Depreciation expense. Richardses' Tree Farm, Inc. has just purchased a new aerial tree trimmer for $94000.Calculate the depreciation schedule using a seven-year life (for the property class category of a single-purpose agricultural and horticultural structure from Table 10.3) for both straight-line depreciation and MACRS. Use thehalf-year convention for both methods. Compare the depreciation schedules before and after taxes using a 40% tax rate. What do you notice about the difference between these two methods?

1: Using a seven-year life, straight-line depreciation, and the half-year convention for the first and last years, what is the annual depreciation of the trimmer?

2:Using a seven-year life, straight-line depreciation, and the half-year convention for the first and last years, what is the first and last year depreciation?

3:Using a seven-year life and MACRS depriciation, what is the annual depreciation of the trimmer for year 1?

4: WHat is the annual depriciation for year 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8?

MACRS Fixed Annual Expense Percentages by Recovery Class

Year	3-Year	5-Year	7-Year	10-Year
1	33.33%	20.00%	14.29%	10.00%
2	44.45%	32.00%	24.49%	18.00%
3	14.81%	19.20%	17.49%	14.40%
4	7.41%	11.52%	12.49%	11.52%
5		11.52%	8.93%	9.22%
6		5.76%	8.93%	7.37%
7			8.93%	6.55%
8			4.45%	6.55%
9				6.55%
10				6.55%
11				3.28%