Problem

Seaside Inc. recorded the following transactions over the life of a piece of equipment purchased in 2014: Jan. 1, 2014 Purchased the equipment for $34,230 cash. The equipment is estimated to have a five-year life and $6,610 salvage value and was to be depreciated using the straight-line method. Dec. 31, 2014 Recorded depreciation expense for 2014. May 5, 2015 Undertook routine repairs costing $746. Dec. 31, 2015 Recorded depreciation expense for 2015. Jan. 1, 2016 Made an adjustment costing $2,660 to the equipment. It improved the quality of the output but did not affect the life and salvage value estimates. Dec. 31, 2016 Recorded depreciation expense for 2016. Mar. 1, 2017 Incurred $355 cost to oil and clean the equipment. Dec. 31, 2017 Recorded depreciation expense for 2017. Jan. 1, 2018 Had the equipment completely overhauled at a cost of $7,510. The overhaul was estimated to extend the total life to seven years and revised the salvage value to $4,958. Dec. 31, 2018 Recorded depreciation expense for 2018. July 1, 2019 Sold the equipment for $8,980 cash.

Determine the amount of depreciation expense Seaside will report on the income statements for the years 2014 through 2018.

Determine the book value (cost - accumulated depreciation) Seaside will report on the balance sheets at the end of the years 2014 through 2018.

Determine the amount of the gain or loss Seaside will report on the disposal of the equipment on July 1, 2019.