Computing and recording depletion expense

Southwest Sand and Gravel paid $800,000 to acquire 1,000,000 cubic yards of sand reserves. The following statements model reflects Southwest’s financial condition just prior to purchasing the sand reserves. The company extracted 420,000 cubic yards of sand in year 1 and 360,000 cubic yards in year 2.

Assets

=

Equity

Rev.

Exp.

=

Net Inc.

Cash Flow

Cash

+

Sand Res.

=

Com. Stk.

+

Ret. Earn.

900,000

+

NA

=

900,000

+

NA

NA

NA

=

NA

NA

Required

a. Compute the depletion charge per unit.

b. Record the acquisition of the sand reserves and the depletion expense for years 1 and 2 in a financial statements model like the preceding one.