Quiz 3 - Solution
Quiz 3 - Solution
Spring 2022
ACT201: Financial Accounting
Quiz 3
Total: 15 Marks
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Q1. ABC Company purchased a delivery truck for $30,000 on January 1, 2020. The truck has
an expected salvage value of $2,000, and is expected to be driven 100,000 miles over its
estimated useful life of 8 years. Actual miles driven were 15,000 in 2020 and 12,000 in 2021.
Instructions a. Compute depreciation expense for 2020 and 2021 using (1) the straight-line
method, (2) the units-of-activity method, and (3) the double-declining-balance method.
b. Assume that ABC uses the straight-line method and no salvage value.
1. Prepare the journal entry to record 2020 depreciation.
2. Show how the truck would be reported in the December 31, 2020, balance sheet.
[Total Marks 8]
Solution:
a) (1) 2020: ($30,000 – $2,000)/8 = $3,500
2021: ($30,000 – $2,000)/8 = $3,500
2. On June 10, Diaz Company purchased $8,000 of merchandise on account from Taylor
Company, FOB shipping point, terms 2/10, n/30. Diaz pays the freight costs of $400 on June
11. Damaged goods totaling $300 are returned to Taylor for credit on June 12. The fair value
of these goods is $150. On June 19, Diaz pays Taylor Company in full, less the purchase
discount. Both companies use a perpetual inventory system.
Instructions
a. Prepare separate entries for each transaction on the books of Diaz Company.
b. Prepare separate entries for each transaction for Taylor Company. The merchandise
purchased by Diaz on June 10 had cost Taylor $5,000.
[Total Marks 7]