Sunday, May 30, 2010

Exercise 10-7 (E10-7) Brainiac Company purchased a delivery truck for $30,000 on January 1, 2008

ACC 280 / XACC 280

Axia College of University of Phoenix (UoP)

Principles of Accounting

Weygandt, J. J., Kimmel, P. D., & Kieso, D. E. (2008). Financial Accounting (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

ACC 280 / XACC 280 Solution
Help in ACC 280
Help in XACC 280


Exercise 10-7 (E10-7)
Brainiac Company purchased a delivery truck for $30,000 on January 1, 2008.The truck has an expected salvage value of $2,000, and is expected to be driven 100,000 miles over its estimated useful life of 8 years.Actual miles driven were 15,000 in 2008 and 12,000 in 2009.

Instructions
Compute depreciation using different methods
(a) Compute depreciation expense for 2008 and 2009 using (1) the straight-line method, (2) the units-of-activity method, and (3) the double-declining balance method.
(b) Assume that Brainiac uses the straight-line method.
(1) Prepare the journal entry to record 2008 depreciation.
(2) Show how the truck would be reported in the December 31, 2008, balance sheet.

Click here for the SOLUTION