Question

Sheridan Company acquired a plant asset at the beginning of Year 1. The asset has an estimated service life of 5 years. An employee has prepared depreciation schedules for this asset using three different methods to compare the results of using one method with the results of using other methods. You are to assume that the following schedules have been correctly prepared for this asset using (1) the straight-line method, (2) the sum-of-the-years'-digits method, and (3) the double-declining-balance method.

Year Straight-Line Sum-of-the- Years'-Digits Double-Declining- Balance
1 $10,260 $17,100 $22,800
2 10,260 13,680 13,680
3 10,260 10,260 8,208
4 10,260 6,840 4,925
5 10,260 3,420 1,687
Total $51,300 $51,300 $51,300
Answer the following questions.Part A: What is the cost of the asset being depreciated? Part B: What amount, if any, was used in the depreciation calculations for the salvage value for this asset?

Answer 1

A. The cost of asset being depreciated is $57,000

B.The amount of salvage value is $5,700

Step-by-step explanation:

Among the above-mentioned methods of depreciation, the only method that never consider salvage value on its computation of depreciation expense is the double declining method. So let’s use this method to work back the exact amount depreciable amount of an asset.

Formula : 100% / life of an asset x 2

100% / 5 x 2 = 40%

Y1 = $22,800/40 = 57,000

so to check if the amount is correct, let’s do the computation of 5-year depreciation.

Y1 57,000 x 40% = 22,800 (same as the given data)

Y2 (57,000 - 22,800) x 40% =13,680

Y3 (57,000 - 22,800 - 13,680) x 40% = 8,208

Y4 (57,000-22,800 - 13,680 - 8,208) x 40% = 4,925

Y5 (57,000 -22,800 - 13,680 - 8,208 - 4,925) x 40% = 1,687* (adjusted based on the depreciable amount)

B. To compute the salvage value, we simply deduct the total depreciation from the cost of an asset.

57,000 - 51,300 = 5,700

To check:

(57,000 - 5,700) / 5 years = 10,260