Question

A company purchased a delivery van for $23,000 with a salvage value of $3,000 on September 1, Year 1. It has an estimated useful life of 5 years. Using the straight-line method, how much depreciation expense should the company recognize on December 31, Year 1?

Answer 1

Answer:

It will recognize 1,333.33 Depreciaton expense

for December 31th, year 1

Explanation:

The straight-line Method is simply and easy to understand, It distribute the depreciation equally between years. So that implies that the formula should be:

$\frac{Adquisition \: Value- \: Salvage \: Value}{useful \: life}= Depreciation \: coplete \: year$

(23,000 - 3,000) / 5 = 20,000 / 5 = 4,000

Now we have to calculate the proportion

4,000 x 4/12 time in company's possesion = 1,333.33 depreciation

September + October + Novemember + December = 4 months