Question

On March 31, 2021, M. Belotti purchased the right to remove gravel from an old rock quarry. The gravel is to be sold as roadbed for highway construction. The cost of the quarry rights was $291,600, with estimated salable rock of 36,000 tons. During 2021, Belotti loaded and sold 5,900 tons of rock and estimated that 30,100 tons remained at December 31, 2021. At January 1, 2022, Belotti estimated that 11,800 tons still remained. During 2022, Belotti loaded and sold 17,700 tons. Belotti uses the units-of-production method. Belotti would record depletion in 2021 of:

Answer 1

Belotti would record depletion in 2021 of $57,157

Step-by-step explanation:

Depletion Charge = Period`s Production/ Total Expected Production× (Cost - Salvage Value)

2021

Depletion Charge = 5,900 tons/30,100 tons×$291,600

= $57,157