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The company treasurer is uncertain which depreciation method the firm should use for office furniture that costs $50,000 and has no salvage value at the end of its 10-year life. a) Compute the depreciation schedule for the office furniture using Straight Line depreciation with a 10-year depreciable life b) Compute the depreciation schedule using MACRS
Year | SL | MACRS | MACRS% |
1 | $ 5,000 | $ 7,145 | 14.29% |
2 | $ 5,000 | $ 12,245 | 24.49% |
3 | $ 5,000 | $ 8,745 | 17.49% |
4 | $ 5,000 | $ 6,245 | 12.49% |
5 | $ 5,000 | $ 4,465 | 8.93% |
6 | $ 5,000 | $ 4,460 | 8.92% |
7 | $ 5,000 | $ 4,465 | 8.93% |
8 | $ 5,000 | $ 2,230 | 4.46% |
9 | $ 5,000 | $ - | |
10 | $ 5,000 | $ - |
Office furniture falls under 7-year MACRS schedule whose annual percentage are mentioned above.
In straight line, depreciation = 50,000 / 10 = 5,000
In MACRS, depreciation = 50,000 x MACRS %