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Whispering Corporation purchased a new machine for its assembly process on Augus

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Question

Whispering Corporation purchased a new machine for its assembly process on August 1, 2017. The cost of this machine was $162,702. The company estimated that the machine would have a salvage value of $17,802 at the end of its service life. Its life is estimated at 5 years, and its working hours are estimated at 21,000 hours. Year-end is December 31.

Compute the depreciation expense under the following methods. Each of the following should be considered unrelated. (Round depreciation rate per hour to 2 decimal places, e.g. 5.35 for computational purposes. Round your answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 45,892.)

$

(a) Straight-line depreciation for 2017 $

(b) Activity method for 2017, assuming that machine usage was 800 hours $

(c) Sum-of-the-years'-digits for 2018 $

(d) Double-declining-balance for 2018

$

Explanation / Answer

Solution A Cost of Machine          162,702 Salvage value            17,802 Depreciable amount          144,900 Usefull life 5 years Straight line depreciation per year =144900/5            28,980 Dep from Aug till Dec =28980*5/12 Dep from Aug till Dec            12,075 Solution B Depreciable amount          144,900 Life            21,000 hours 2017 usage                  800 hours 2017 Depreciation =144900*800/21000              5,520 Solution C Year Year count Depreciation factor 2017                       1                    5 2018                       2                    4 2019                       3                    3 2020                       4                    2 2021                       5                    1                  15 Depreciation for 2018 =4/15 Depreciation =144900*4/15 Depreciation            38,640 Solution D Straight Line depreciation rate for 5 years 20% So double declining method rate 40% Year Opening WDV Depreciation Closing WDV 2017          162,702          65,081          97,621 2018            97,621          39,048          58,573 So Depreciation for 2018 be 39,048