e A - The cash price of this machine was $38,000. Related expenditures included: sales tax $1,700, shipping costs $150, insurance during shipping $80, installation and testing costs $70, and $100 of oil and lubricants to be used with the machinery during its first year of operations.  Alkek estimates that the useful life of the machine is 5 years with a $5,000 salvage value remaining at the end of that time period. Assume that the straight-line method of depreciation is used. Machine B  - The recorded cost of this machine was $160,000. Alkek estimates that the useful life of the machine is 4 years with a $10,000 salvage value remaining at the end of that time period. Calculate the amount of depreciation expense that Alkek Company should record for machine A and B (seperately) for each year of its useful life under the following assumptions. (a)  Alkek uses the straight-line method of depreciation. (b)  Alkek uses the declining-balance method. The rate used is twice the straight-line rate. (c)  Alkek uses the units-of-activity method and estimates that the useful life of the machine is      125,000 units. Actual usage is as follows: 2015, 45,000 units; 2016, 35,000 un

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On January 1, 2022, Alkek Company purchased the following two machines for use in its production process.

Machine A - The cash price of this machine was $38,000. Related expenditures included: sales tax $1,700, shipping costs $150, insurance during shipping $80, installation and testing costs $70, and $100 of oil and lubricants to be used with the machinery during its first year of operations.  Alkek estimates that the useful life of the machine is 5 years with a $5,000 salvage value remaining at the end of that time period. Assume that the straight-line method of depreciation is used.

Machine B  - The recorded cost of this machine was $160,000. Alkek estimates that the useful life of the machine is 4 years with a $10,000 salvage value remaining at the end of that time period.

Calculate the amount of depreciation expense that Alkek Company should record for machine A and B (seperately) for each year of its useful life under the following assumptions.

(a)  Alkek uses the straight-line method of depreciation.

(b)  Alkek uses the declining-balance method. The rate used is twice the straight-line rate.

(c)  Alkek uses the units-of-activity method and estimates that the useful life of the machine is

     125,000 units. Actual usage is as follows: 2015, 45,000 units; 2016, 35,000 units; 2017,

     25,000 units; 2018, 20,000 units.

 

    Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Aa Straight Line          
Ab Declining Balance          
Ac Units-of-Activity          

 

           
    Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
Ba Straight Line        
Bb Declining Balance        
Bc Units-of-Activity        
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