employer payroll tax rate is 33 Optional deductions charity
     employer payroll tax rate is 33%. Optional deductions (charity donations) are €1,100 On N ovember 17, 2017, a large telecommunication antenna is damaged by strong winds and it is beyond repair. The company bought the antenna at the beginning of 2015 for 38,000, assigning an estimated useful life of 7 years and a residual value of 3,000 (assume straight-line depreciation). The company believes that the damaged equipment is now worth 500 as scrap metal 4 LowePro Co.Inc. decides to award its shareholders a dividend of 16,000, distributing to  
  
  Solution
Purchase year= 2015
 Purchase price = 38000
 Useful life = 7 years
 Residual value = 3000
 Depreciation per year as per staright line method = 38000-3000/7 = 5000 per year
 Total accumulated depreciation = 3 years * 5000 = 15000
 Written down value = 38000-15000 = 23000
 Current worth of equipment = 500.
 So, it is preferable to writedown the equipment to the market value
 Loss on disposal = 23000-500 = 22500
 Journal entry:
 Dr Accumulated depreciation 15000
 Dr Loss on disposal 22500
    Cr Equipment 37500   

