Star Wars, Inc. sold a used Star Destroyer to Chewbacca and Sons Co. for $75,100 cash. The original cost of the Star Destroyer was $200,000 with a salvage value of $25,000, a useful life of 10 years, and accumulated depreciation of $100,000 through the end of last fiscal year. Note: you will need to record 1/2's years depreciation for this year before recording the sale the company policy is to depreciate assets for 1/2 year in the year of acquisition and disposal). Star Wars, Inc. uses the straight-line method to depreciate Star Destroyers.
Note: record depreciation expense first, then the disposal.