Obj. 2 Perdue Company purchased equipment on April 1 for $270,000. The equipment was expected to have a useful life of three years or 18,000 operating EXCEL TEMPLATE hours, and a residual value of $9,000. The equipment was used for 7,500 hours during Year 1, 5,500 hours in Year 2, 4,000 hours in Year 3, and 1,000 hours in Year 4. Instructions Determine the amount of depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, and Year 4, by (a) the straight-line method, (b) the units-of-activity method, and (c) the double-declining-balance method.
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.
![PR 9-3A Depreciation By Three Methods; Partial Years
Obj. 2 Perdue Company purchased equipment on April 1 for $270,000. The
equipment was expected to have a useful life of three years or 18,000 operating
EXCEL TEMPLATE
hours, and a residual value of $9,000. The equipment was used for 7,500 hours
during Year 1, 5,500 hours in Year 2, 4,000 hours in Year 3, and 1,000 hours in
Year 4.
Instructions
Determine the amount of depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, Year 1, Year 2,
Year 3, and Year 4, by (a) the straight-line method, (b) the units-of-activity method, and (c) the
double-declining-balance method.
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b.
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Straight-
Units-of-
Double-Declining-
18
Year
Line
Activity
Balance
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65,250
87,000
87,000
21,750
2$
Rage 1
20
1
24
21
22
3.
23
4
24
Totals
261,000
25
26
Calculations:
27
Straight-line method:
For full year:
28
29
30
(Cost
$270,000
Residual Value)
Years
Yearly Depreciation
31
2$
9,000
3
24
87,000
32
33
For part years:
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Year 1 Depreciation x Portion of Year
Depreciation
%3D
35
87,000
0.7500
24
65,250
36
37
Year 4 Depreciation x Portion of Year
Depreciation
%3D
38
87,000
39
40
Units-of-activity method:
41
(Cost
Residual Value)
Total Hours
Rate
42
43
44
Rate
Hours
Yearly Depreciation
%3D
45
Year 1
7,500
46
Year 2
5,500
47
Year 3
4,000
48
Year 4
1,000
49
Page
50
Double-declining-balance method:
51
Depreciable
Balance
Yearly
52
Portion of Year
Depreciation
%3D
53
Year 1
54
Year 2
55
Year 3
56
Since depreciation cannot cause book value to fall below residual value:
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Depreciable
Balance
58
Residual Value
Yearly Depreciation
%3D
59
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