A company acquires a natural resource for and spends another on development of the site and for a nonmovable tangible asset installed at the site and for tangible movable equipment. Both assets have an expected useful life of 10 years. The natural resource is expected to yield units over its expected life. In year​ 1, units are extracted from the resource. What is the depletion expense for year​ 1? (Round any intermediary calculations to the nearest​ cent, and round your final answer to the nearest​ dollar.) A. B. C. D.

Question Completion:

A company acquires a natural resource for $1,400,000 and spends another $530,000 on development of the site and $320,000 for a non-movable tangible asset installed at the site and $150,000 for tangible movable equipment. Both assets have an expected useful life of 10 years. The natural resource is expected to yield 140,000 units over its expected life. In year 1, 45,000 units are extracted from the resource. What is the depletion expense for year​ 1?

The depletion expense for Year 1 is:

= $77,143.50.

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

Acquisition cost of the natural resource = $1,400,000

Site development cost =                                  530,000

Cost of non-movable equipment =                 320,000

Cost of movable equipment =                         150,000

Total cost of natural resource =                $2,400,000

Expected useful life of assets = 10 years

Expected units yield from the natural resource = 140,000

Resource extracted in Year 1 = 45,000

Depletion rate = $2,400,000/140,000 = $1.7143

Depletion expense for Year 1 = $1.7143 * 45,000 = $77,143.50

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