Question

At the beginning of 2020, Concord Company acquired a mine for $3,251,600. Of this amount, $124,000 was ascribed to the land value and the remaining portion to the minerals in the mine. Surveys conducted by geologists have indicated that approximately 12,100,000 units of ore appear to be in the mine. Concord incurred $210,800 of development costs associated with this mine prior to any extraction of minerals. It also determined that the fair value of its obligation to prepare the land for an alternative use when all of the mineral has been removed was $49,600. During 2020, 2,634,000 units of ore were extracted and 1,894,000 of these units were sold.

Required:
a. Compute the total amount of depletion for 2020.
b. Compute the amount that is charged as an expense for 2014 for the cost of the minerals sold during 2020.

Answer 1

A. $737,520

B. $530,320

Step-by-step explanation:

a. Computation for the total amount of depletion for 2020.

First step is to calculate the Depletion Rate

Depletion Rate = ($3,251,600 - $124,000 + $49,600 + $210,800)/12,100,000

Depletion Rate= $3,388,000/ 12,100,000

Depletion Rate= 0.28

Now let calculate the total amount of depletion for 2020.

2020 Total amount of depletion= 0.28 × $2,634,000

2020 Total amount of depletion= $737,520

Therefore the total amount of depletion for 2020 is $737,520

B. Computation for the amount that is charged as an expense for 2014 for the cost of the minerals sold during 2020.

Expense amount charged= ($737,520/$2,634,000)* 1,894,000

Expense amount charged=0.28 *1,894,000

Expense amount charged=$530,320

Therefore the amount that is charged as an expense for 2014 for the cost of the minerals sold during 2020 is $530,320