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On January 2, 2018, the Jackson Company purchased equipment to be used in its manufacturing process. The equipment has an estimated life of eight years and an estimated residual value of $63,125. The expenditures made to acquire the asset were as follows: Purchase price $ 264,000 Freight charges 10,000 Installation charges 14,000 Jackson’s policy is to use the double-declining-balance (DDB) method of depreciation in the early years of the equipment’s life and then switch to straight line halfway through the equipment’s life. Required: 1. Calculate depreciation for each year of the asset’s eight-year life.
Ans. | ||||||||||||
Total cost of equipment = Purchase price + Freight charges + Installation charges | ||||||||||||
264000 + 10000 + 14000 | ||||||||||||
288000 | ||||||||||||
Double declining balance depreciation = Jan. 2018 - Dec. 2021) | ||||||||||||
Straight line depreciation = (Jan. 2022 - Dec. 2025) | ||||||||||||
Calculation for Double declining balance depreciation: | ||||||||||||
Double declining balance rate = 2 * 100 / life | ||||||||||||
2*100/8 | ||||||||||||
25% | ||||||||||||
Double-declining balance depreciation: | ||||||||||||
Book value | Depreciation | Depreciation | Book value | |||||||||
Year (A) | Beg. Of the year(B) | Rate (C) | D = B*C | End. Of the year (B-D) | ||||||||
2018 | 288000 | 25% | 72000 | 216000 | ||||||||
2019 | 216000 | 25% | 54000 | 162000 | ||||||||
2020 | 162000 | 25% | 40500 | 121500 | ||||||||
2021 | 121500 | 25% | 30375 | 91125 | ||||||||
Total (Accumulated depreciation) = | 196875 | |||||||||||
*Straight line depreciation = (Remaining book value - Residual value) / Remaining life | ||||||||||||
(91125 - 63125) / 4 | ||||||||||||
7000 | ||||||||||||
Straight-line depreciation: | ||||||||||||
Book value | Depreciation | Book value | ||||||||||
Year (A) | Beg. Of the year(B) | (C) | End. Of the year (B-C) | |||||||||
2022 | 91125 | 7000 | 84125 | |||||||||
2023 | 84125 | 7000 | 77125 | |||||||||
2024 | 77125 | 7000 | 70125 | |||||||||
2025 | 70125 | 7000 | 63125 | |||||||||
Total (Accumulated depreciation) = | 28000 | |||||||||||
Total accumulated depreciation = Total of Double declining + Total of Straight-line | ||||||||||||
196875 + 28000 | ||||||||||||
224875 | ||||||||||||