Depreciation for Partial Periods

Chambers Delivery Company purchased a new delivery truck for $45,000 on April 1, 2019. The truck is expected to have a service life of 5 years or 120,000 miles and a residual value of $3,000. The truck was driven 10,000 miles in 2019 and 18,000 miles in 2020. Chambers computes depreciation expense to the nearest whole month.

Required:

1. Compute depreciation expense for 2019 and 2020 using the following methods: (Round your answers to the nearest dollar.)
   1. Straight-line method

      2019	$ fill in the blank 1
      2020	$ fill in the blank 2

   2. Sum-of-the-years'-digits method

      2019	$ fill in the blank 3
      2020	$ fill in the blank 4

   3. Double-declining-balance method

      2019	$ fill in the blank 5
      2020	$ fill in the blank 6

   4. Activity method

      2019	$ fill in the blank 7
      2020	$ fill in the blank 8

2. For each method, what is the book value of the machine at the end of 2019? At the end of 2020? (Round your answers to the nearest dollar.)
   1. Straight-line method

      2019	$ fill in the blank 9
      2020	$ fill in the blank 10

   2. Sum-of-the-years'-digits method

      2019	$ fill in the blank 11
      2020	$ fill in the blank 12

   3. Double-declining-balance method

      2019	$ fill in the blank 13
      2020	$ fill in the blank 14

   4. Activity method

      2019	$ fill in the blank 15
      2020	$ fill in the blank 16

3. Next Level The book value of the asset in the early years of the asset's service will be lower under an accelerated method as compared to the straight-line method. The activity method is appropriate when the service life of the asset is affected primarily by the amount the asset is used.