You have been hired by Patterson Planning Corp., an events planning company that recently had a fire in which some of the accounting records were damaged.

In reviewing the fixed asset records, you find three depreciation schedules that are not labeled. They are listed in the following table. One of the assets has a depreciation rate of $4.40 per hour.

Year	Schedule A	Schedule B	Schedule C
1	$12,000.00	$10,125.00	$8,800.00
2	7,200.00	13,500.00	6,600.00
3	4,320.00	13,500.00	7,480.00
4	2,592.00	13,500.00	6,600.00
5	888.00	3,375.00	4,400.00
6			7,040.00
7			4,840.00
8
Total	$27,000.00	$54,000.00	$45,760.00

. Determine which depreciation method is shown in each schedule on the Patterson Planning Corp. panel. Then match each schedule to the asset description that best characterizes the type of assets often depreciated using that method.

Asset Description

Depreciation Schedule Used

Asset generating greater revenues in the early years

Asset producing steady revenues

Asset with variable in-service time

2. For each of the depreciation schedules shown on the Patterson Planning Corp. panel, fill in the following information. Leave any cells blank that cannot be determined from the depreciation schedule.

	A	B	C
Useful life
Residual value
Asset cost
Total operating hours

FINAL QUESTIONS: (ANSWER ALL)

Review the depreciation schedules on the Patterson Planning Corp. panel, then answer the following questions.

1. How would you adjust Schedule B if, at the beginning of Year 3, the asset was estimated to have 5 more years of life remaining, but with a residual value that was $1,500 higher?

The total depreciation for this asset now will be . The depreciation amount for Year 3 will be .

2. What is the difference between the journal entries for discarding or selling a fixed asset?

The journal entry to differs from the other entry because .

3. Complete the following sentences about depreciation.

(A) When a fixed asset is fully depreciated it is if . (B) The balance of the Accumulated Depreciation account represents . (C) Depreciation measures .