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In recent years, Farr Company has purchased three machines. Because of frequent

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In recent years, Farr Company has purchased three machines. Because of frequent employee turnover in the accounting department, a different accountant was in charge of selecting the depreciation method for each machine, and various methods have been used. Information concerning the machines is summarized in the table below.

Machine                   Acquired Cost     SalvageValue     Useful Life(in years)   Depreciation

                                                                                                                               Method
1       Jan. 1, 2012       $138,000       $53,200                              8                 Straight-line
2       July 1, 2013       94,000            10,700                                5                  Declining-balance
3       Nov. 1, 2013       107,920             7,120                                7                  Units-of-activity

For the declining-balance method, Farr Company uses the double-declining rate. For the units-of-activity method, total machine hours are expected to be 36,000. Actual hours of use in the first 3 years were: 2013, 700; 2014, 5,240; and 2015, 6,750.

1. Compute the amount of accumulated depreciation on each machine at December 31, 2015.

2. If machine 2 was purchased on April 1 instead of July 1, what would be the depreciation expense for this machine in 2013? In 2014?

Please show work so I can have a better understanding. Thanks

Explanation / Answer

Calculation of the accumulated depreciation as on December 31, 2015 Machine 1 Dep = Cost - Salvage/ Life = 138000-53200/8 10600 Dep for 4 years 10600*4 Accumulated Depreciation 42400 Machine 2 Depreciation Rate = 94000-10700/5 16660 Depreciation Rate = 16660/94000 17.80% 35.60% 94000*35.6%*4 133856 Accumulated Depreciation 0 Machine 3 Dep = 107920-7120 Total Hours 700+5240+6750 12690 Accumulated Dep (107920-7120)*12690/36000 35532

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