Chapter 10: Plant Assets, Natural Resources and

Intangibles
Important Terms:
a)Cost: consist of all necessary expenditures to acquire it and to prepare it for its intended
use.
b) Salvage Value: Residual Value/ Scrap, is an estimate of the assets value, or the amount
the owner expects to receive from disposing the asset at the end of its benefit period.
c) Useful life: the estimated years of using and benefiting from the asset in the copmpany's
operations.
d) Depreciable cost: is the cost less the salvage value, to be allocated over the useful life.
e) Depreciation expense:it is the depreciable cost allocated over the useful life. It is a
noncash expense, appear in the Income statement, Dr. its normal balance.
f) Accumulated Depreciation: a contra asset account, Cr. Its normal balance.
Appear in the Balance sheet reduced from its related fixed asset to give the net
book value.
g) Book Value: is the difference between the cost and accumulated depreciation.Compared
with the disposal value to determine the gain or loss from disposal.
h) Depreciation methods: straight-line, unit of production & double- declining methods.

• Ex.1:
Nike Corporation purchased a new equipment on Jan 1, 2010, for $ 14,500. The equipment was
expected to have a useful life of five years and salvage value of $1,000.The company engineers
estimated that the equipment would have a useful life of 7,500 hours.It was used 1,500 hours
in2010, 2,625 hours in 2011, 2,250 hours in 2012, 750 hours in 2013, 375 hours in 2014. The
company’s year end in December 31.
Required :Prepare the depreciation shedule using:
(a) Straight-Line, (b)Unit- of- Production, and (c) Double-Declining Balance.

• Ex.2:
Du Page Corporation purchased a new equipment on Jan 1, 2010, for $18,000. The equipment
was expected to have a useful life of four years and salvage value of $ 2,000. The company
engineers estimated that the equipment would have a useful life of 160,000 hours processed. It
was used 40,000 hours in 2010, 60,000 hours in 2011, 35,000 hours in 2012, 25,000 hours in
2013. The company’s year end in December 31.
Required: Prepare the depreciation shedule using:
(a) Straight-Line, (b)Unit- of- Production, and (c) Double-Declining
Balance.
 • Ex.3:
Sydney Company owns a machine that cost $250,000 and has accumulated depreciation
$182,000.
Prepare the entry to record the disposal of the machine on Jan 3 under each of the following
independent assumptions:
1. The machine needed extensive repairs, and it was not worth repairing. Sydney
disposed of the machine, receiving nothing in return.
2. Sydney sold the machine for $35,000 cash.
3. Sydney sold the machine for $68,000 cash.
4. Sydney sold the machine for $80,000 cash.

• Ex.4:
Rayya Co. purchases and installs a machine on Jan.1, 2005, at a total costof $72,000. Straight line
depreciation is taken each year for 3 years assuming an 5 year life and no salvage value.The
machine is disposed of on July1, 2008,during its fourth year of service.
Prepare the entries to record the partial years'depreciation on July 1, 2008, and to record the
disposal under the following assumptions: (1) the machine is sold for $22, 000 cash,and (2) the
machine is sold for $15, 000 cash,(3) the machine is sold for $18, 000 cash