Machinery and Capitl Expenditures
Machinery and Capitl Expenditures
Machinery and Capitl Expenditures
Problem 31-1
Negros Company acquired new machinery. The following data are available:
List price of the machinery 1,400,000
Cash discount available but not taken on purchase 20,000
Freight paid on the new machinery 40,000
Cost of removing of the old machinery 15,000
Installation cost of the new machinery 50,000
Testing cost before the machinery was put into
regular operation (including P10, 000 in wages
of the regular machinery operator) 30,000
Loss on premature retirement of the old machinery 5,000
Estimated cost of maturing similar machinery
in the entity’s own plant, including overhead 1,300,000
The amount should be capitalized as cost of the machinery?
a. 1,500,000
b. 1,490,000
c. 1,515,000
d. 1,520,000