ADMS 3585 Study Guide - Situation Two, Investment, Deferral
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The Diamond Glitter Company is in the process of preparing itsfinancial statements for 2012. Assume that no entries fordepreciation have been recorded in 2012. The following informationrelated to depreciation of fixed assets is provided to you.
1. The company purchased equipment on January 2, 2009, for$165000. At that time, the equipment had an estimated useful lifeof 7 years with a $25000 salvage value. The equipment isdepreciated on a straight-line basis. On January 2, 2012, as aresult of additional information, the company determined that theequipment has a remaining useful life of 3 years with a $15000salvage value.
2. During 2012, the company changed from thedouble-declining-balance method for its building to thestraight-line method. The building originally cost $625000. It hada useful life of 10 years and a salvage value of $50000. Thefollowing computations present depreciation on both bases for 2010and 2011. | ||||
2011 | 2010 | |||
Straight-line | $ 57,500 | $ 57,500 | ||
Declining-balance | $ 92,000 | $ 115,000 |
3. The company purchased a machine on July 1, 2010, at a cost of$450000. The machine has a salvage value of $25000 and a usefullife of 10 years. The company's bookkeeper recorded straight-linedepreciation in 2010 and 2011 but failed to consider the salvagevalue. Ignore Tax effect.
4. The company has failed to accrue sales commissions payable atthe end of each of the last 2 years, as follows. | ||||
December 31, 2011 | $ 5,400 | |||
December 31, 2012 | $ 4,600 |
5. In reviewing the December 31, 2011, inventory, the companydiscovered errors in its inventory-taking procedures that havecaused inventories for the last 3 years to be incorrect, asfollows. The company has already made an entry that established theincorrect December 31, 2012, inventory amount. | ||||
December 31, 2010 | Understated | $ 32,000 | ||
December 31, 2011 | Understated | $ 51,000 | ||
December 31, 2012 | Overstated | $ 9,500 |
6. At December 31, 2012, the company decided to change to thestraight-line depreciation method on its retail display equipmentfrom double-declining-balance. The equipment had an original costof $250000 when purchased on January 1, 2011. It has a salvagevalue of 0 and a 8-year useful life. Depreciation expense recordedprior to 2012 under the double-declining-balance method was $62500.The company has already recorded 2012 depreciation expense of$46875 using the double-declining-balance method.
7. Before the current year, the company accounted for its incomefrom long-term construction contracts on the completed-contractbasis. Early this year, the company changed to thepercentage-of-completion basis for accounting purposes, butcontinues to use the completed-contract method for tax purposes.Income for the current year has been recorded using the new method.Prior year tax effects must be considered. The followinginformation is available. | ||||
Pretax Income | ||||
Percentage-of-Completion | Completed-Contract | |||
Prior to 2012 | $320,000 | $180,000 | ||
2012 | $140,000 | $120,000 |
Required: | |||
Prepare the journal entries necessary at December 31, 2012 torecord the corrections and changes made to date related to theinformation provided. The books are still open for 2012. The incometax rate is 35%. The company has not yet recorded its 2012 incometax expense and payable amounts so current-year tax effects may beignored. |
expenses are overstated and assets are overstated expenses are understated and owners' equity is overstated net income is overstated and owners' equity isunderstated |
$91,550 $88,150 $87,200 |
It represents the wear and tear from use and from the effects ofweather It occurs when the asset is no longer able to provide services atthe level for which it was intended. It represents the decline in market value of an asset. |
$15,000 $3,750 $6,500 |
Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes Yes, No, No, Yes No, Yes, Yes, No |
$15,000 $12,500 Cannot be determined from the information given |
decrease in Delivery Truck for $11,500 increase in a loss for $6,500 increase in a gain for $6,500 |
$1,875,000 $3,750,000 $2,500,000 |
increase in research and development expense for $670,000 decrease in Patent for $83,750 increase in Accumulated Amortization for $670,000 |
must be shown on the face of the balance sheet by class of fixedasset. are normally shown under the caption of property, plant andequipment must be shown on the face of the balance sheet by class of fixedasset and are shown at their book value or at their fair marketvalue, whichever is lower. |