Beaver Construction purchases new equipment for $50,400 cash on April 1, 2021. At the time of purchase, the equipment is expected to be used in operations for seven years (84 months) and have no resale or scrap value at the end. Beaver depreciates equipment evenly over the 84 months ($600/month).a. Record the purchase of equipment on April 1. b. Record the adjusting entry for depreciation on December 31, 2015. c. Calculate the year-end adjusted balances of Accumulated Depreciation and Depreciation Expense (assuming the balance of Accumulated Depreciation at the beginning of 2015 is $O).

The depreciation is the reduction in the book value of the fixed assets over its useful period of time. It is the non-cash expense that does not reduce the cash balance but only increases the expenses and reduces the book value of the fixed asset at the year-end.

a. & b.

The journal entries for the purchase of equipment and the adjusting entry for the depreciation are attached in the image below.

c.  The amount of depreciation and accumulated depreciation is $5,400.

Computation:

Given,

cost of depreciation= $600 per month

months= 9

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Explanation:

a. The journal entry is

Equipment A/c Dr $50,400

     To Cash A/c $50,400

(Being the equipment is purchased for cash)

Depreciation expense A/c Dr $5,400                  ($600 × 9 months)

        To Accumulated depreciation - Equipment A/c $5,400

(Being the depreciation expense is recorded)

b. The balance is

For depreciation expense, it is $5,400

And, for the accumulated depreciation it is $5,400

definitely a