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Zoom Car Corporation (ZCC) plans to purchase approximately 100 vehicles on Decem

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Zoom Car Corporation (ZCC) plans to purchase approximately 100 vehicles on December 31, 2015, for $1.7 million, plus 10 percent total sales tax. ZCC expects to use the vehicles for 5 years and then sell them for approximately $340,000. ZCC anticipates the following average vehicle use over each year ended December 31:

Zoom Car Corporation (ZCC) plans to purchase approximately 100 vehicles on December 31, 2015, for $1.7 million, plus 10 percent total sales tax. ZCC expects to use the vehicles for 5 years and then sell them for approximately $340,000. ZCC anticipates the following average vehicle use over each year ended December 31: 2016 15,000 2017 20,000 2018 5,500 2019 5,500 2020 5,000 Miles per year To finance the purchase, ZCC signed a 5-year promissory note on December 31, 2015, for $1.53 million, with interest paid annually at the market interest rate of 6 percent. The note carries loan covenants that require ZCC to maintain a minimum times interest earned ratio of 3.0 and a minimum fixed asset turnover ratio of 1.0. ZCC forecasts that the company will generate the following sales and preliminary earnings (prior to recording depreciation on the vehicles and interest on the note). (For purposes of this question, ignore income tax.) 2016 2019 (in 000s) Sales Revenue 2020 $ 1,700 $ 2,200 $2,500 $ 2,600 $2,700 1,450 2017 2018 Income before Depreciation and Interest Expense 850 1,050 1,250 1,350 Required: 1. Calculate the amount of interest expense that would be recorded each year. Interest Expense $ 91,800 per year 2. Calculate the depreciation expense that would be recorded each year, using the following depreciation methods: (a) Straight-line Straight-line Depreciation per year

Explanation / Answer

1

Calculation of Amount of Interest Expense:

Interest Expense = Loan Amount * Interest Rate

= 1,530,000 *6% =

$                     91,800.00

Per Year

2

Calculation of Depreciation expense using straight line method:

formula:

Depreciation = (Cost - Salvage Value ) / Life =

$                        306,000

Per Year

= ((1700000+1700000*10%)-340000) / 5

3

Calculation of Depreciation expense using double declining balance method:

Formula:

Depreciation   = Previous Book Value * 2 / Life

Year

Previous Book Value

Depreciation

2016

$                 1,870,000.00

$   748,000.00

(1700000+1700000*10%)

(1870000*2/5)

2017

$                 1,122,000.00

$   448,800.00

(1870000-748000)

(1122000*2/5)

2018

$                   673,200.00

$   269,280.00

(1122000-448800)

(673200*2/5)

2019

$                   403,920.00

$   161,568.00

(673200-269280)

(403920*2/5)

2020

$                   242,352.00

$    96,940.80

(403920-161568)

(242352*2/5)

4

Calculation of Depreciation expense using Units of Production method:

Formula :

Depreciation = (Cost - Salvage value ) * Miles Driven in the year / Total Life in Miles

Year

Cost - Salvage Value

Miles Driven

Total Life in Miles

Depreciation

(1700000+1700000*10%)-340000)

A

B

C

A*B/C

2016

1530000

15000

51000

$      450,000

2017

1530000

20000

51000

$      600,000

2018

1530000

5500

51000

$      165,000

2019

1530000

5500

51000

$      165,000

2020

1530000

5000

51000

$      150,000

Total

51000

1

Calculation of Amount of Interest Expense:

Interest Expense = Loan Amount * Interest Rate

= 1,530,000 *6% =

$                     91,800.00

Per Year

2

Calculation of Depreciation expense using straight line method:

formula:

Depreciation = (Cost - Salvage Value ) / Life =

$                        306,000

Per Year

= ((1700000+1700000*10%)-340000) / 5

3

Calculation of Depreciation expense using double declining balance method:

Formula:

Depreciation   = Previous Book Value * 2 / Life

Year

Previous Book Value

Depreciation

2016

$                 1,870,000.00

$   748,000.00

(1700000+1700000*10%)

(1870000*2/5)

2017

$                 1,122,000.00

$   448,800.00

(1870000-748000)

(1122000*2/5)

2018

$                   673,200.00

$   269,280.00

(1122000-448800)

(673200*2/5)

2019

$                   403,920.00

$   161,568.00

(673200-269280)

(403920*2/5)

2020

$                   242,352.00

$    96,940.80

(403920-161568)

(242352*2/5)

4

Calculation of Depreciation expense using Units of Production method:

Formula :

Depreciation = (Cost - Salvage value ) * Miles Driven in the year / Total Life in Miles

Year

Cost - Salvage Value

Miles Driven

Total Life in Miles

Depreciation

(1700000+1700000*10%)-340000)

A

B

C

A*B/C

2016

1530000

15000

51000

$      450,000

2017

1530000

20000

51000

$      600,000

2018

1530000

5500

51000

$      165,000

2019

1530000

5500

51000

$      165,000

2020

1530000

5000

51000

$      150,000

Total

51000