Question

Belltone Company made the following expenditures related to its 10-year-old manufacturing facility: 1. The heating system was replaced at a cost of $210,000. The cost of the old system was not known. The company accounts for improvements as reductions of accumulated depreciation. 2. A new wing was added at a cost of $790,000. The new wing substantially increases the productive capacity of the plant. 3. Annual building maintenance was performed at a cost of $16,500. 4. All of the equipment on the assembly line in the plant was rearranged at a cost of $44,000. The re-arrangement clearly increases the productive capacity of the plant.Required: Prepare journal entries to record each of the above expenditures.

Answer 1

Answer:

S/N    Journal Entries                                           Debit         Credit

1         Accumulated depreciation-Building      $210,000

                 Cash                                                                     $210,000

2        Building                                                    $790,000

                 Cash                                                                     $790,000

3        Maintenance expense                            $16,500

                 Cash                                                                      $16,500

4        Equipment                                               $44,000

                 Cash                                                                      $44,000