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Adkins Bakery Uses the Modified Half-Month Convention to Calculate Depreciation

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Adkins Bakery uses the modified half-month convention to calculate depreciation expense in the year an asset is purchased or sold. Adkins has a calendar year accounting period and uses the straight-line method to compute depreciation expense. On March 17, 2018, Adkins acquired equipment at a cost of $220,000. The equipment has a residual value of $43,000 and an estimated useful life of 4 years. What amount of depreciation expense will be recorded for the year ending December 31, 2018? (Round any intermediate calculations to two decimal places, and your final answer to the nearest dollar.)

Be able to complete and analyze a job-order costing spreadsheet that splits its entries into relevant categories for detailed financial analysis.

Understand the role and implications of indirect labor and factory depreciation on financial records in a job-order costing context.

Know how to close out a month-end with either overapplied or underapplied manufacturing overhead to the Cost of Goods Sold.

Recognize how transactions are summarized and presented in financial statements including adjustments for prepaid expenses and job completion statuses.

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