Question

Everly Corporation acquires a coal mine at a cost of $400,000. Intangible development costs total $100,000. After extraction has occurred, Everly must restore the property (estimated fair value of the obligation is $80,000), after which it can be sold for $160,000. Everly estimates that 4,000 tons of coal can be extracted.


If 700 tons are extracted the first year, prepare the journal entry to record depletion. (If no entry is required, select "No entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

The journal entry is shown below:

Inventory A/c Dr $73,500

         To Accumulated depletion A/c $73,500

(Being the depletion is recorded)

The computation is shown below

First we have to compute the depletion per ton which is shown below:

= (Acquired cost of coal mine + Intangible development costs + fair value of the obligation - Sale value) ÷ (Number of estimated tons of coal extracted)

= ($400,000 + $100,000 + $80,000 - $160,000) ÷ (4,000 tons)

= $105

Now if 700 are extracted in first year, so the depletion would be

= 700 × $105

= $73,500