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Chapter

11-1

CHAPTER

11

DEPRECIATION, IMPAIRMENTS,
AND DEPLETION

Intermediate Accounting
13th Edition
Kieso, Weygandt, and Warfield
Chapter
11-2

Learning
Learning Objectives
Objectives
1.

Explain the concept of depreciation.

2.

Identify the factors involved in the depreciation process.

3.

Compare activity, straight-line, and decreasing-charge methods


of depreciation.

4.

Explain special depreciation methods.

5.

Explain the accounting issues related to asset impairment.

6.

Explain the accounting procedures for depletion of natural


resources.

7.

Explain how to report and analyze property, plant, equipment,


and natural resources.

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Depreciation,
Depreciation, Impairments,
Impairments, and
and Depletion
Depletion

Depreciation

Impairments

Depletion

Factors involved
Methods of
depreciation
Special methods

Recognizing
impairments
Measuring
Impairments
Restoration of
loss
Assets to be
disposed of

Establishing a
base
Write-off of
resource cost
Estimating
reserves
Liquidating
dividends
Continuing
controversy

Special issues

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11-4

Presentation
and Analysis
Presentation
Analysis

Depreciation
Depreciation -- Method
Method of
of Cost
Cost Allocation
Allocation
Depreciation is the accounting process of allocating
the cost of tangible assets to expense in a systematic
and rational manner to those periods expected to
benefit from the use of the asset.
Allocating costs of long-term assets:
Fixed assets = Depreciation expense
Intangibles = Amortization expense
Natural resources = Depletion expense

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LO 1 Explain the concept of depreciation.

Depreciation
Depreciation -- Method
Method of
of Cost
Cost Allocation
Allocation
Factors Involved in the Depreciation Process
Three basic questions:
(1) What depreciable base is to be used?
(2) What is the assets useful life?
(3) What method of cost allocation is best?

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LO 2 Identify the factors involved in the depreciation process.

Depreciation
Depreciation -- Method
Method of
of Cost
Cost Allocation
Allocation
Factors Involved in the Depreciation Process
Depreciable Base
Illustration 11-1

Chapter
11-7

LO 2 Identify the factors involved in the depreciation process.

Depreciation
Depreciation -- Method
Method of
of Cost
Cost Allocation
Allocation
Factors Involved in the Depreciation Process
Estimation of Service Lifes
Service life of an asset often differs from its
physical life.
Companies retire assets for two reasons:
physical factors (such as casualty or
expiration of physical life) and
economic factors (obsolescence).
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LO 2 Identify the factors involved in the depreciation process.

Depreciation
Depreciation -- Method
Method of
of Cost
Cost Allocation
Allocation
Methods of Depreciation
The profession requires the method employed be
systematic and rational. Examples include:
(1)

Activity method (units of use or production).

(2) Straight-line method.


(3) Sum-of-the-years-digits.
(4) Declining-balance method.

Accelerated methods

(5) Group and composite methods.


(6) Hybrid or combination methods.
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Special methods

LO 3 Compare activity, straight-line, and decreasingcharge methods of depreciation.

Depreciation
Depreciation -- Method
Method of
of Cost
Cost Allocation
Allocation
Activity Method
Illustration 11-2

Stanley Coal
Mines Facts
Illustration: If Stanley uses the crane for 4,000 hours
the first year, the depreciation charge is:
Illustration 11-3

Chapter
11-10

LO 3 Compare activity, straight-line, and decreasingcharge methods of depreciation.

Depreciation
Depreciation -- Method
Method of
of Cost
Cost Allocation
Allocation
Straight-Line Method
Illustration 11-2

Stanley Coal
Mines Facts
Illustration: Stanley computes depreciation as follows:
Illustration 11-4

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LO 3 Compare activity, straight-line, and decreasingcharge methods of depreciation.

Depreciation
Depreciation -- Method
Method of
of Cost
Cost Allocation
Allocation
Decreasing-Charge Methods
Illustration 11-2

Stanley Coal
Mines Facts

Sum-of-the-Years-Digits. Each fraction uses the sum of


the years as a denominator (5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 15). The
numerator is the number of years of estimated life
remaining as of the beginning of the year.
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LO 3 Compare activity, straight-line, and decreasingcharge methods of depreciation.

Depreciation
Depreciation -- Method
Method of
of Cost
Cost Allocation
Allocation
Sum-of-the-Years-Digits
Illustration 11-6

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LO 3 Compare activity, straight-line, and decreasingcharge methods of depreciation.

Depreciation
Depreciation -- Method
Method of
of Cost
Cost Allocation
Allocation
Decreasing-Charge Methods
Illustration 11-2

Stanley Coal
Mines Facts
Declining-Balance Method.

Utilizes a depreciation rate (percentage) that is some


multiple of the straight-line method.

