Apex Fitness Club uses straight-line depreciation for a machine costing $23,250, with an estimated four-year life and a $2,400 salvage value. At the beginning of the third year, Apex determines that the machine has three more years of remaining useful life, after which it will have an estimated $1,950 salvage value. 1. Compute the machine's book value at the end of its second year. 2. Compute the amount of depreciation for each of the final three years given the revised estimates.
Depreciation Methods
The word "depreciation" is defined as an accounting method wherein the cost of tangible assets is spread over its useful life and it usually denotes how much of the assets value has been used up. The depreciation is usually considered as an operating expense. The main reason behind depreciation includes wear and tear of the assets, obsolescence etc.
Depreciation Accounting
In terms of accounting, with the passage of time the value of a fixed asset (like machinery, plants, furniture etc.) goes down over a specific period of time is known as depreciation. Now, the question comes in your mind, why the value of the fixed asset reduces over time.
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Apex Fitness Club uses straight-line depreciation for a machine costing $23,250, with an estimated four-year life and a $2,400 salvage
value. At the beginning of the third year, Apex determines that the machine has three more years of remaining useful life, after which it
will have an estimated $1,950 salvage value.
1. Compute the machine's book value at the end of its second year.
2. Compute the amount of depreciation for each of the final three years given the revised estimates.
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Compute the machine's book value at the end of its second year.
Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar.
Book Value at the End of Year 2:
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Accumulated depreciation 2 years
Book value at point of revision
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