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Joe Heffernan decided to start a snow removal business in his neighbourhood, which he called Snow Care

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Joe Heffernan decided to start a snow removal business in his neighbourhood, which he called Snow Care. He invested his used truck into the business on November 1, 2020. Joe had purchased the truck on November 1, 2017, for $16,200. He looked up the fair market value of his truck on a popular web site and arrived at a value for his truck of $6,600 as of November 1, 2020. At that time, he used $4,200 from his savings account to pay for the overhaul needed in order to prepare the truck for pushing a heavy plow. Then, after investing additional cash into the business, Snow Care was able to purchase, on November 5, a brand new snow plow to be attached to the truck, at a cost of $6,030. The apparatus to attach and operate the plow cost $3,500. In order to operate the truck on the streets, Joe was required to upgrade his driver's licence at a cost of $600 per year ($50 per month), add commercial use to his truck insurance at $100 per month, and purchase a $1,780 business licence that was valid for one year. Based on its seasonal operations. Joe determined that his business should depreciate the truck and plow using the units-of-production method. When making this decision. Joe also considered the estimate of the residual values of these two assets. He believes that the truck will last another four years and be driven a total of 67.000 kilometres, at which time it could be sold for $750. In the case of the plow. estimated units of production will also be 67.000 kilometres and the residual value is expected to be $3.500. after four years of use. -/25 Snow Care used the truck for 4.700 kilometres in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 and 16,400 kilometres during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. What costs should Snow Care use to record the investment of the truck and the purchase of the plow? Cost of the truck: $ Total cost $ Purchase of the plow: < $ Total cost $ -/25 E Prepare the journal entries for the investment of the truck and the cash purchase of the plow. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not Indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry for the account titles and enter O for the amounts. Record journal entries in the order presented in the problem.) Date Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit V - / 25 E Prepare a schedule for the calculation of the depreciation expense, the accumulated depreciation, and the carrying amount of Snow Care's assets for two fiscal years. (Round per kilometre cost to 2 decimal places, e.g. 52.75.) Depreciation Schedule: Units-of-Production method Calculation Number of Units Depreciation amount Year X per unit Depreciation Expense Accu Depr Vehicles 2020 $ GA $ 2021 Equipment -/25 E 2020 2021 a e Textbook and Media Prepare the adjusting journal entries for depreciation of the assets for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2021. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter Ofor the amounts. Record journal entries in the order presented in the problem.) -125 Prepare the adjusting journal entries for depreciation of the assets for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2021 (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry for the account titles and enter O for the amounts. Record journal entries in the order presented in the problem.) Date - 125 Provide the balance sheet disclosure of Snow Care's long-lived assets at December 31, 2021. (List Properts plant and elementis order of vehicles and equipment.) SNOW CARE Balance Sheet (Partial) !! Snow Care is considering using the double diminishing balance method instead of the units of production method. Prepare a depreciation schedule using double diminishing balance to show depreciation expense, accumulated depreciation, and carrying amount for the truck each year until it is fully depreciated. (Round answers to O decimal places, e.g. 5,275.) Depreciation Schedule: diminishing balance method W Calculation Depreciable amount Year X Depreciation Rate Depreciation Expense Accu Depe Vehicles 2020 % $ 2021