a) What is the book value of the system at the end of year three if Straight line method is used? b) Suppose that after depreciation of the system for two years with straight line, the company decides to switch to the decline method for the reminder of the system life (depreciation rate 30 %). What is the system Book Value at the end of four years?
a) What is the book value of the system at the end of year three if Straight line method is used? b) Suppose that after depreciation of the system for two years with straight line, the company decides to switch to the decline method for the reminder of the system life (depreciation rate 30 %). What is the system Book Value at the end of four years?
Chapter9: Capital Budgeting And Cash Flow Analysis
Section9.A: Depreciation
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The following are the cost of a system and the useful life is five years. The
salvage value for depreciation purpose is equal to 25% of the hardware
cost
Item
Hardware
Training
Installation
Cost
$170,000
$18,000
$18,000
a) What is the book value of the system at the end of year three if Straight line
method is used?
b) Suppose that after depreciation of the system for two years with straight
line, the company decides to switch to the decline method for the reminder of
the system life (depreciation rate 30%). What is the system Book Value at the
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The following are the cost of a system and the useful life is five years. The
salvage value for depreciation purpose is equal to 25% of the hardware
cost
Item
Hardware
Training
Installation
Cost
$170,000
$18,000
$18,000
a) What is the book value of the system at the end of year three if Straight line
method is used?
b) Suppose that after depreciation of the system for two years with straight
line, the company decides to switch to the decline method for the reminder of
the system life (depreciation rate 30%). What is the system Book Value at the
end of four years?
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