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Marjorie corporation acquired a building on January 1st 2018 for $660,000 the building had an estimated useful life of 15 years and had an estimated residual value of $60,000. on January 1st 2020 Marjorie corporation determined that the building could only be used for a total of 12 years and there would be no residual value. compute depreciation expense for the year ending December 31st 2020 if Marjorie corporation uses straight line depreciation
Answer: | |
Depreciation expense per Year = (Cost (-) Residual value ) / Useful Life = ( $ 660,000 (-) $ 60,000 ) / 15 Years = $ 600,000 / 15 Years |
$ 40,000 |
Book value at the end of Dec.
2019 = Cost (-) Accumulated Dep. = $ 660,000 (-) [ $ 40,000 x 2 Years ] = $ 660,000 (-) $ 80,000 |
$ 580,000 |
Assuming Total Life : | |
Depreciation expense for Year
2020 = (Cost (-) Residual value ) / Useful Life = ($ 580,000 (-) $ 0 ) / 12 Years = $ 580,000 / 12 Years |
$ 48,333 |
(or) | |
Assuming Balance Life : | |
Depreciation expense for Year
2020 = (Cost (-) Residual value ) / Useful Life = ($ 580,000 (-) $ 0 ) / (12 (-) 2 ) Years = $ 580,000 / 10 Years |
$ 58,000 |