Does not deduct the salvage value in computing the


depreciation base.

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LO 3 Compare activity, straight-line, and decreasingcharge methods of depreciation.

Depreciation
Depreciation -- Method
Method of
of Cost
Cost Allocation
Allocation
Declining-Balance Method
Illustration 11-7

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LO 3 Compare activity, straight-line, and decreasingcharge methods of depreciation.

Depreciation
Depreciation -- Method
Method of
of Cost
Cost Allocation
Allocation
E11-5 (Depreciation ComputationsFour Methods): KC
Corporation purchased a new machine for its assembly process on
August 1, 2010. The cost of this machine was $150,000. The
company estimated that the machine would have a salvage value of
$24,000 at the end of its service life. Its life is estimated
at 5 years and its working hours are estimated at 21,000 hours.
Year-end is December 31.
Instructions: Compute the depreciation expense under the
following methods.
(a) Straight-line depreciation.

(c) Sum-of-the-years-digits.

(b) Activity method

(d) Double-declining balance.

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LO 3 Compare activity, straight-line, and decreasingcharge methods of depreciation.

Depreciation
Depreciation -- Method
Method of
of Cost
Cost Allocation
Allocation
Straight-line Method

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LO 3 Compare activity, straight-line, and decreasingcharge methods of depreciation.

Depreciation
Depreciation -- Method
Method of
of Cost
Cost Allocation
Allocation
Activity Method

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(Assume 800 hours used in 2010)

LO 3

Depreciation
Depreciation -- Method
Method of
of Cost
Cost Allocation
Allocation
Sum-of-the-Years-Digits Method

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5/12 = .416667
7/12 = .583333

LO 3

Depreciation
Depreciation -- Method
Method of
of Cost
Cost Allocation
Allocation
Double-Declining Balance Method

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LO 3

Depreciation
Depreciation -- Method
Method of
of Cost
Cost Allocation
Allocation
Special Depreciation Methods
The choice of method depends on the nature of the
assets involved:
Group method used when the assets are similar in
nature and have approximately the same useful lives.
Composite approach used when the assets are
dissimilar and have different lives.
Companies are also free to develop tailor-made
depreciation methods, provided the method results in
the allocation of an assets cost in a systematic and
rational manner (Hybrid or Combination Methods).
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LO 4 Explain special depreciation methods.

Depreciation
Depreciation -- Method
Method of
of Cost
Cost Allocation
Allocation
Special Depreciation Issues
(1) How should companies compute depreciation for
partial periods?
Companies normally compute depreciation on the
basis of the nearest full month.

(2) Does depreciation provide for the replacement of


assets?
Funds for the replacement of the assets come from
the revenues

(3) How should companies handle revisions in


depreciation rates?
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LO 4 Explain special depreciation methods.

Depreciation
Depreciation -- Method
Method of
of Cost
Cost Allocation
Allocation
Changes in Depreciation Rate
Accounted for in the period of change and
future periods (Change in Estimate)
Not handled retrospectively
Not considered errors or extraordinary items

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LO 4 Explain special depreciation methods.

Change
Change in
in Estimate
Estimate Example
Example
Arcadia HS, purchased equipment for $510,000 which
was estimated to have a useful life of 10 years with a
salvage value of $10,000 at the end of that time.
Depreciation has been recorded for 7 years on a
straight-line basis. In 2010 (year 8), it is determined
that the total estimated life should be 15 years with a
salvage value of $5,000 at the end of that time.
Questions:
What is the journal entry to correct
the prior years depreciation?
Calculate the depreciation expense
for 2010.
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No Entry
Required

LO 4 Explain special depreciation methods.

Change
Change in
in Estimate
Estimate Example
Example
Equipment cost
Salvage value
Depreciable base
Useful life (original)
Annual depreciation

After 7 years

$510,000
First,
First,establish
establish
- 10,000
NBV
NBVat
atdate
dateof
of
change
500,000
changein
inestimate.
estimate.
10 years
$ 50,000 x 7 years = $350,000

Balance Sheet (Dec. 31, 2009)


Fixed Assets:

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Equipment
Accumulated depreciation

$510,000
350,000

Net book value (NBV)

$160,000

LO 4 Explain special depreciation methods.

Change
Change in
in Estimate
Estimate Example
Example
Net book value
Salvage value (new)
Depreciable base
Useful life remaining
Annual depreciation

$160,000
5,000
155,000
8 years
$ 19,375

After 7 years
Depreciation
Depreciation
Expense
Expensecalculation
calculation
for
for2010.
2010.

Journal entry for 2010


Depreciation expense

19,375

Accumulated depreciation
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19,375

LO 4 Explain special depreciation methods.

Impairments
Impairments
When the carrying amount of an asset is not
recoverable, a company records a write-off referred
to as an impairment.
Events leading to an impairment:
a.

