Question

Speedy Delivery Company purchases a delivery van for $43,200. Speedy estimates that at the end of its four-year service life, the van will be worth $6,800. During the four-year period, the company expects to drive the van 227,500 miles. Actual miles driven each year were 58,000 miles in year 1 and 62,000 miles in year 2. Required: Calculate annual depreciation for the first two years of the van using each of the following methods:1. Straight-line. 2. Double-declining-balance.3. Activity-based.

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

Giving the following information:

Purchase price= $43,200

Salvage value= $6,800

Useful life= 4 years

First, we need to calculate the annual depreciation using the straight-line method:

Annual depreciation= (original cost - salvage value)/estimated life (years)

Annual depreciation= (43,200 - 6,800) / 4

Annual depreciation= $9,100

It remains constant during the whole useful life.

Now, using the double-declining method:

Annual depreciation= 2*[(book value)/estimated life (years)]

Year 1:

Annual depreciation= 2*[(43,200 - 6,800) / 4]

Annual depreciation= $18,200

Year 2:

Annual depreciation= 2*[(36,400 - 18,200) / 4]

Annual depreciation= $9,200

Finally, the units-of-activity method:

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

During the four-year period, the company expects to drive the van 227,500 miles. Actual miles driven each year were 58,000 miles in year 1 and 62,000 miles in year 2

Year 1:

Annual depreciation= [(43,200 - 6,800) / 227,500]*58,000

Annual depreciation= $9,280

Year 2:

Annual depreciation= 0.16*62,000

Annual depreciation= $9,920