In: Accounting
Straight-Line, Declining-Balance, and Sum-of-the-Years'-Digits Methods
A light truck is purchased on January 1 at a cost of $33,840. It is expected to serve for eight years and have a salvage value of $4,800. Calculate the depreciation expense for the first and third years of the truck’s life using the following methods. If required, round your answers to the nearest cent.
| Depreciation Expense | ||
| Year 1 | Year 3 | |
| 1. Straight-line | $ | $ | 
| 2. Double-declining-balance | $ | $ | 
| 3. Sum-of-the-years'-digits | $ | $ | 
| 
 A  | 
 Cost  | 
 33840  | 
| 
 B  | 
 Residual value  | 
 4800  | 
| 
 C=A-B  | 
 Depreciable base  | 
 29040  | 
| 
 D  | 
 Expected Life  | 
 8  | 
| 
 E=C/D  | 
 Annual SLM Depreciation  | 
 3630  | 
| 
 Year  | 
 Opening Book Value/Carrying Value  | 
 SLM Depreciation  | 
 Closing Carrying Value  | 
| 
 1  | 
 33840  | 
 3630  | 
 30210  | 
| 
 2  | 
 30210  | 
 3630  | 
 26580  | 
| 
 3  | 
 26580  | 
 3630  | 
 22950  | 
| 
 4  | 
 22950  | 
 3630  | 
 19320  | 
| 
 5  | 
 19320  | 
 3630  | 
 15690  | 
| 
 6  | 
 15690  | 
 3630  | 
 12060  | 
| 
 7  | 
 12060  | 
 3630  | 
 8430  | 
| 
 8  | 
 8430  | 
 3630  | 
 4800  | 
| 
 A  | 
 Cost  | 
 33840  | 
| 
 B  | 
 Residual value  | 
 4800  | 
| 
 C=A-B  | 
 Depreciable base  | 
 29040  | 
| 
 D  | 
 Expected Life  | 
 8  | 
| 
 E=C/D  | 
 Annual SLM Depreciation  | 
 3630  | 
| 
 F=E/C  | 
 SLM Rate  | 
 12.5%  | 
| 
 G=F x 2  | 
 Double declining Rate  | 
 25.0%  | 
| 
 Year  | 
 Opening Book Value/Carrying Value  | 
 Rate of Dep  | 
 DDB depreciation  | 
 Closing Carrying Value  | 
| 
 1  | 
 33840  | 
 25%  | 
 8460  | 
 25380  | 
| 
 2  | 
 25380  | 
 25%  | 
 6345  | 
 19035  | 
| 
 3  | 
 19035  | 
 25%  | 
 4759  | 
 14276  | 
| 
 4  | 
 14276  | 
 25%  | 
 3569  | 
 10707  | 
| 
 5  | 
 10707  | 
 25%  | 
 2677  | 
 8030  | 
| 
 6  | 
 8030  | 
 25%  | 
 2008  | 
 6023  | 
| 
 7  | 
 6023  | 
 25%  | 
 1223  | 
 4800  | 
| 
 8  | 
 4800  | 
 0  | 
 4800  | 
Sum of year’s digit = 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8=36
| 
 Year  | 
 Remaining Life  | 
 Opening Book Value  | 
 Depreciation = 29040 x (remaining life/36)  | 
 Closing Book Value  | 
| 
 1  | 
 8  | 
 33840  | 
 6453  | 
 27387  | 
| 
 2  | 
 7  | 
 27387  | 
 5647  | 
 21740  | 
| 
 3  | 
 6  | 
 21740  | 
 4840  | 
 16900  | 
| 
 4  | 
 5  | 
 16900  | 
 4033  | 
 12867  | 
| 
 5  | 
 4  | 
 12867  | 
 3227  | 
 9640  | 
| 
 6  | 
 3  | 
 9640  | 
 2420  | 
 7220  | 
| 
 7  | 
 2  | 
 7220  | 
 1613  | 
 5607  | 
| 
 8  | 
 1  | 
 5607  | 
 807  | 
 4800  | 
| 
 Depreciation Expense  | 
||
| 
 Year 1  | 
 Year 3  | 
|
| 
 1. Straight-line  | 
 $3630  | 
 $3630  | 
| 
 2. Double-declining-balance  | 
 $8460  | 
 $4759  | 
| 
 3. Sum-of-the-years'-digits  | 
 $6453  | 
 $4840  |