The decline stage of the product's life cycle is marked by declining sales and product profitability. Generally, in this phase, the product begins to be replaced by new technologies, becomes outdated and goes into disuse.
It is important for companies to be aware that when entering this phase, the product needs redesign planning, so that improvements are implemented that make it updated to be relaunched in the market and then start another life cycle.
Copyright 1 shouldn't be reported on the balance sheet. This is because the cost with regards to internally developed copyright will have to be expensed. Therefore, copyrights 1 on the balance sheet will be $0.
Copyright 2 will be reported on the balance sheet with a value of $30000. The copyright's cost of acquisition will have to be capitalized.
Depreciable cost is the amount of an asset's cost that will be depreciated. Depreciable cost is calculated by using purchase and installation cost of a fixed asset, minus its estimated salvage value at the end of its useful life.
Depreciable cost = Total asset cost - salvage value = $90,000 - $15,000 = $75,000
The company then uses a depreciation method, such as the straight-line method, to calculate depreciation expense of the equipment.
Total period costs (TPC) = Fixed manufacturing overhead (FMO) + (Variable selling and administrative expenses × units sold) + Fixed selling and administrative expenses.
Now insert all the values in the above formula.
Total period costs = $25,000 + ($6 × 10,000) + $20,000
