Payne Company purchased equipment on account on September 3, 2022, at an invoice price of $210,000. On September 4, 2022, it paid $4,400 for delivery of the equipment. A one-year, $1,975 insurance policy on the equipment was purchased on September 6, 2022. On September 20, 2022, Payne paid $5,600 for installation and testing of the equipment. The equipment was ready for use on
October 1, 2022. Payne estimates that the equipment’s useful life will be four years, with a residual value of $15,000. It also estimates that, in terms of activity, the equipment’s useful life will be 82,000 units. Payne has a September 30 fiscal year end. Assume that actual usage is as follows:

Instructions
a. Determine the cost of the equipment.
b. Prepare depreciation schedules for the life of the asset under the following depreciation methods: 

1. Straight-line 

2. Double diminishing-balance, assuming a rate of 50% 

3. Units-of-production
c. Which method would result in the highest profit for the year ended September 30, 2024? Over the life of the asset?

Taking It Further

Assume instead that, when Payne purchased the equipment, it had a legal obligation to ensure that the equipment was recycled at the end of its useful life. Assume the cost of doing this is significant. Would this have had an impact on the answers to parts (a) and (b) above? Explain.

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# of Units 16,750 27,600 22,200 16,350 Year Ended September 30 2023 2024 2025 2026