2002 109-2, L09-3, L09-5 Davidson, DDS, purchased new furniture on, DDS, purchased new furniture for its store on May 1, 2018. The furniture is expected to have a 10-year life and no residual value The following expenditures were associated with purchase. OBLEM 9.38 is involving Alternative ciation Methods . .......................... Cost of the furniture .. Freight charges Sales taxes ............. Installation of furniture ........... Cost to repair furniture damaged during installation .... $11,000 375 550 75 400 Instructions a. Compute depreciation expense for the vears 2018 through 2021 under each depreciation method listed. 1. Straight-line, with fractional years rounded to the nearest whole month. 12. 200 percent declining-balance, using the half-year convention. 3. 150 percent declining-balance, using the half-year convention. b. Davidson, DDS, has two conflicting objectives, Management wants to report the highest pos, sible earnings in its financial statements, yet it also wants to minimize its taxable income reported to the IRS. Explain how both of these objectives can be met. c. Which of the depreciation methods applied in part a resulted in the lowest reported book value at the end of 2021? Is book value an estimate of an asset's fair value? Explain. d. Assume that Davidson, DDS, sold the old furniture that was being replaced. The old furniture had originally cost $3.000. Its book value at the time of the sale was $400. Record the sale of the old furniture under the following conditions. 1. The furniture was sold for $780 cash. 2. The furniture was sold for $250 cash