Read & Interact: Wild: Chapter 8

A company acquires a patent for $20,000 to manufacture and sell an item. The company intends to hold the patent for 5 years. Amortization for the first year will be recorded with a debit to Amortization Expense for $.

Blank 1: 4000

Geo Co. purchased a building for $400,000. In addition, Geo paid $35,000 for taxes and lawyer fees. Geo also paid $60,000 to modify the building, changing the layout specifically for Geo's needs. Geo should record the building at $.

Blank 1: 495000

_______ are nonphysical assets used in operations that give companies long-term rights, or competitive advantages.

Intangible assets

Daley Co. owns a mineral deposit with an estimated 600,000 tons of available ore. It was purchased for $300,000 and has no salvage value. During the current period, Daley mined and sold 40,000 tons of ore. Depletion expense for the period will be how much?

$20,000

assets are assets used in a company's operations that have a useful life of more than one accounting period.

Blank 1: Plant or Fixed

Which of the following assets are amortized? (Check all that apply.)

Copyright Patent

To calculate depletion expense, first determine the depletion per unit. Depletion per unit can be calculated by taking (cost ______)/total units of capacity.

Minus salvage value

Copyrights, trademarks, and other intangible assets are expensed over their useful lives through the process of:

amortization

A plant asset trade-in with commercial substance means that it changes the company's:

future cash flows

A _______ is an exclusive right granted to its owner to manufacture and sell an item or use a process for 20 years.

patent

On October 30, Cleo Co. purchased a machine for $26,000 and estimates it will use the machine for four-years with a $2,000 salvage value. Using the straight-line depreciation method, compute the machine's first year partial depreciation expense for October 30 through December 31.

$1,000

On June 1, Harding Co. purchased a machine for $14,000 and estimates it will use the machine for five-years with a $2,000 salvage value. Using the straight-line depreciation method, compute the machine's first year (partial) depreciation expense for June 1st through December 31st.

$1,400

Tops Co. purchases equipment for $12,000 and has been using straight-line depreciation, estimating a 5-year life and $500 salvage value. At the beginning of the third year, Tops decides to use the equipment for a total of 6-years with no salvage value. Compute the revised depreciation for the third year.

$1,850

PT Co. purchased land and an existing building for $200,000. In addition, PT paid real estate commissions of $15,000. PT removed the unwanted building and graded the land for a total cost of $35,000. PT should record the cost of the land at:

$250,000

Alin Co. purchases a building for $300,000 and pays an additional $30,000 for title fees and lawyer fees. Alin also pays $20,000 in renovations, including painting, carpet, lighting, etc. Alin should record the cost of the building at:

$350,000.

Straight-line depreciation can be calculated by taking:

(cost minus salvage value)/useful life

Which of the following situations will result in recognizing a gain on sale of a plant asset?

1000

_________ are expenditures that make a plant asset more efficient or productive, but do notalways increase an asset's useful life.

Betterments

is the process of allocating the cost of a plant asset to expense while it is in use.

Blank 1: Depreciation

(Plant/Current) assets purchased as a group in a single transaction for a lump-sum price are allocated the purchase price based on their relative market values.

Blank 1: Plant

(Revenue/Capital) expenditures are additional costs of plant assets that do not materially increase the asset's life or capabilities.

Blank 1: Revenue

A plant asset is (depreciated/discarded/obsolete) when it is no longer useful to the company, and it has no market value.

Blank 1: discarded

Total asset turnover is computed as net /average total assets.

Blank 1: sales

Which of the following asset(s) are not considered intangible assets? (Check all that apply.)

Copy machine Mineral deposit

The process of allocating the cost of a natural resource to a period when it is consumed requires a debit entry to the account.

Depletion Expense

______ is the process of allocating the cost of a plant asset to expense while it is in use.

Depreciation

True or false: The cost of plant assets should include all of the normal and reasonable expenditures necessary to get the asset in place and ready for its intended use, including repairs to damages incurred after installation

False

On December 31, Briar Co. disposed of a piece of equipment that cost $6,000 with accumulated depreciation of $4,500. The entry to record this disposal would include a debit to which account and for how much?

Loss on Disposal of Equipment for $1,500

Forward Co. discarded a machine that cost $5,000 and was fully depreciated. The entry to record this transaction would include a credit to the _________ account.

Machinery

______ are assets that are physically consumed when used, such as mineral deposits and oil and gas fields.

Natural resources

Determine which of the following expenses are considered revenue expenditures related to a company vehicle. (Check all that apply.)

Oil change Car wash Dent repair

_______ are expenditures that keep an asset in good operating condition. They are necessary if an asset is to perform to expectations over its useful life.

Ordinary repairs

Which of the following expenses would not be considered an ordinary repair?

Replacing an engine

Niren Co. made modifications to a manufacturing machine that increased its productivity by 40%. Niren would classify this expense as a(n):

betterment.

When a company revises an estimate used to record depreciation expense, the company should revise depreciation by using the formula (_______ - revised salvage value)/revised remaining useful life.

book value

The factors necessary to compute depreciation include all of the following, except:

book value.

Plant assets are recorded at cost, which includes all expenditures necessary to get the asset in place and ready for use. All of the following would be included as part of the cost of a plant asset except:

damage done when unpacking the plant asset

A company owns an asset that is fully depreciated. The asset is no longer being used in operations and has no market value. The company has decided to ________ the asset by recording an entry to remove it from the balance sheet.

discard

The purchase of a group of plant assets for one price is called a ______ purchase.

lump-sum

Brice Co. purchases land in order to drill oil. This oil field would be classified as a(n) _______ on the balance sheet.

natural resource

Straight-line depreciation is calculated by taking cost minus (salvage/market) value divided by useful life.

salvage

The factors necessary to compute depreciation include (cost/selling price/market value), salvage value and useful life.

Blank 1: cost

Ion Co. purchased land for $190,000. Ion also paid $5,000 in real estate commissions, $1,000 in legal fees, and $500 in title insurance fees. Ion should record the cost of this land at:

$196,500

If an asset exchange has commercial substance, a gain or loss is recorded based on the difference between the value of the asset given up and the market value of the asset received.

Blank 1: book

Assets that increase the benefits of land, have a limited useful life, such as parking lots and lighting systems, are called:

land improvements

The total asset turnover ratio is computed by taking net sales divided by:

average total assets

Seven Co. owns a coal mine with an estimated 1,000,000 tons of available coal. It was purchased for $300,000 and has $50,000 salvage value. During the current period, Seven mined and sold 200,000 tons of coal. Depletion expense for the period will be how much?

$50,000

When considering the sale of a plant asset, match the following outcomes to the appropriate situations.

Book value is greater than the selling price matches Choice Loss on sale of asset Book value is less than the selling price matches Choice Gain on sale of asset Book value is equal to the selling price matches Choice No gain or loss recognized