Exam 9: Plant Assets, Natural Resources, and Intangible Assets

On May 1, 2015, Pinkley Company sells office furniture for $300,000 cash. The office furniture originally cost $750,000 when purchased on January 1, 2008. Depreciation is recorded by the straight-line method over 10 years with a salvage value of $75,000. What depreciation expense should be recorded on this asset in 2015?

All of the following are intangible assets except

Nicholson Company purchased equipment on January 1, 2013, for $80,000 with an estimated salvage value of $20,000 and estimated useful life of 8 years. On January 1, 2015, Nicholson decided the equipment will last 12 years from the date of purchase. The salvage value is still estimated at $20,000. Using the straight-line method the new annual depreciation will be:

When plant assets are exchanged, the cost of the new asset is the book value of the old asset plus any cash paid.

When purchasing delivery equipment, sales taxes and motor vehicle licenses should be charged to Delivery Equipment.

Engler Company purchases a new delivery truck for $55,000. The sales taxes are $4,000. The logo of the company is painted on the side of the truck for $1,600. The truck license is $160. The truck undergoes safety testing for $290. What does Engler record as the cost of the new truck?

The Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS) is a depreciation method which

Gains on an exchange of plant assets that has commercial substance are

A plant asset must be fully depreciated before it can be removed from the books.

Interest may be included in the acquisition cost of a plant asset

A company purchased land for $90,000 cash. Real estate brokers' commission was $5,000 and $7,000 was spent for demolishing an old building on the land before construction of a new building could start. Under the historical cost principle, the cost of land would be recorded at

Which of the following is not true of ordinary repairs?

If a mining company extracts 1,500,000 tons in a period but only sells 1,200,000 tons,

Equipment with a cost of $400,000 has an estimated salvage value of $25,000 and an estimated life of 4 years or 15,000 hours. It is to be depreciated using the units-of-activity method. What is the amount of depreciation for the first full year, during which the equipment was used 3,300 hours?

Cost allocation of an intangible asset is referred to as

Don's Copy Shop bought equipment for $450,000 on January 1, 2014. Don estimated the useful life to be 3 years with no salvage value, and the straight-line method of depreciation will be used. On January 1, 2015, Don decides that the business will use the equipment for a total of 5 years. What is the revised depreciation expense for 2015?

IFRS allows companies to revalue plant assets to fair value. Which of the following statements is true regarding revaluation?

Salem Company hired Kirk Construction to construct an office building for £6,400,000 on land costing £1,600,000, which Salem Company owned. The building was complete and ready to be used on January 1, 2015 and it has a useful life of 40 years. The price of the building included land improvements costing £480,000 and personal property costing £600,000. The useful lives of the land improvements and the personal property are 10 years and 5 years, respectively. Salem Company uses component depreciation, and the company uses straight-line depreciation for other similar assets. What total amount of depreciation expense would Salem Company report on its income statement for the year ended December 31, 2015?

Once an asset is fully depreciated, no additional depreciation can be taken even though the asset is still being used by the business.

A truck costing $110,000 was destroyed when its engine caught fire. At the date of the fire, the accumulated depreciation on the truck was $50,000. An insurance check for $125,000 was received based on the replacement cost of the truck. The entry to record the insurance proceeds and the disposition of the truck will include a