Question

Sumner sold equipment that it uses in its business for $31,800. Sumner bought the equipment a few years ago for $79,100 and has claimed $39,550 of depreciation expense. Assuming that this is Sumner's only disposition during the year, what is the amount and character of Sumner's gain or loss

Answer 1

Sumner's has a loss of $-7750 from the sale of the equipment

Step-by-step explanation:

Solution

Given that:

We compute the amount of profit and loss, few steps will be taken which is given below:

Step 1: we compute the book value of the equipment which is shown below:

Book value = purchase price - depreciation claimed

= $79,100 -$39,550

= $39550

Therefore then book value is $39,550

Step 2: we calculate the amount of Sumner's gain or loss which is shown below:

The gain (loss) is = the value (sale) - book value

= $31,800 - 39550

= -7750

Therefore the loss from the sale of the equipment is -$7750

Which implies that Sumner's has a loss of $-7750