Sampson Delivery Company purchased a new delivery truck for $42,000 on April 1, 2019. The truck is expected to have a service life of 10 years or 120,000 miles and a residual value of $3,000. The truck was driven 8,000 miles in 2019 and 16,000 miles in 2020. Sampson computes depreciation expense to the nearest whole month.
Sampson Delivery Company purchased a new delivery truck for $42,000 on April 1, 2019. The truck is expected to have a service life of 10 years or 120,000 miles and a residual value of $3,000. The truck was driven 8,000 miles in 2019 and 16,000 miles in 2020. Sampson computes depreciation expense to the nearest whole month.
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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.
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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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Sampson Delivery Company purchased a new delivery truck for $42,000 on April 1, 2019. The truck is expected to have a service life of 10 years or
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120,000 miles and a residual value of $3,000. The truck was driven 8,000 miles in 2019 and 16,000 miles in 2020. Sampson computes depreciation
expense to the nearest whole month.
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1. Compute depreciation expense for 2019 and 2020 using the following methods: (Round your answers to the nearest dollar.)
a. Straight-line method
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2020
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b. Sum-of-the-years'-digits method
2019
2020
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c. Double-declining-balance method
2019
$
2020
d. Activity method
2019
2020
2. For each method, what is the book value of the machine at the end of 2019? At the end of 2020? (Round your answers to the nearest dollar.)
a. Straight-line method
2019
$
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2019
2020
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2. For each method, what is the book value of the machine at the end of 2019? At the end of 2020? (Round your answers to the nearest dollar.)
a. Straight-line method
4. EX.11.09.ALGO
2019
24
5. EX.11.13.BLANKSHEET.AL...
2020
$
b. Sum-of-the-years'-digits method
6. EX.11.16.BLANKSHEET.AL..
2019
$
2020
$
c. Double-declining-balance method
2019
$
2020
d. Activity method
2019
$
2020
3. Next Level The book value of the asset in the early years of the asset's service will be lower
under an accelerated method as compared to the
straight-line method. The activity
method is appropriate when the service life of the asset is affected primarily by the amount the asset is
used.
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