On January 2, 1 998, one of the actors machines was sold for its book value, $3,866. This machine was recorded on the books at $31233 with accumulated depreciation of $27,367. 2. Tools were carried on the books at cost, and at the end of each year a physical inventory was taken to determine what tools still remained. The account was written down to the extent of the decrease in tools as ascertained by the year-end inventory. At the end of 1998, it was determined that there had been a decrease in the tool inventory amounting to $7,850. 3.
On March 1, 1998, the company sold for $2,336 cash an automobile that as recorded on the books at a cost of $8,354 and had an accumulated depreciation of $5,180, Glenn a net book value of $3,174 as of January 1, 1998. In this and other cases of the sale of long-lived assets during the year, the accumulated depreciation and depreciation expense items were both increased by an amount that reflected the depreciation chargeable for the months in 1998 in which the asset was held prior to the sale, at rates listed in 7 below. 4. The patent listed on the balance sheet had been purchased by the Stern Corporation on December 31, 1987, for $168,750.
This patent ad been granted on December 31, 1985. The cost of the patent was to be written off as an expense over the remainder of its legal life. (The legal life off patent is 17 years from the date granted. ) 5. On July 1, 1998, a typewriter that had cost $1,027 and had been fully depreciated on December 31, 1997, was sold for $75. 6. On October 1, 1 998, the company sold a desk for $80. This piece of furniture was recorded on the books at a cost of $490 with an accumulated depreciation of $395 as of January 1, 1998. 7. Depreciation was calculated at the following rates: Factory machinery…………
Furniture and fixtures……. Automotive equipment…. Office machines……………. 1201 8. Included in the factory machinery cost of $3,425,585 was a machine costing $85,000 that had been fully depreciated on December 31, 1997, and that was still in use. Assignment 1. In a manner similar to that used in Stern Corporation (A), analyze the effect of each of these transactions on the property, plant, and equipment accounts, accumulated depreciation, and any other accounts may be Involved; prepare Journal entries for these transactions.
