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Exercise 8-9A Computing and recording straight-line versus double-declining-balance depreciation LO 8-2, 8-3
At the beginning of Year 1, Copland Drugstore purchased a new computer system for 85,000. It is expected to have a five-year life and a $15,000 salvage value.
Required
a. Compute the depreciation for each of the five
years, assuming that the company uses
(1) Straight-line depreciation. (I had 7000 as the answer but it is
incorrect)
2) Double-declining-balance depreciation. (Year 4 and 5 I have incorrect)
Double-Declining | |
Year 1 | $34,000selected answer correct |
Year 2 | $20,400selected answer correct |
Year 3 | $12,240selected answer correct |
Year 4 | $7,344selected answer incorrect |
Year 5 | $4,406selected answer incorrect |
Computer cost | 85000 | ||||||||||
5 year life | |||||||||||
Salvage Value | 15000 | ||||||||||
1 | SLM | ||||||||||
Dep | = | (Cost-Salvage value)/Useful life | |||||||||
= | (85000-15000)/5 | ||||||||||
= | 14000 | ||||||||||
Therefore, per year depreciation is 14000 | |||||||||||
2 | Double declining bal | ||||||||||
SLM perecentage | 20 | (85000/5)/85000*100 | |||||||||
Double rate | 40 | ||||||||||
Caln | |||||||||||
Dep Year1 | 34000 | (85000*.4) | |||||||||
Dep Year2 | 20400 | (85000-34000)*0.4 | |||||||||
Dep Year3 | 12240 | (85000-34000-20400)*0.4 | |||||||||
Dep Year4 | 3360 | (85000-34000-20400-12240)*0.4 or [85000-15000-34000-20400-12240] whichever is lower | |||||||||
Dep Year5 | 0 | ||||||||||
70000 |
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