Martinez Corporation purchased machinery on January 1, 2022, at a cost of $268,000. The estimated useful life of the machinery is years, with an estimated salvage value at the end of that period of $31,800. The company is considering different depreciation methods that could be used for financial reporting purposes. (a) Prepare separate depreciation schedules for the machinery using the straight-line method, and the declining-balance method using double the straight-line rate.
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.
![Martinez Corporation purchased machinery on January 1, 2022, at a cost of $268,000. The estimated useful life of the machinery is 4
years, with an estimated salvage value at the end of that period of $31,800. The company is considering different depreciation
methods that could be used for financial reporting purposes.
(a)
Prepare separate depreciation schedules for the machinery using the straight-line method, and the declining-balance method
using double the straight-line rate.
STRAIGHT-LINE DEPRECIATION
Computation
Years
Depreciable Cost
Depreciation Rate
Annual Depreciation Expense
Accumulat
%3D
2022
$
$
2023
%
2024
%
2025
$
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![DOUBLE-DECLINING-BALANCE DEPRECIATION
Computation
Book Value Beginning of
Years
Depreciation Rate
Annual Depreciation Expense
Accumulat
Year
2022
2$
$
2023
%
2024
%
2025
%
1,700
Depreciation expense for 2020 under Double declining-balance is adjusted so that ending book value is equal to salvage value.
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