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Bob's Cars purchased a new car for use in its business on January 1, 2017. It paid $30,000 for the car. Charm expects the car to have a useful life of four years with an estimated residual value of zero. Charm expects to drive the car as follows
Year 2017: 20,000 miles driven
Year 2018: 45,000 miles driven
Year 2019: 40,000 miles driven
Year 2020: 15,000 miles driven
Total Miles Driven: 120,000 miles
1. Using the straight-line method of depreciation, calculate the
following amounts for the car for each of the four years of its
expected life:
a. Depreciation expense
b. Accumulated depreciation balance
c. Book value
2. Using the Units-of-Production method of depreciation,
calculate the following amounts for the car for each of the four
years of its expected life:
a. Depreciation expense
b. Accumulated depreciation balance
c. Book value
3. Using the Double-Declining-Balance method of depreciation,
calculate the following amounts for the car for each of the four
years of its expected life:
a. Depreciation expense
b. Accumulated depreciation balance
c. Book value
4. Using the Double-Declining-Balance method of depreciation,
calculate the following and record the appropriate journal entry
assuming all events occurred at end of 2018.
a. Assume the car was involved in an accident, damaged
beyond repair, and disposed of.
b. Assume the car was involved in an accident and sold
for $1,000.
c. Assume the car was limited edition and resold for
$24,000.