Prepare the journal entry to record the harvesting of trees

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DEPLETION OF TIMBER

Bedford Ridge Development purchased a 5,000-acre tract of forested land in southern Georgia. The tract contained about 1,500,000 pine trees that, when mature, can be used for utility poles. Bedford paid $900 per acre for the timberland. The land has a residual value of $180 per acre when all the trees are harvested. During 2009, Bedford harvested 150,000 trees.

Required:

1. Compute the depletion per tree.

2. Prepare the journal entry to record the harvesting of the trees for 2009.

Reference no: EM13938432

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