Decrease in the market value of an asset.

b. Change in the manner in which an asset is used.


c.

Adverse change in legal factors or in the business climate.

d. An accumulation of costs in excess of the amount originally


expected to acquire or construct an asset.
e.

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A projection or forecast that demonstrates continuing losses


associated with an asset.
LO 5 Explain the accounting issues related to asset impairment.

Impairments
Impairments
Measuring Impairments
1. Review events for possible impairment.
2. If the review indicates impairment, apply the
recoverability test. If the sum of the expected future
net cash flows from the long-lived asset is less than the
carrying amount of the asset, an impairment has
occurred.
3. Assuming an impairment, the impairment loss is the
amount by which the carrying amount of the asset
exceeds the fair value of the asset. The fair value is
the market value or the present value of expected
future net cash flows.
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LO 5 Explain the accounting issues related to asset impairment.

Impairments
Impairments
Illustration 11-16
Accounting for
Impairments

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LO 5 Explain the accounting issues related to asset impairment.

Impairments
Impairments
E11-16 (Impairment): Presented below is information related to
equipment owned by Pujols Company at December 31, 2010. Assume
that Pujols will continue to use this asset in the future. As of
December 31, 2010, the equipment has a remaining useful life of 4
years.

Instructions:
(a) Prepare the journal entry (if any) to record the impairment of the
asset at December 31, 2010.
(b) Prepare the journal entry to record depreciation expense for 2011.
(c) The fair value of the equipment at December 31, 2011, is $5,100,000.
Prepare the journal entry (if any) necessary to record this increase in
fair value.
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LO 5 Explain the accounting issues related to asset impairment.

Impairments
Impairments
(a).

12/31/10
Loss on impairment
Accumulated depreciation
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3,600,000
3,600,000

LO 5 Explain the accounting issues related to asset impairment.

Impairments
Impairments
(b).

12/31/11
Depreciation expense
Accumulated depreciation

1,100,000
1,100,000

(c). Restoration of any impairment loss is not permitted.


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LO 5 Explain the accounting issues related to asset impairment.

Depletion
Depletion
Natural resources, often called wasting assets,
include petroleum, minerals, and timber.
They have two main features:
1. complete removal (consumption) of the asset, and
2. replacement of the asset only by an act of nature.
Depletion is the process of allocating the cost of
natural resources.

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LO 6 Explain the accounting procedures for depletion of natural resources.

Depletion
Depletion
Establishing a Depletion Base
Computation of the depletion base involves four factors:
(1) Acquisition cost of the deposit,
(2) Exploration costs,
(3) Development costs, and
(4) Restoration costs.

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LO 6 Explain the accounting procedures for depletion of natural resources.

Depletion
Depletion
Write-off of Resource Cost
Normally, companies compute depletion on a units-ofproduction method (an activity approach). Thus,
depletion is a function of the number of units extracted
during the period.
Calculation:
Total cost Salvage value
Total estimated units available

= Depletion cost per unit

Units extracted x Cost per unit = Depletion


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LO 6 Explain the accounting procedures for depletion of natural resources.

Depletion
Depletion
E11-19 (Depletion ComputationsTimber): Hernandez Timber
Company owns 9,000 acres of timberland purchased in 1999 at a
cost of $1,400 per acre. At the time of purchase the land without
the timber was valued at $400 per acre. In 2000, Hernandez built
fire lanes and roads, with a life of 30 years, at a cost of $87,000.
Every year Hernandez sprays to prevent disease at a cost of
$3,000 per year and spends $7,000 to maintain the fire lanes and
roads. During 2001, Hernandez selectively logged and sold 700,000
board feet of timber, of the estimated 3,000,000 board feet. In
2002, Hernandez planted new seedlings to replace the trees cut at
a cost of $100,000.
Instructions:
Determine the depreciation expense and the cost of timber sold
related to depletion for 2001.
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LO 6 Explain the accounting procedures for depletion of natural resources.

Depletion
Depletion
E11-19 (Depletion ComputationsTimber)

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LO 6 Explain the accounting procedures for depletion of natural resources.

Depletion
Depletion
E11-19 (Depletion ComputationsTimber)

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LO 6 Explain the accounting procedures for depletion of natural resources.

Depletion
Depletion
Estimating Recoverable Reserves
Same as accounting for changes in estimates.
Revise the depletion rate on a prospective basis.
Divides the remaining cost by the new estimate of the
recoverable reserves.

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LO 6 Explain the accounting procedures for depletion of natural resources.

