Question

Downs Tax Planning Service bought communications equipment for $9,600 on January 1, 2017. It has an estimated useful life of five years and zero residual value. Downs uses the straight-line method to calculate depreciation and records depreciation expense in the books at the end of every month. As of June 30, 2017, the balance in the Accumulated Depreciation account for this equipment is ________.

Answer 1

$960

Step-by-step explanation:

For computing the accumulated depreciation, first we have to compute the depreciation expense which is shown below:

= (Original cost - residual value) ÷ (useful life)

= ($9,600 - $0) ÷ (5 years)

= ($9,600) ÷ (5 years)

= $1,920

This is a full year depreciation but we have to find out for June 30,2017 i.e 6 months

= $1,920 ÷ 12 months × 6 months

= $960

The same is recorded as an accumulated depreciation