Plant assets and depriciation


Question 1. Plant assets are:

  • tangible assets used in the operation of a business that have a useful life of more than one accounting period.
  • current assets.
  • held for sale.
  • intangible assets used in the operations of a business that have a useful life of more than one accounting period.

Question 2. An asset's book value is $36,000 on January 1, 2007. The asset is being depreciated at a rate of $500 per month on the straight-line method. Assuming the asset is sold on July 1, 2008 for $25,000, the company should record:

  • neither a gain nor loss is recognized on this type of transaction.
  • a gain on sale of $2,000.
  • a gain on sale of $1,000.
  • a loss on sale of $2,000.

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