Ariels Treasures Limited purchased a printing press on January 1, 2020 for $22,500. The printing press is expected to have a 4 year or 5,000,000 pages useful life and an $4,500 residual value. Ariels has a December 31, 2020 year-end.

Required:

1. Compute the depreciation for 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023 using:

(a) the straight-line method

(b) the units of production method assuming Ariels printed 1,200,000 pages in 2020, 1,550,000 pages in 2021, 1,300,000 pages in 2022 & 1,200,000 in 2023.

2. What is the carrying value of the printing press at December 31, 2023 under both methods?

3. If Ariel's Treasures Limited sells the printing press on January 1, 2024 for $3,900 what would the gain or loss on disposal be?