Teness Construction negotiates a lump-sum purchase of several assets from a company that...

Teness Construction negotiates a lump-sum purchase of several assets from a company that is going out

of business. The purchase is completed on January 1, 2009, at a total cash price of $900,000 for a building,

land, land improvements, and four vehicles. The estimated market values of the assets are building,

$514,250; land, $271,150; land improvements, $65,450; and four vehicles, $84,150. The company’s fiscal

year ends on December 31.

Required

1. Prepare a table to allocate the lump-sum purchase price to the separate assets purchased. Prepare the

journal entry to record the purchase.

2. Compute the depreciation expense for year 2009 on the building using the straight-line method, assuming

a 15-year life and a $30,000 salvage value.

3. Compute the depreciation expense for year 2009 on the land improvements assuming a five-year life

and double-declining-balance depreciation.

Analysis Component

4. Defend or refute this statement: Accelerated depreciation results in payment of less taxes over the

asset’s life.