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Solutions Manual, Chapter 8
Problem 8-1A (50 minutes)
Part 1
2013
Building …………………………………………………….…
Land ……………………………………………………………………..
Land Improvements …………………………………..…………..
Vehicles ……………………………………………………….
Cash ……………………………………………………….
To record asset purchases.
Part 2
Year 2013 straight-line depreciation on building
[($477,000 – $27,000) / 15 years] = $30,000
Part 3
Year 2013 double-declining-balance depreciation on land improvements
(100% / 5 years) x 2 = 40% rate
$27,000 x 40% = $10,800
Part 4
Accelerated depreciation does not lower the total amount of taxes paid over
the asset’s life. Instead, it defers or postpones taxes to the later years of an
asset’s useful life. This is because accelerated methods charge a higher
portion of asset costs against revenue in earlier years and a lower portion in
later years. The result is to reduce taxable income more in earlier years but
less in later years. [Note: From a present value perspective, there is a tax
savings from use of accelerated depreciation. The company gets to use the
tax deferred amounts for investment purposes until they are due.]