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1. A company has decided to improve their Engineering Department . The president

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1. A company has decided to improve their Engineering Department. The president asked you, as the design engineer, to analyze and compare the difference between STRAIGHTLINE, MACRS and DDB in a tabular form using spreadsheet. Base= 200,000
Salvage value= % of B is 8 Life, year is 7

1. A company has decided to improve their Engineering Department. The president asked you, as the design engineer, to analyze and compare the difference between STRAIGHTLINE, MACRS and DDB in a tabular form using spreadsheet. Base= 200,000
Salvage value= % of B is 8 Life, year is 7

1. A company has decided to improve their Engineering Department. The president asked you, as the design engineer, to analyze and compare the difference between STRAIGHTLINE, MACRS and DDB in a tabular form using spreadsheet. Base= 200,000
Salvage value= % of B is 8 Life, year is 7

Explanation / Answer

Straightline method Base value 200000 salvage value @ 8% 16000 Depreciable value 184000 Depreciatoin per annum 26285.7143 Rate 14.29% Straightline method Year Opening Depreciation Closing 1 2,00,000.00 26,285.71 1,73,714.29 2 1,73,714.29 26,285.71 1,47,428.57 3 1,47,428.57 26,285.71 1,21,142.86 4 1,21,142.86 26,285.71      94,857.14 5      94,857.14 26,285.71      68,571.43 6      68,571.43 26,285.71      42,285.71 7      42,285.71 26,285.71      16,000.00 Modified accellerated cost recovery system(General depreciation) Since asset life is 7 years we will use half year convention for straightline method of depreciation Year Opening Depreciation Value Rate ( Derived) 0 2,00,000.00 14,285.71 1,85,714.29 7.14% 1 1,85,714.29 28,571.43 1,57,142.86 14.29% 2 1,57,142.86 28,571.43 1,28,571.43 14.29% 3 1,28,571.43 28,571.43 1,00,000.00 14.29% 4 1,00,000.00 28,571.43      71,428.57 14.29% 5      71,428.57 28,571.43      42,857.14 14.29% 6      42,857.14 28,571.43      14,285.71 14.29% 7      14,285.71 14,285.71               -0.00 7.14% Modified accellerated cost recovery system(General depreciation) Since asset life is 7 years we will use half year convention for 200% db factor Year Opening Rate as per IRS Depreciation Value 1 2,00,000.00 14.29% 28580 1,71,420.00 2 1,71,420.00 24.49% 48980 1,22,440.00 3 1,22,440.00 17.49% 34980      87,460.00 4      87,460.00 12.49% 24980      62,480.00 5      62,480.00 8.93% 17860      44,620.00 6      44,620.00 8.92% 17840      26,780.00 7      26,780.00 8.93% 17860        8,920.00 8        8,920.00 4.46% 8920                     -   Double declining balance of depreciation Year Opening Depreciable value Rate Double rate Depreciation Value Total Block(Including salvage) 1 1,84,000.00 14.29% 28.58%      52,587.20 1,31,412.80           1,47,412.80 2 1,31,412.80 14.29% 28.58%      37,557.78      93,855.02           1,09,855.02 3      93,855.02 14.29% 28.58%      26,823.77      67,031.26               83,031.26 4      67,031.26 14.29% 28.58%      19,157.53      47,873.72               63,873.72 5      47,873.72 14.29% 28.58%      13,682.31      34,191.41               50,191.41 6      34,191.41 14.29% 28.58%        9,771.91      24,419.51               40,419.51 7      24,419.51 14.29% 28.58%        6,979.10      17,440.41               33,440.41 8      17,440.41 14.29% 28.58%        4,984.47      12,455.94               28,455.94