Reference no: EM133066297
Question - Pepper Ltd purchased a piece of large machinery with an invoice price of $175,000 on 1 August 2012. Other costs incurred at the time of purchase were as follows:
Delivery & installation costs, $3,000
Insurance during delivery, $500
Initial testing of the machinery, $750
One-year fire insurance policy covering the machinery, $1,500
The machinery is estimated to have zero residual value at the end of its 8-year useful life. The machinery was fully depreciated on 31 July 2020. Pepper sold the machinery for $2,000 cash on 1 August 2020.
REQUIRED - Determine the acquisition cost of machinery on 1 August 2012.
Prepare the general journal entry to record the disposal of the machinery on 1 August 2020.