Question

Copy equipment was acquired at the beginning of the year at a cost of $56,000 that has an estimated residual value of $8,000 and an estimated useful life of 5 years. It is estimated that the machine has an estimated 1,000,000 copies. This year 240,000 copies were made. Determine the (a) depreciable cost, (b) depreciation rate, and (c) the units-of-production depreciation for the year.

Answer 1

Results are below.

Step-by-step explanation:

The depreciable cost is the result of deducting from the purchase price the salvage value:

Depreciable cost= 56,000 - 8,000

Depreciable cost= $48,000

The depreciable rate is the depreciation that the asset suffers in one year express as a percentage:

Depreciation rate= 1/5 = 0.2 or 20% per year

Finally, the units of production depreciation for the first year:

Annual depreciation= [(original cost - salvage value)/useful life of production in copies]*number of copies

Annual depreciation= (48,000/1,000,000)*240,000

Annual depreciation= 0.048*240,000

Annual depreciation= $11,520