BRIEF EXERCISE 9-3

The depreciable cost is $27,000 ($31,000 – $4,000). With a 4-year useful life, annual depreciation is $6,750 ($27,000 ÷ 4). Under the straight-line method, depreciation is the same each year. Thus, depreciation is $6,750 for both the first and second years.

EXERCISE 9-2

1. Equipment

2. Equipment

3. Equipment

4. Land

5. Prepaid Insurance

6. Land Improvements

7. Land Improvements

8. Land

9. Building


EXERCISE 9-7

(a) Loss on Disposal of Plant Assets 26,000

Accumulated Depreciation—Equipment 24,000

Equipment 50,000

(b) Cash 37,000

Accumulated Depreciation—Equipment 24,000

Equipment 50,000

Gain on Disposal of Plant Assets 11,000

(c) Cash 20,000

Accumulated Depreciation—Equipment 24,000

Loss on Disposal of Plant Assets 6,000

Equipment 50,000


EXERCISE 9-14

(a) 1/2/12 Patent 280,000

Cash 280,000

4/1/12 Goodwill 360,000

Cash 360,000

(Part of the entry to record

purchase of another company)

7/1/12 Franchise 540,000

Cash 540,000

9/1/12 Research and Development Expense 185,000

Cash 185,000

(b) Amortization Expense 86,000

Acc. Amortization - Patent ($280,000 ÷ 5) 56,000

Acc. Amortization - Franchise [($540,000 ÷ 9) X 6/12] 30,000

(c) Balance Sheet Carrying Values @ 12/31/12:

Patent = $224,000 ($280,000 – $56,000)

Goodwill = $360,000

Franchise = $510,000 ($540,000 – $30,000)


EXERCISE 9-18

(a) Depreciation cost per unit is $.575 per mile [($100,000 – $8,000) ÷ 160,000].

(b) Computation End of Year

Annual

Units of Depreciation Depreciation Accumulated Book

Years Activity X Cost/Unit = Expense Depreciation Value

2012 40,000 $.575 $23,000 $23,000 $77,000

2013 52,000 .575 29,900 52,900 47,100

2014 41,000 .575 23,575 76,475 23,525

2015 27,000 .575 15,525 92,000 8,000

Item Land Building Other Accounts

1 $270,000

2 6,000

3 32,000

4 6,700

5 $ 21,900

6 44,000

7 629,500

8 $36,000 Land Improvements

9 7,300 Property Tax Exp.

10 (12,700)

$302,000 $695,400

(a) STRAIGHT-LINE DEPRECIATION

Computation End of Year

Annual

Depreciable Depreciation Depreciation Accumulated Book

Years Cost X Rate = Expense Depreciation Value

2012 $330,000a 20%b $66,000 $ 66,000 $284,000

2013 330,000 20% 66,000 132,000 218,000

2014 330,000 20% 66,000 198,000 152,000

2015 330,000 20% 66,000 264,000 86,000

2016 330,000 20% 66,000 330,000 20,000

a$350,000 – $20,000

b1/5 = 20%

DOUBLE-DECLINING-BALANCE DEPRECIATION

Computation End of Year

Book Value Annual

Beginning Depreciation Depreciation Accumulated Book

Years of Year X Rate = Expense Depreciation Value

2012 $350,000 40%c $140,000 $140,000 $210,000

2013 210,000 40% 84,000 224,000 126,000

2014 126,000 40% 50,400 274,400 75,600

2015 75,600 40% 30,240 304,640 45,360

2016 45,360 40% 25,360d 330,000 20,000

c(1/5) X 2 = 40%

dAdjusted so ending book value will equal salvage value.

(b) Straight-line depreciation provides the lower amount for 2012 depreciation expense and, therefore, the higher 2012 income. Over the five-year period, both methods result in the same total depreciation expense ($330,000) and, therefore, the same total income.

(c) Double-declining-balance depreciation provides the higher amount for 2012 depreciation expense and, therefore, the lower 2012 income. Both methods result in the same total income over the five-year period.

(a) Tootsie Roll Hershey Foods

1.

NI / Avg. Total Assets

2.

NI / Net Sales

3.

Net Sales / Avg. Total Assets

The asset turnover ratio measures how efficiently a company uses its assets to generate sales. It shows the dollars of sales generated by each dollar invested in assets. Hershey Foods’ asset turnover ratio (1.45) was 142% higher than Tootsie Roll’s (.60) in 2009. Therefore, it can be concluded that Hershey Foods was significantly more efficient than Tootsie Roll during 2009 in utilizing assets to generate sales. This efficiency was partially offset by a profit margin (8.2%) that was lower than Tootsie Roll’s (10.7%). Tootsie Roll is more effective in generating profit from its sales but its lower asset turnover resulted in only a 6.5% return on assets compared to Hershey’s 11.9% return. What this shows is that a company can generate a reasonable return on assets with a lower profit margin, if it has a high turnover ratio.