Chapter 10, Problem 4IFRE

Answer the following questions: Required: a-1. Find the discussion of Property, Plant, and Equipment and depreciation methods used by Campbell's. Use data from the Campbell Soup Company annual report O Straight-line method O Double declining method O Written down value method a-2. Why the particular method is used for the purpose described. Straight-line depreciation is used for financial reporting purposes because depreciation expense will be lower than under any of the accelerated depreciation methods. O Straight-line depreciation is used for financial reporting purposes because depreciation expense will be higher than under any of the accelerated depreciation methods. a-3. What method do you think the company uses for income tax purposes? O Accelerated depreciation using the MACRS rates is probably used for tax purposes to minimize taxes payable. O Straight line Method using the MACRS rates is probably used for tax purposes to minimize taxes payable. Written down value Method using…

Last year, Zeno Company recorded an impairment on an intangible asset held for use. Recent appraisals indicate that the asset has increased in value. Should Zeno record this recovery in value?

Presented below is a list of items that could be included in the intangible assets section of the balance sheet. 1. Investment in a subsidiary company. 2. Timberland. 3. Cost of engineering activity required to advance the design of a product to the manufacturing stage. 4. Lease prepayment (6 months' rent paid in advance). 5. Cost of equipment obtained. 6. Cost of searching for applications of new research findings. 7. Costs incurred in the formation of a corporation. 8. Operating losses incurred in the start-up of a business. 9. Training costs incurred in start-up of new operation. 10. Purchase cost of a franchise. 11. Goodwill generated internally. 12. Cost of testing in search for product alternatives. 13. Goodwill acquired in the purchase of a business. 14. Cost of developing a patent. 15. Cost of purchasing a patent from an inventor. 16. Legal costs incurred in securing a patent. 17. Unrecovered costs of a successful legal suit to protect the patent. 18. Cost of conceptual…

Which of the following companies has a disclosure for which FASB ASC 450 applies, but FASB ASC 275 does not? O Comfort House has a loss contingency at the financial statement date, and it is remotely A. possible that the estimate for this contingency will change by a material amount within the next year. B. The Garden Foundation has an asset on which the depreciation will be recalculated due to the life of the assets being extended. C. The Summer Group has equipment that will be written down. D. The Winter Group has an intangible asset that needs to be written down.

For each property type below, find the correct property class and enter the number of years the property is depreciated over. Water Taxi Truck WWT Plant Computer Specialty Tools

From the following information prepare adjusting entries in the general journal and enter them in the work sheet.   Plant and equipmentto be depreciated are composed of the following: Assets Date Acquired cost estimatedusage or life salvage value depreciation method Building 7/1/2014 $306,000 25 years $20,000 sum-of-years' digits Truck #1 4/1/2014 28,000 60,000 miles 3,100 miles driven Truck #2 9/1/2015 33,000 60,000 miles 4,200 miles driven Lift Truck #1* 8/17/2011 7,900 10 years 900 straight-line Lift Truck #2 3/29/2015 4,500 10 years 500 straight-line Lift Truck #3 9/16/2016 5,000 10 years 500 straight-line Office Equipment 7/1/2016 32,800 7 years 2,000 straight-line Computer 12/19/2018 7,600 4 years 1,600 Double-decling  *sold 12/31/18           Truck No. 1has been driven 45,000 miles prior to 1/1/18 and truck No. 2 has been driven 30,500 miles prior to 1/1/18. During 2018 truck No. 1 was driven 12000 miles and truck No. 2 was driven 16000 miles. Remember…

Conceptual Question Identify whether or not each of the following items should be capitalized as intangible assets from the following list. Explain your reason with relevant accounting standard. Capitalised Not capitalized Employment costs of staff conducting research activities Cost of constructing a working model of a new product License purchased to permit production and sale of a product for ten years

Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] At the beginning of the year, Anna began a calendar-year business and placed in service the following assets during the year: Computers Office desks Machinery office building Asset Asset Date Acquired 1/30 2/15 Assuming Anna does not elect §179 expensing and elects not to use bonus depreciation, answer the following questions: (Use MACRS Table 1. Table 2. Table 3, Table 4 and Table 5.) Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount. a. What is Anna's year 1 cost recovery for each asset? Computers Office desks Machinery Office building Total 7/25 8/13 Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Year 1 Cost Recovery $ $ $ $ $ Cost Basis. $ 37,000 $ 41,000 $ 84,000 $ 412,000 7,400 5,859 12,004 3,963 29,226

Name and briefly explain four methods of depreciation.                                                                     Mwakisha, a contractor, started business on 1 January 2018. Purchases and disposals of machines over the subsequent three years were as follows:               Machine                      Date of                        Cost                                      Date of                                                               Purchase                                                       Disposal                                                                                     Shs.                                                                 MA 1               1   January 2018          5,000,000             MB 2               1   July 2019                 2,500,000                         1 June 2020                                   MC 3               1   October 2020         7,000,000   The machines are depreciated on straight line basis using a rate of…