251) On July 1 of the current year, Timberlake Company signed a contract to lease space in a
building for 7 years. After taking possession of the leased space, Timberlake pays $140,000 for
improving the office portion of the lease space. The improvements are paid on July 2 of the
current year, and are estimated to have a useful life equal to 13 years. Prepare entries for
Timberlake to record (a) its payment for the office improvements, (b) the December 31 year-end
entry to amortize the office improvements.
252) Westport Company reports the following in millions: net sales of $25,300 for Year 2 and
$22,640 for Year 1; end-of-year total assets of $14,875 for Year 2 and $13,680 for Year 1.
Compute its total asset turnover for Year 2 and assess its level if competitors average a total asset
turnover of 2.0 times.