Print Service Co. purchased a new color copier at the beginning of 2011 for $35,000. The copier
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Print Service Co. purchased a new color copier at the beginning of 2011 for $35,000. The copier is expected to have a five-year useful life and a $5,000 salvage value. The expected copy production was estimated at 2,000,000 copies. Actual copy production for the five years was as follows:
2011 ........ 550,000
2012 ........ 480,000
2013 ........ 380,000
2014 ........ 390,000
2015 ........ 240,000
Total ........2,040,000
The copier was sold at the end of 2015 for $5,200.
Required
a. Compute the depreciation expense for each of the five years, using double-declining-balance depreciation.
b. Compute the depreciation expense for each of the five years, using units-of-production depreciation. (Round cost per unit to three decimal places.)
c. Calculate the amount of gain or loss from the sale of the asset under each of the depreciation methods.
Salvage value is the estimated book value of an asset after depreciation is complete, based on what a company expects to receive in exchange for the asset at the end of its useful life. As such, an asset’s estimated salvage value is an important...
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Survey of Accounting
ISBN: 978-0078110856
3rd Edition
Authors: Thomas P. Edmonds, Frances M. McNair, Philip R. Olds, Bor Yi