In January, Hunter Corporation entered into a contract to acquire a new machine for its factory. The machine, which had a cash price of P300,000, was paid for as follows:   Down payment .......................................... P 30,000 Note payable in 10 equal monthly installments ......... 240,000 1,000 shares of Hunter common stock with an agreed   value of P50 per share ..............................   50,000 Total ................................................. P320,000   Your audit disclosed that prior to the machine's use, installation costs of P8,000 were incurred. The machine has an estimated useful life of ten years and an estimated salvage value of P10,000. As auditor of the corporation, what should Hunter record as depreciation expense for the first year under the straight-line method?   Select one: a. P30,000 b. P31,000 c. P29,800 d. P31,800

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In January, Hunter Corporation entered into a contract to acquire a new machine for its factory. The machine, which had a cash price of P300,000, was paid for as follows:

 

Down payment ..........................................

P 30,000

Note payable in 10 equal monthly installments .........

240,000

1,000 shares of Hunter common stock with an agreed

  value of P50 per share ..............................

  50,000

Total .................................................

P320,000

 

Your audit disclosed that prior to the machine's use, installation costs of P8,000 were incurred. The machine has an estimated useful life of ten years and an estimated salvage value of P10,000. As auditor of the corporation, what should Hunter record as depreciation expense for the first year under the straight-line method?


 

Select one:
a. P30,000
b. P31,000
c. P29,800
d. P31,800
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