The various types of assets


On March 31, 2013, the Herzog Company purchased a factory complete with machinery and equipment. The allocation of the total purchase price of $1,000,000 to the various types of assets along with estimated useful lives and residual values are as follows:

Asset Cost Estimated Residual Value Estimated Useful
Life in Years
Land $ 100,000
N/A N/A
Building
500,000
none 25
Machinery
240,000
10% of cost 8
Equipment
160,000
$ 13,000
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Total $ 1,000,000


















On June 29, 2014, machinery included in the March 31, 2013, purchase that cost $100,000 was sold for $80,000. Herzog uses the straight-line depreciation method for buildings and machinery and the sum-of-the-years'-digits method for equipment. Partial-year depreciation is calculated based on the number of months an asset is in service.

Required:

1.

Compute depreciation expense on the building, machinery, and equipment for 2013.

2.

Prepare the journal entries to:

a) record the depreciation on the machinery sold on June 29, 2014

b) and the sale of machinery.

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