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n recent years, Avery Transportation purchased three used buses. Because of freq

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Question

n recent years, Avery Transportation purchased three used buses. Because of frequent turnover in the accounting department, a different accountant selected the depreciation method for each bus, and various methods were selected. Information concerning the buses is summarized as follows.

Bus

Acquired

Cost

Salvage
Value

Useful Life
in Years

Depreciation
Method


For the declining-balance method, the company uses the double-declining rate. For the units-of-activity method, total miles are expected to be 126,000. Actual miles of use in the first 3 years were 2016, 24,000; 2017, 31,500; and 2018, 30,000.

If Bus 2 was purchased on April 1 instead of January 1, what is the depreciation expense for this bus in (1) 2015 and (2) 2016? (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 2,125.)

(1)
2015

(2)
2016

Bus

Acquired

Cost

Salvage
Value

Useful Life
in Years

Depreciation
Method

1 1/1/15 $ 98,300 $ 7,000 5 Straight-line 2 1/1/15 118,000 10,000 4 Declining-balance 3 1/1/16 88,640 8,000 4 Units-of-activity

Explanation / Answer

Depreciation based on dates given Depreciation Bus Acquired Cost Salvage Value Useful Life (In years) Depreciation Method 2015 2016 1 01/01/2015 98300 7000 5 Straight-line 18260 18260 2 01/01/2015 118,000 10,000 4 Declining-balance 59,000 29,500 W.N - 1) 3 01/01/2016 88,640 8,000 4 Units-of-activity 15360 20160 W.N - 2) W.N: - 1) Working for Double declining Value Depreciation based on straight line without salvage Rate Double Rate 2015 2016 118,000.00 29,500.00 0.25 0.5 59000 29,500.00 W.N: - 2). Working for units of activity Units of activity 1 24000 19.05% 15,360 2 31500 25.00% 20,160 3 30000 4 0 5 0 126000 If date changes to 1/4/2015 Then rate for 9 months (50% /12)* 9 37.50% Depreciation charge for 2015 118000*37.5% 44250 Depreciation charge for 2016 (118000-44250)*50% 36875