Assume Plain Ice Cream Company, Incorporated, in Ithaca, NY, bought a new ice cream production kit (pasteurizer/homogenizer, cooler, aging vat, freezer, and filling machine) at the beginning of the year at a cost of $24,000. The estimated useful life was four years, and the residual value was $2,580. Assume that the estimated productive life of the machine was 10,200 hours. Actual annual usage was 4,080 hours in Year 1; 3,060 hours in Year 2; 2,040 hours in Year 3; and 1,020 hours in Year 4. Required: 1. Complete a separate depreciation schedule for each of the alternative methods. a. Straight-line. b. Units-of-production. c. Double-declining-balance.
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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