Rigorous Company purchased a machine on July 1, 2017 for 6,000,000.  The machine has an estimated useful life of five years and residual value of 800,000.  The machine is being depreciated by the 150% declining balance method. What amount should be recorded as depreciation expense on the machine for 2018?

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Rigorous Company purchased a machine on July 1, 2017 for 6,000,000.  The machine has an estimated useful life of five years and residual value of 800,000.  The machine is being depreciated by the 150% declining balance method.

What amount should be recorded as depreciation expense on the machine for 2018?

20.       Ambitious Company showed the following schedule of depreciable assets on January 1, 2017.

Asset                     Cost                       Accumulated                      Acquisition          Residual

                                                                Depreciation

A                             4,000,000             2,560,000                             2015                       400,000

B                             2,000,000             1,440,000                             2014                       200,000

C                             2,800,000             1,344,000                             2014                       560,000

 The useful life of each asset is 5 years.  The entity takes a full depreciation in the year of acquisition and No depreciation in the year of disposition.

 Asset C was sold for 1,700,000 on June 30, 2017.

Asset C was depreciated using the straight line method.

 What is the gain on sale of Asset C?

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