Last Chance Mine (LCM) purchased a coal deposit for $1,055,700. It estimated it would extract 15,300 tons of coal from the deposit. LCM mined the coal and sold it, reporting gross receipts of $1.26 million, $10.8 million, and $9 million for years 1 through 3, respectively. During years 1–3, LCM reported net income (loss) from the coal deposit activity in the amount of ($18,900), $570,000, and $552,500, respectively. In years 1–3, LCM actually extracted 16,300 tons of coal as follows: (Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable. Enter your answers in dollars and not in millions of dollars.)
(1) | (2) | Depletion (2)/(1) | Tons Extracted per Year | |||
Tons of Coal | Basis | Rate | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | |
15,300 | $1,055,700 | $69.00 | 2,900 | 9,300 | 4,100 | |
c. Using the cost and percentage depletion computations from parts (a) and (b), what is LCM’s actual depletion expense for each year?
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(a) | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | ||
Tons extracted | 2,900 | 9,300 | 4,100 | ||
Depletion rate | $69.00 | $69.00 | $69.00 | ||
Cost Depletion | $200,100 | $641,700 | $213,900 | ||
remaining basis | |||||
(b) | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | ||
Net income from activity (before depletion expense) | (18,900) | 570,000 | 552,500 | ||
Gross Income | 1,260,000 | 10,800,000 | 9,000,000 | ||
Percentage | 10.00% | 10.00% | 10.00% | ||
Percentage Depletion Expense before limit | 126,000 | 1,080,000 | 900,000 | ||
50% of net income limitation | - | 285,000 | 276,250 | ||
Allowable percentage depletion | - | 285,000 | 276,250 | ||
(c) | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | ||
Cost depletion | 200,100 | 641,700 | 213,900 | ||
Percentage depletion | - | 285,000 | 276,250 | ||
Deductible depletion expense | 200,100 | 641,700 | 276,250 | Greater of | |
Last Chance Mine (LCM) purchased a coal deposit for $1,055,700. It estimated it would extract 15,300...
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