Question

Cominsky Company purchased a machine on July 1, 2021, for $28,000. Cominsky paid $200 in title fees and county property tax of $125 on the machine. In addition, Cominsky paid $500 shipping charges for delivery, and $475 was paid to a local contractor to build and wire a platform for the machine on the plant floor. The machine has an estimated useful life of 6 years with a salvage value of $3,000.
Determine the depreciation base of Cominsky’s new machine. Cominsky uses straight-line depreciation.

Answer 1

Answer:

Deprecation base=$26,300

Explanation:

Given Data:

Cost of machine=$28,000

Tax=$125

Fees=$200

Shipping charges=$500

Paid to contractor to build and wire a platform for the machine=$475

Salvage value=$3000

Useful life = 6 years

Required:

Depreciation base of Cominsky's new machine=?

Solution:

Deprecation base=Acquisition Cost-Salvage Value

Acquisition Cost:

It is the cost which involves the buying of asset and making the asset to work. In our case:

Acquisition Cost=Cost of machine+Tax+Fees+Shipping charges+Paid to contractor to build and wire a platform for the machine

Acquisition Cost=$28,000+$125+$200+$500+$475

Acquisition Cost=$29300

Deprecation base=Acquisition Cost-Salvage Value

Deprecation base=$29300-$3000

Deprecation base=$26,300