Question

Danube recently acquired a delivery van for $24,200 paying cash. Danube projects a 4 year useful service life and a remaining residual value on the delivery van of $2,200. Danube expects to drive the van 106,000 miles during the useful service life. Please compute the annual depreciation for the 4 year life of the delivery van for each of these methods:

1. Straight-line

Depreciation expense

2. Double-declining-balance. (Round your depreciation rate to 2 decimal places. Round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar.) End year ammounts. Years 1,2,3, with depreciation expense, accumulated depreciation and book value for each year.

3. Actual miles driven each year were 19,000 miles in Year 1; 29,000 miles in Year 2; 23,000 miles in Year 3; and 25,000 miles in Year 4. Note that actual total miles of 96,000 fall short of expectations by 10,000 miles. Calculate annual depreciation for the four-year life of the van using activity-based. (Round your depreciation rate to 2 decimal places.) end of year amounts year 1, 2, 3, 4, with depreciation expense, accumulated depreciation and book value for each year.

Answer 1

Cost	$ 24,200
Salvage	$   2,200
Depreciable Value	$ 22,000
Useful Life	4
Straight-line	$   5,500

Double-declining-balance
Year	Depreciation	Accumulated	Book Value
			$    24,200
1	$        12,100	$        12,100	$    12,100
2	$          6,050	$        18,150	$      6,050
3	$              550	$        18,700	$      5,500
4	$                 -	$        18,700	$      5,500
Total	$        18,700
Depreciation Rate (1/4*2)			50%

End of Year
Depreciation per Mile		22000/106000		$        0.21
Year	Miles Driven	Depreciation	Accumulated	Book Value
1	19000	$          3,990	$          3,990	$    20,210
2	29000	$          6,090	$        10,080	$    14,120
3	23000	$          4,830	$        14,910	$      9,290
4	25000	$          5,250	$        20,160	$      4,040
Total	96000	$        20,160