On July 10, 20X8, your firm purchases for $126,000 a machine with an estimated useful life of 8 years and a salvage value of $6,000. Your firm uses SYD depreciation and depreciates assets purchased between the 1st and 15th of the month for the entire month and assets purchased after the 15th as though they were acquired the following month. What is 20X1 depreciation expense $13,333 $11,111 $26,667 $13,889
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.
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On July 10, 20X8, your firm purchases for $126,000 a machine with an estimated useful life of 8 years and a salvage value of $6,000. Your firm uses SYD
depreciation and depreciates assets purchased between the 1st and 15th of the month for the entire month and assets purchased after the 15th as though they were acquired the following month. What is 20X1 depreciation expense$13,333
$11,111
$26,667
$13,889
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