Question

Jamison Company reports depreciation expense of $50,000 for Year 2. Also, equipment costing $170,000 was sold for a $6,000 gain in Year 2. The following selected information is available for Jamison Company from its comparative balance sheet. Compute the cash received from the sale of the equipment.
At December 31 Year 2 Year 1
Equipment $ 660,000 $ 830,000
Accumulated Depreciation-Equipment 468,000 550,000

Answer 1

Answer:

$44,000

Explanation:

According to the scenario, computation of the given data are as follow:-

Depreciation on Sold Equipment

Particular                                                 Amount($)

Year 1-Accumulated depreciation         550,000

Year 2-Depreciation                                  50,000

Year 2 –Total accumulated depreciation  600,000

Less-Year 2-Reported depreciation         468,000

Depreciation on sold equipment          132,000

 

Received Cash from the Sale of Equipment

Particular                                                Amount($)

Cost of equipment                                        170,000

Less-Depreciation on sold equipment        132,000

Written down value of equipment        38,000

Add-Profit on sale of equipment                 6,000

Sale price of equipment                         44,000