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Manufacturing equipment has a capital cost of $43,000, salvage value of $3000, and an asset life of 10 years. Compute the depreciation expense for the first 3 years under (a) accelerated cost recovery and (b) straight line. (Hint: page 142 and 145) (
a) Since the asset life is 10 years, we can use MACRS percentage for 10-year property class. (MACRS table given at the end of this solution)
Year | MACRS | Cost of Asset | Decpreciation |
- | - | - | Cost of Asset * MACRS |
1 | 10.00% | 43,000 | 4,300 |
2 | 18.00% | 43,000 | 7,740 |
3 | 14.40% | 43,000 | 6,192 |
Total | 18,232 |
Therefore, Depreciation for 3 years = $18,232
b)
Depreciation under straight line method:
Therefore,
Depreciation in straight line method will remain same throughout the life of the asset.
That means:
Depreciation for 3 years = $4000 * 3 = $12,000
MACRS table for your reference: