estimated that the building will be completed and occupied by July 2019.
  5. Certain equipment was donated to the corporation by a local university. An independent appraisal of the equipment when donated placed the fair value at \(40,000 and the salvage value at \)3,000.
  6. Machinery A’s total cost of \(182,900 includes installation expense of \)600 and normal repairs and maintenance of \(14,900. Salvage value is estimated at \)6,000. Machinery A was sold on February 1, 2018.
  7. On October 1, 2017, Machinery B was acquired with a down payment of \(5,740 and the remaining payments to be made in 11 annual installments of \)6,000 each beginning October 1, 2017. The prevailing interest rate was 8%. The following data were abstracted from present value tables (rounded).
    Present Value of \(1.00 at 8%

    10 years

    .463

    11 years

    .429

    15 years

    .315

Present Value of an Ordinary Annuity of \)1.00 at 8%

10 years

6.710

11 years

7.139

15 years

8.559

KOHLBECK CORPORATION

Fixed-Asset and Depreciation Schedule

For Fiscal Years Ended September 30, 2017, and September 30, 2018

Depreciation

Expense year

ended

September 30

Assets

Acquisition

Date

Cost

Salvage

Deprecation

method

Estimated

Life in

years

2017

2018

Land A

October 1, 2016

\( (1)

N/A*

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Building A

October 1, 2016

(2)

\)40,000

Straight-line

(3)

\(13,600

(4)

Land B

October 2, 2016

(5)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Building B

Under construction

\)320,000 to date

—

Straight-line

30

—

(6)

Donated Equipment

October 2, 2016

(7)

3,000

150% declining-balance

10

(8)

(9)

Machinery A

October 2, 2016

(10)

6,000

Sum-of-the-years-digits

8

(11)

(12)

Machinery B

October 1, 2017

(13)

—

Straight-line

20

—

(14)

Instructions

For each numbered item on the schedule above, supply the correct amount. (Round each answer to the nearest dollar.)

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