Exam 10: Plant Assets, natural Resources, and Intangibles

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A method that charges the same amount of expense to each period of the asset's useful life is called:

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_____________________ depreciation uses a depreciation rate that is a multiple of the straight-line rate and applies it to an asset's beginning-of-period book value.

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Plant assets refer to intangible assets that are used in the operations of a business.

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Amortization:

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Lomax Enterprises purchased a depreciable asset for $22,000 on March 1,Year 1.The asset will be depreciated using the straight-line method over its four-year useful life.Assuming the asset's salvage value is $2,000,Lomax Enterprises should recognize depreciation expense in Year 2 in the amount of:

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A plant asset's useful life might not be the same as its productive life.

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Match each of the following terms with the appropriate definitions. -Assets that increase the benefits of land, have a limited useful life, and are subject to depreciation.

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Land improvements are:

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A patent:

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Carmel Company acquires a mineral deposit at a cost of $5,900,000.It incurs additional costs of $600,000 to access the deposit,which is estimated to contain 2,000,000 tons and is expected to take 5 years to extract.What journal entry would be needed to record the expense for the first year assuming 418,000 tons were mined?

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Extraordinary repairs are expenditures extending the asset's useful life beyond its original estimate,and are capital expenditures because they benefit future periods.

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Marble Company purchased a machine costing $120,000,terms 1/10,n/30.The machine was shipped FOB shipping point and freight charges were $2,000.The machine requires special mounting and wiring connections costing $10,000.When installing the machine,$1,300 in damages occurred.Materials costing $1,500 are used in testing and adjusting the machine to produce a satisfactory product.Compute the cost recorded for this machine assuming Marble paid within the discount period.

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When an asset is purchased (or disposed of)at a time other than the beginning or the end of an accounting period,depreciation is recorded for part of a year so that the year of purchase or the year of disposal is charged with its share of the asset's depreciation.

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Match each of the following terms with the appropriate definitions.
A change in a financial statement amount that results from new information,subsequent developments,better insight,or improved judgment.
Goodwill
The process of allocating the cost of natural resources to periods when they are consumed.
Units-of production method
A depreciation method that charges a varying amount to expense for each period of an asset's useful life depending on its usage.
Betterment
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A change in a financial statement amount that results from new information,subsequent developments,better insight,or improved judgment.
Goodwill
The process of allocating the cost of natural resources to periods when they are consumed.
Units-of production method
A depreciation method that charges a varying amount to expense for each period of an asset's useful life depending on its usage.
Betterment
An expenditure reported on the current income statement as an expense because it does not provide a material benefit in future periods.
Revenue expenditure
A measure of a company's ability to use its assets to generate sales.
Depletion
An expenditure to make a plant asset more efficient or productive.
Total asset turnover
The amount by which the company's value exceeds the value of its individual assets and liabilities.
Intangible assets
Certain nonphysical assets used in operations that confer on their owners long-term rights,privileges,or competitive advantages.
Change in accounting estimate
A method that yields larger depreciation expense during the early years of an asset's life and smaller expense in the later years.
Accelerated depreciation
Expenditures made to keep a plant asset in normal,good operating condition.
Ordinary repairs
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A leasehold refers to the rights the lessor grants to the lessee under the terms of the lease.

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On September 30 of the current year,a company acquired and placed in service a machine at a cost of $700,000.It has been estimated that the machine has a service life of five years and a salvage value of $40,000.Using the double-declining-balance method of depreciation,prepare a schedule showing depreciation amounts for the current year and the next 4 years (round answers to the nearest dollar).The company closes its books on December 31 of each year.

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A copyright:

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If land is purchased as a building site,the cost of removing existing structures is not charged to the Land account.

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What are some of the variables that make a plant asset's useful life difficult to predict?

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Intangible assets are nonphysical assets used in operations that confer on their owners' long-term rights,privileges,or competitive advantages.

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