Question

A company purchases a machine for $12,000. The estimated residual value is $4,000. The machine has a useful life of 5 years, and is expected to produce 20,000 units during its lifetime. Use the activity-based depreciation method to calculate the amount of depreciation in Year 1, assuming that the machine was used to produce 6,000 units.

Answer 1

$2,400

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the depreciation expense under the activity-based depreciation method is shown below:

= (Original cost - residual value) ÷ (estimated production units)

= ($12,000 - $4,000) ÷ (20,000 units)

= ($8,000) ÷ (20,000 units)

= $0.4 per unit

Now for the first year, it would be

= Production units in first year × depreciation per unit

= 6,000 units × $0.4

= $2,400