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Clarion Contractors completed the following transactions and events involving the purchase...

Clarion Contractors completed the following transactions and events involving the purchase and operation of equipment in its business.

2010

 

Jan.1

Paid $255,440 cash plus $15,200 in sales tax and $2,500 in transportation (FOB shipping point) for a new loader. The loader is estimated to have a four-year life and a $34,740 salvage value. Loader costs are recorded in the Equipment account.

Jan.3

Paid $3,660 to enclose the cab and install air conditioning in the loader to enable operations under harsher conditions. This increased the estimated salvage value of the loader by another $1,110.

Dec. 31

Recorded annual straight-line depreciation on the loader.

2011

 

Jan.1

Paid $4,500 to overhaul the loader’s engine, which increased the loader’s estimated useful life by two years.

Feb.17

Paid $920 to repair the loader after the operator backed it into a tree.

Dec.31

Recorded annual straight-line depreciation on the loader.

Required

Prepare journal entries to record these transactions and events.

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