Requirements X 1. Prepare a depreciation schedule for each depreciation method, showing asset cost, depreciation expense, accumulated depreciation, and asset book value. 2. Reliable prepares financial statements using the depreciation method that reports the highest net income in the early years of asset use. Consider the first year that Reliable uses the truck. Identify the depreciation method that meets the company's objectives. Print Done On January 3, 2018, Reliable Delivery Service purchased a truck at a cost of $95,000. Before placing the truck in service, Reliable spent $4,000 painting it, $1,700 replacing tires, and $8,300 overhauling the engine. The truck should remain in service for five years and have a residual value of $10,000. The truck's annual mileage is expected to be 26,000 miles in each of the first four years and 19,750 miles in the fifth year123,750 miles in total. In deciding which depreciation method to use, Jordan Lipnik, the general manager, requests a depreciation schedule for each of the depreciation methods (straight-line, units-of-production, and double-declining-balance). Read the requirements. Requirement 1. Prepare a depreciation schedule for each depreciation method, showing asset cost, depreciation expense, accumulated depreciation, and asset book value. Begin by preparing a depreciation schedule using the straight-line method. Straight-Line Depreciation Schedule Depreciation for the Year Asset Depreciable Useful Depreciation Date Cost Cost Life Expense 1-3-2018 Accumulated Book Depreciation Value 12-31-2018 12-31-2019 | | | 12-31-2020 . 12-31-2021 12-31-2022 . Before completing the units-of-production depreciation schedule, calculate the depreciation expense per unit. Select the formula, then enter the amounts and calculate the depreciation expense per unit. (Round depreciation expense per unit to two decimal places. Depreciation per unit Prepare a depreciation schedule using the units-of-production method. (Enter the depreciation per unit to two decimal places, $X.XX.) Units-of-Production Depreciation Schedule Depreciation for the Year Asset Depreciation Number of Depreciation Accumulated Date Cost Per Unit Units Expense Depreciation 1-3-2018 Book Value 12-31-2018 X 12-31-2019 X 12-31-2020 X 12-31-2021 X 12-31-2022 X Prepare a depreciation schedule using the double-declining-balance (DDB) method. (Round depreciation expense to the nearest whole dollar.) Double-Declining-Balance Depreciation Schedule Depreciation for the Year Asset Book DDB Accumulated Book Depreciation Expense Date Cost Value Rate Depreciation Value 1-3-2018 12-31-2018 12-31-2019 12-31-2020 X X X 12-31-2021 12-31-2022 12-31-2020 12-31-2021 double-declining-balance 12-31-2022 straight-line Requirement 2. Reliable prepares financial statements using the depreciation met units-of-production ome in the early years of asset use. Consider the first year that Reliable uses the truck. Identify the depreciation method that meets the company's objectives. The depreciation method that reports the highest net income in the first year is the method. It produces the depreciation expense and therefore the highest net income. et income in the early years of asset use. Consider the first year that Reliable uses the truck. Id ethod. It produces the depreciation expense and therefore the highest net income. highest lowest
