On January 2 2018, Maxwell Furniture purchased display shelving for $8,100 cash, expecting the shelving to remain in service for five years. Maxwell depreciated the shelving on a double-declining-balance basis, with $1,800 estimated residual value. On October 31, 2019, the company sold the shelving for $2,700 cash. Requirement:
Record both the depreciation expense on the shelving for and its sale in . Also show how to compute the gain or loss on the disposal of the shelving.

Please find answers in explanation column

Explanation:

Double declining depreciation rate = 1/n x 2

= 1/5 x 2= 2/5 = 0.4 x 100 = 40 %

Carrying value = if depreciation rate = 40 % , then begining value = 100-40=60%

 Depreciation expense for 2019 =  Carrying value x depreciation nrate x period(jan- oct) = $8,100 x 60% x 40% x 10/12 = $1,620

Journal entry to record Depreciation expense  

Accounts                                      Debit                          Credit

Depreciation expense                   $1,620

Accumulated depreciation--Display shelving                 $1,620

Carrying value / Ending balance of shelving at October, 2019= cost - depreciation

8,100  - 8,100 x 40% + 1620 = 8,100 - 4,860= $3240

Gain/ Loss =  Sale -  the ending balance of the carrying value of the asset

                   $2700 - $3240= -540= $540 loss

Journal to record shelving for and its sale in .

Accounts                                                       Debit               Credit

Cash                                                               $2700

Accumulated depreciation--

Display shelving (3240 +1620)                       $4860

loss on sale of asset                                       $540

Shelving                                                                                $8,100

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