On January 1, the Matthews Band pays $69,000 for sound equipment. The band estimates it will use this equipment for five years and after five years It can seil the equipment for $2,000. Matthews Band uses straight-line depreciation but realizes at the start of the second year that this equipment will last only a total of three years. The salvage value is not changed. Compute the revised depreciation for both the second and third years. Book value at point of revision Remaining depreciable cost Depreciation per year for years 2 and 3
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 January 1, the Matthews Band pays $69,000 for sound equipment. The band estimates it will use this equipment for five
years and after five years It can sell the equipment for $2,000. Matthews Band uses straight-line depreclation but realizes at
the start of the second year that this equipment wll last only a total of three years. The salvage value is not changed.
Compute the revlsed depreclation for both the second and third years.
Book value at point of revision
Remaining depreciable cost
Depreciation per year for years 2 and 3](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Ffe46867b-8e32-4051-86e0-c12e0211534e%2Fe1b8e945-f0b1-4745-92ec-4837576e5c83%2Fejwk5q_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
![A bulding is acqulred on January 1, at a cost of $860,000 with an estimated useful life of 10 years and salvage value of
$77,400.
Compute depreclation expense for the first three years using the double-declining-balance method. (Round your answers to
the nearest dollar.)
Depreciation for the Period
End of Period
Beginning of
Period Book
Value
Depreciation
Rate (%)
Depreciation
Expense
Accumulated
Annual Period
Book Value
Depreciation
First Year
Second Year
Third Year](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Ffe46867b-8e32-4051-86e0-c12e0211534e%2Fe1b8e945-f0b1-4745-92ec-4837576e5c83%2F5mfwanm_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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