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A company acquired a truck for $79,000 at the beginning of the fiscal year. It has a useful life of 5 years and a residual value of $9,000. The company uses the straight-line method of depreciation. After owning the truck for 2 years, the company sold it for $34,000. (a) Determine depreciation expense for each of the first 2 years, and (b) determine the gain or loss resulting from the sale.
| a. | Depreciation Expense for: | ||||||||||
| Year 1 | $ 14,000 | ||||||||||
| Year 2 | $ 14,000 | ||||||||||
| Working: | |||||||||||
| Dereciation Expense Under Straight Line Method | = | (Cost-salvage Value)/Useful Life | |||||||||
| = | (79000-9000)/5 | ||||||||||
| = | $ 14,000 | ||||||||||
| Under Straight Line Method, Depreciation Expense is same for all years. | |||||||||||
| b. | |||||||||||
| Loss from sale of machine | $ 17,000 | ||||||||||
| Working: | |||||||||||
| Sales Price | 34,000 | ||||||||||
| Less:Book Value at the time of sale | |||||||||||
| Cost | 79,000 | ||||||||||
| Less:Accumualted depreciation | 28,000 | 51,000 | |||||||||
| Loss from sale | 17,000 | ||||||||||