Cost and accumulated depreciation


On January 1, 20X1, Poe Corp. sold a machine for $900,000 to Saxe Corp., its wholly-owned subsidiary. Poe paid $1,100,000 for this machine. On the sale date, accumulated depreciation was $250,000. Poe estimated a $100,000 salvage value and depreciated the machine on the straight-line method over 20 years, a policy that Saxe continued. In Poe's December 31, 20X1, consolidated balance sheet, this machine should be included in cost and accumulated depreciation as Cost Accumulated Depreciation

a. $1,100,000 $300,000

b. $1,100,000 $290,000

c. $ 900,000 $ 40,000

d. $ 850,000 $ 42,500

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Accounting Basics: Cost and accumulated depreciation
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