Capitalized asset cost and partial year depreciation [20-25 min]
Drive and Fly, near an airport, incurred the following costs to acquire land, make land improvements, and construct and furnish a small building:
a. | Purchase price of three acres of land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | $ 80,000 |
b. | Delinquentreal estate taxes on the land to be paid by Drive and Fly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5,600 |
c. | Additionaldirt and earthmoving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 9,000 |
d. | Titleinsurance on the landacquisition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3,200 |
e. | Fencearound the boundary of the property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 9,100 |
f. | Buildingpermit for the building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 500 |
g. | Architect’s fee for the design of the building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 20,700 |
h. | Signs near the front of the property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 9,000 |
i. | Materials used to construct the building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 215,000 |
j. | Labor to construct the building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 173,000 |
k. | Interest cost on construction loan for the building. . . . . . . . . | 9,500 |
l. | Parking lots on the property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 29,000 |
m. | Lights for the parking lots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 11,300 |
n. | Salary of construction supervisor (80% to building;20% to parking lot and concrete walks). . . . . . . . . . . . . | 80,000 |
o. | Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 11,600 |
p. | Transportation of furniture from seller to the building . . . | 2,200 |
q. | Landscaping (shrubs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 6,300 |
Drive and Fly depreciates land improvements over 20 years, buildings over 40 years, and furniture over 10 years, all on a straight-line basis with zero residual value.
Requirements
1. Set up columns for Land, Land Improvements, Building, and Furniture. Show how to account for each cost by listing the cost under the correct account. Determine the total cost of each asset.
2. All construction was complete and the assets were placed in service on July 1. Record partial-year depreciation for the year ended December 31.
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