Vincent Limited paid $100,000 to purchase equipment at the beginning of 2020. Vincent Limited estimated the useful life of the equipment to be 5 years or 200,000 units. The equipment will be considered fully amortized a when the balance in the Accumulated Depreciation account reaches $100,000. The equipment produced 50,000 units in 2020. Required:a. Determine the estimated residual value of the equipment.b. What is the amortizable cost of the equipment?c. Calculate depreciation expense for 2020 under each of the following methods:i. straight-lineii. units-of-productioniii. double-declining-balanced. If you were a new accountant in a company and you were asked to determine how best to depreciate a new machine they just bought; how would you determine the best method? What is the difference between your method and other method? How does your method affect the income statement?
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.
Vincent Limited paid $100,000 to purchase equipment at the beginning of 2020. Vincent Limited estimated the useful life of the equipment to be 5 years or 200,000 units. The equipment will be considered fully amortized a when the balance in the
Required:
a. Determine the estimated residual value of the equipment.
b. What is the amortizable cost of the equipment?
c. Calculate depreciation expense for 2020 under each of the following methods:
i. straight-line
ii. units-of-production
iii. double-declining-balance
d. If you were a new accountant in a company and you were asked to determine how best to
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