How the balance for depreciation expense for equipment is 4,772,000. Can someone please help!? Any insight would be very much appreciated.
At December 31, 2008, Jimenez Company reported the following as plant assets.
Land $ 4,000,000
Buildings $28,500,000
Less: Accumulated depreciation-buildings 12,100,000 16,400,000
Equipment 48,000,000
Less: Accumulated depreciation-equipment 5,000,000 43,000,000
Total plant assets $63,400,000
During 2009, the following selected cash transactions occurred.
April 1 Purchased land for $2,130,000.
May 1 Sold equipment that cost $780,000 when purchased on January 1, 2005.The
equipment was sold for $450,000.
June 1 Sold land purchased on June 1, 1999, for $1,500,000.The land cost $400,000.
July 1 Purchased equipment for $2,000,000.
Dec. 31 Retired equipment that cost $500,000 when purchased on December 31, 1999. No salvage value was received.
Instructions
(a) Journalize the above transactions.The company uses straight-line depreciation for buildings and equipment.The buildings are estimated to have a 50-year life and no salvage value.The equipment is estimated to have a 10-year useful life and no salvage value. Update depreciation on assets disposed of at the time of sale or retirement.
(b) Record adjusting entries for depreciation for 2009.
(c) Prepare the plant assets section of Jimenez's balance sheet at December 31, 2009.
(b) Depreciation Expense-
building $570,000;
equipment $4,772,000
(c) Total plant assets
$61,270,000