Question

On March 10, 2022, Oriole Company sells equipment that it purchased for $230,400 on August 20, 2015. It was originally estimated that the equipment would have a life of 12 years and a salvage value of $20,160 at the end of that time, and depreciation has been computed on that basis. The company uses the straight-line method of depreciation.

Compute the depreciation charge on this equipment for 2015, for 2022, and the total charge for the period from 2016 to 2021, inclusive, under each of the six following assumptions with respect to partial periods.

	2015	2016-2021 Inclusive	2022
Depreciation is computed for the exact period of time during which the asset is owned. (Use 365 days for base and record depreciation through March 9, 2022.)
Depreciation is computed for the full year on the January 1 balance in the asset account.
Depreciation is computed for the full year on the December 31 balance in the asset account.
Depreciation for one-half year is charged on plant assets acquired or disposed of during the year.
Depreciation is computed on additions from the beginning of the month following acquisition and on disposals to the beginning of the month following disposal.
Depreciation is computed for a full period on all assets in use for over one-half year, and no depreciation is charged on assets in use for less than one-half year. (Use 365 days for base.)

Answer 1

Depreciation Charge on the equipment in all 6 cases are as follows:

Case	Particular	2015	2016-2021	2022
1	Depreciation is computed for the exact period of time during which the asset is owned. (Use 365 days for base and record depreciation through March 9, 2022.)	$        11,773	$        192,405	$          6,062
2	Depreciation is computed for the full year on the January 1 balance in the asset account.	$                 -	$        180,206	$        30,034
3	Depreciation is computed for the full year on the December 31 balance in the asset account.	$        30,034	$        180,206	$                 -
4	Depreciation for one-half year is charged on plant assets acquired or disposed of during the year.	$        15,017	$        180,206	$        15,017
5	Depreciation is computed on additions from the beginning of the month following acquisition and on disposals to the beginning of the month following disposal.	$        13,221	$        189,242	$          7,777
6	Depreciation is computed for a full period on all assets in use for over one-half year, and no depreciation is charged on assets in use for less than one-half year. (Use 365 days for base.)	$                 -	$        210,240	$                 -

Working notes:

As directed in question we have taken 365 days as a base and following this effective days in all 6 scenario being calculated:

Scenario		2015	2016-2021	2022
Case 1	Days	134	2190	69
Case 2	0	2190	365
Case 3	365	2190	0
Case 4	182.5	2190	182.5
Case 5	153	2190	90
Case 6	0	2190	0