Question

Last Chance Mine (LCM) purchased a coal deposit for $750,000. It estimated it would extract 12,000 tons of coal from the deposit. LCM mined the coal and sold it, reporting gross receipts of $1 million, $3 million, and $2 million for years 1 through 3, respectively. During years 1–3, LCM reported net income (loss) from the coal deposit activity in the amount of ($20,000), $500,000, and $450,000, respectively. In years 1–3, LCM actually extracted 13,000 tons of coal as follows: (Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable. Enter your answers in dollars and not in millions of dollars.) (1) (2) Depletion (2)/(1) Tons Extracted per Year Tons of Coal Basis Rate Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 12,000 $750,000 $62.50 2,000 7,200 3,800 a. What is LCM's cost depletion for years 1, 2, and 3?

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

The computation of LCM's cost depletion for years 1, 2, and 3 is shown below:

Particulars          Year 1                 Year 2                  Year 3          

Tons extracted  2,000                  7,200                   3,800                (A)

Depletion rate   $62.50                $62.50                 $62.50             (B)

Depletion          $125,000             $450,000            $237,500       (A × B)

By multiplying the tons extracted with the depletion rate we can get the depletion for each year i.e for year 1, year 2 and year 3