Question

On January 1, 2017, Alexis Company purchased a delivery truck for $60,000. They estimated the useful life of the truck to be 6 years, and the salvage value to be $12,000. On July 1, 2022, they sold the truck for a loss of $1,200. Assuming the company uses straight line depreciation, what was the selling price of the truck

Answer 1

$14,800

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the selling price of the truck is shown below:

The depreciation expense is

= ($60,000 - $12,000) ÷ 6 years

= $8,000

Now the depreciation for 5.5 years is

= $8,000 × 5.5 years

= $44,000

Now book value is

= $60,000 - $44,000

= $16,000

ANd, finally the selling price of the truck is

= $16,000 - $1,200

= $14,800