Depletion
Depletion
Liquidating Dividends -

Dividends greater than the


amount of accumulated net income.
Illustration: Callahan Mining had a retained earnings
balance of $1,650,000 and paid-in capital in excess of par
of $5,435,493. Callahans board declared a dividend of $3
a share on the 1,000,000 shares outstanding. It records
the $3,000,000 cash dividend as follows.
Retained Earnings

1,650,000

Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par

1,350,000

Cash
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3,000,000

LO 6 Explain the accounting procedures for depletion of natural resources.

Depletion
Depletion
Continuing Controversy
Oil and Gas Industry:
Full cost concept
Successful efforts concept

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LO 6 Explain the accounting procedures for depletion of natural resources.

Presentation
Presentation and
and Analysis
Analysis
Presentation of Property, Plant, Equipment,
and Natural Resources
Depreciating assets, use Accumulated Depreciation.
Depleting assets may include use of Accumulated Depletion
account, or the direct reduction of asset.
Basis of valuation (cost)
Pledges, liens, and other commitments

Disclosures

Depreciation expense for the period.


Balances of major classes of depreciable assets.
Accumulated depreciation.
A description of the depreciation methods used.

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LO 7 Explain how to report and analyze property,


plant, equipment, and natural resources.

Presentation
Presentation and
and Analysis
Analysis
The assets turnover is a measure of a firms ability to
generate sales from a particular investment in assets.

Illustration 11-20

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Solution on
notes page

LO 7 Explain how to report and analyze property,


plant, equipment, and natural resources.

Presentation
Presentation and
and Analysis
Analysis
The profit margin on sales is a measure of the ability to
generate operating income from a particular level of sales.

Illustration 11-21

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Solution on
notes page

LO 7 Explain how to report and analyze property,


plant, equipment, and natural resources.

Presentation
Presentation and
and Analysis
Analysis
Rate of Return on Assets measures a firms success in using
assets to generate earnings.

Illustration 11-22

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Solution on
notes page

LO 7 Explain how to report and analyze property,


plant, equipment, and natural resources.

Presentation
Presentation and
and Analysis
Analysis
The analyst obtains further insight into the behavior of ROA
by disaggregating it into components of profit margin on
sales and asset turnover as follows:
Rate of Return
on Assets
Net Income
Average Total Assets

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Profit Margin on
Sales
Net Income
Net Sales

Asset
Turnover
Net Sales
Average Total Assets

LO 7 Explain how to report and analyze property,


plant, equipment, and natural resources.

Presentation
Presentation and
and Analysis
Analysis
The analyst obtains further insight into the behavior of ROA
by disaggregating it into components of profit margin on
sales and asset turnover as follows:
Rate of Return
on Assets
$64.2

($811.8 + 665.3) / 2
8.7%
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Profit Margin on
Sales
$64.2

15.28%

$420.1
($811.8 + 665.3) / 2

$420.1
=

Asset
Turnover

.569

LO 7 Explain how to report and analyze property,


plant, equipment, and natural resources.

Under both iGAAP and U.S. GAAP, interest costs incurred during
construction must be capitalized.

iGAAP, like U.S. GAAP, capitalizes all direct costs in selfconstructed assets.

The accounting for exchanges of nonmonetary assets has recently


converged between iGAAP and U.S. GAAP.

iGAAP permits the same depreciation methods (straight-line,


accelerated, units-of-production) as U.S. GAAP.

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As discussed in the Chapter 4 Convergence Corner, iGAAP permits


asset revaluations (which are not permitted in U.S. GAAP).
Consequently, companies that use the revaluation framework must
follow revaluation depreciation procedures.

iGAAP also uses a fair value test to measure the impairment loss.
However, iGAAP does not use the first-stage recoverability test
used under U.S. GAAPcomparing the undiscounted cash flows to
the carrying amount. Thus, the iGAAP test is more strict than U.S.
GAAP.

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Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System


MACRS differs from GAAP in three respects:
1. a mandated tax life, which is generally shorter than
the economic life;
2. cost recovery on an accelerated basis; and
3. an assigned salvage value of zero.

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LO 8 Describe income tax methods of depreciation.

Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System


Tax Lives (Recovery Periods)

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Illustration 11A-1

LO 8 Describe income tax methods of depreciation.

Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System


Tax Depreciation Methods
Illustration 11A-2

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LO 8 Describe income tax methods of depreciation.

Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System


Illustration: Computer and peripheral equipment purchased
by Denise Rode Company on January 1, 2009.

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LO 8 Describe income tax methods of depreciation.

Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System


Illustration:
Illustration 11A-3

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LO 8 Describe income tax methods of depreciation.

Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System


Illustration: Using the rates
from the MACRS
depreciation rate schedule
for a 5-year class of
property, Rode computes
depreciation as follows

Illustration 11A-4

Illustration 11A-5

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LO 8 Describe income tax methods of depreciation.

Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System


Additional Issues
Optional straight-line method
Tax versus book depreciation

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LO 8 Describe income tax methods of depreciation.

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