Question : 81. Land improvements are: A. Assets that increase the usefulness of land, and : 1225149

81. Land improvements are: 

A. Assets that increase the usefulness of land, and like land, are not depreciated.

B. Assets that increase the usefulness of land, but that have a limited useful life and are subject to depreciation.

C. Included in the cost of the land account.

D. Expensed in the period incurred.

E. Also called basket purchases.

82. Plant assets include: 

A. Land.

B. Land improvements.

C. Buildings.

D. Machinery and equipment.

E. All of these.

83. The cost of land can include: 

A. Purchase price.

B. Assessments by local governments.

C. Costs of removing existing structures.

D. Fees for insuring the title.

E. All of these.

84. A company paid $150,000, plus a 6% commission and $4,000 in closing costs for a property. The property included land appraised at $87,500, land improvements appraised at $35,000, and a building appraised at $52,500. What should be the allocation of this property’s costs in the company’s accounting records? 

A. Land $75,000; Land Improvements, $30,000; Building, $45,000.

B. Land $75,000; Land Improvements, $30,800; Building, $46,200.

C. Land $81,500; Land Improvements, $32,600; Building, $48,900.

D. Land $79,500; Land Improvements, $32,600; Building, $47,700.

E. Land $87,500; Land Improvements; $35,000; Building; $52,500.

85. A company purchased property for a building site. The costs associated with the property were:

What portion of these costs should be allocated to the cost of the land and what portion should be allocated to the cost of the new building? 

A. $175,800 to Land; $18,800 to Building.

B. $190,000 to Land; $3,800 to Building.

C. $190,800 to Land; $1,000 to Building.

D. $192,800 to Land; $0 to Building.

E. $193,800 to Land; $0 to Building.

86. A company purchased property for $100,000. The property included a building, a parking lot, and land. The building was appraised at $62,000; the land at $45,000, and the parking lot at $18,000. Land should be recorded in the accounting records with an allocated cost of: 

A. $0.

B. $36,000.

C. $42,000.

D. $45,000.

E. $100,000.

87. The formula for computing annual straight-line depreciation is: 

A. Depreciable cost divided by useful life in units.

B. Cost plus salvage value divided by the useful life in years.

C. Cost less salvage value divided by the useful life in years.

D. Cost multiplied by useful life in years.

E. Cost divided by useful life in units.

88. The total cost of an asset less its accumulated depreciation is called: 

A. Historical cost.

B. Book value.

C. Present value.

D. Current (market) value.

E. Replacement cost.

89. A method that charges the same amount of expense to each period of the asset’s useful life is called: 

A. Accelerated depreciation.

B. Declining-balance depreciation.

C. Straight-line depreciation.

D. Units-of-production depreciation.

E. Modified accelerated cost recovery system (MACRS) depreciation.

90. A method that allocates an equal portion of the total depreciable cost for a plant asset to each unit produced is called: 

A. Accelerated depreciation.

B. Declining-balance depreciation.

C. Straight-line depreciation.

D. Units-of-production depreciation.

E. Modified accelerated cost recovery system (MACRS) depreciation.