Question

On December 31, Briar Co. disposed of a piece of equipment that cost $6,000 with accumulated depreciation as of December 31 of $4,500. The entry to record this disposal would include a debit to which account and for how much

Answer 1

Briar Co. disposed of a $6,000 piece of equipment on December 31 with $4,500 in accrued depreciation as of that date. Then $1,500 will be debited from the Loss on Equipment Disposal account.

What is loss on Equipment Disposal account?

Gain/Loss on Asset Disposal is a common account name of the Equipment Disposal account.

The net difference between the initial asset cost and any cumulative depreciation (if any) is debited to the disposal account, while the balances in the fixed asset account and the accumulated depreciation are reversed.

On December 31, the debited amount is calculated as:

$=\text{Disposed Equipment- Accumulated Depreciation}\\\\ =\ 6,000- \ 4,500\\\\ =\ 1,500$

Therefore, $1,500 will be the amount of loss on disposal of the Equipment.

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