Compute the depreciation expense for 2019 for each of the following four alternatives: 1. Horan computes depreciation expense to the nearest day. (Use 12 months of 30 days each and round the daily depreciation rate to 2 decimal places.) Copyright 2020 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part. Due to clectronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed from the eBook and/or eChapter(s). Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. Cengage Leaming reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. Exercises 11-45 2. Horan computes depreciation expense to the nearest month. Assets purchased in the first half of the month are considered owned for the whole month. 3. Horan computes depreciation expense to the nearest whole year. Assets purchased in the first half of the year are considered owned for the whole year. 4. Horan records one-half year's depreciation expense on all assets purchased during the year.
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.
On May 10, 2019, Horan Company purchased equipment for $25,000. The equipment has an estimated service life of 5 years and zero residual value. Assume that the
![Compute the depreciation expense for 2019 for each of the following four alternatives:
1. Horan computes depreciation expense to the nearest day. (Use 12 months of 30 days each and round the daily
depreciation rate to 2 decimal places.)
Copyright 2020 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part. Due to clectronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed from the eBook and/or eChapter(s).
Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. Cengage Leaming reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it.
Exercises
11-45
2. Horan computes depreciation expense to the nearest month. Assets purchased in the first half of the month
are considered owned for the whole month.
3. Horan computes depreciation expense to the nearest whole year. Assets purchased in the first half of the year
are considered owned for the whole year.
4. Horan records one-half year's depreciation expense on all assets purchased during the year.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fd256e55d-0b7b-410a-90a0-9d0463ed1fb4%2F3bd40a54-33e1-41a6-b220-72a7fa3cca19%2F7cf4tq9_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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