Mary Kay Cosmetics
Selected Data and Additional Information from the Company's

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Mary Kay Cosmetics
Selected data and additional information from the company's records are presented below:
$\begin{array}{lll}\underline {\text { Balance Slicet Data }}&\underline { 2014 }&\underline { 2013 }\\ \text { Cash } & \$ 235,000 & 246,000 \\\text { Accountsreceivable } & \$ 120,000 & \$ 150,000 \\\text { Inventories } & 56,000 & 50,000 \\\text { Accounts payable } & 38,000 & 70,000 \\\text { Salaries payable } & 10,000 & 5,000 \\\text { Equipment } & 110,000 & 70,000 \\\text { Accumulated depreciation } & 28,000 & 32,000 \\\text { Bondspayable } & 100,000 & 200,000 \\\text { Common stock } & 300,000 & 200,000 \\\text { Retained earnings } &76,000& 400,000\\\\\underline {\text { Income Statement Data } }&&\underline { 2014 }\\\text { Net sales } && \$ 920,000 \\\text {Cost of goods sold } &&700,000\\\text { Operating expense (excluding depreciation expense) } &&160,000\\\text { Net income (Includes depreciation expense and gain) } &&56,000\\\text {Gain on sale of equipment } &&4,000\\\end{array}$ Additional information:
1. Equipment with a cost of $\$ 30,000$ and a book value of $\$ 18,000$ was sold for $\$ 22,000$ during 2014 .
2. Common stock was issued to retire bonds payable duing 2014 .
3. The only items affecting retained earnings in 2014 were net income and dividends declared and paid. Refer to Mary Kay Cosmetics.What amount was recorded as depreciation expense during 2014?

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