Accounting Depreciation

Bison Industries is in its first year of operations. Bison purchased the following assets during 2012:

· On January 1, Bison purchased land and buildings for $20 million. The amount allocated to land is $5 million and the amount allocated to the buildings is $15 million. The buildings’ expected useful life is 30 years and its salvage value is $2 million.

· On January 1, Bison purchased a delivery truck for $20,000. The truck has a useful life of 7 years and no expected salvage value.

· On April 1, Bison purchased some machinery for $1 million. The machinery is to be depreciated over 10 years and has a $50,000 salvage value.

· Bison’s standard practice is to recognize depreciation expense to the nearest month in the year of acquisition or disposal.

· Bison uses the straight-line method of depreciation

Use MS Excel to prepare an annual depreciation schedule for the fixed assets of Bison Industries as of December 31, 2012. At a minimum the schedule should include the following information:

· Asset

· Cost

· Salvage Value

· Depreciable Cost

· Useful life

· Date of Acquisition

· Depreciation Expense* (for the 2012 income statement)

· Accumulated Depreciation* (as of December 31, 2012)

· Carrying Value* (as of December 31, 2012)

· Totals* for Cost, Depreciation Expense and Carrying Value