Question

Farmer Company purchased equipment on January 1, Year 1 for $82,000. The equipment is estimated to have a 5-year life and a salvage value of $4,000. The company uses the straight-line depreciation method. If the original expected life remained the same (i.e., 5-years), but at the beginning of Year 4, the salvage value was revised to $8,000, the annual depreciation expense for each of the remaining years would be___________.

Answer 1

Answer:

15600 , 13600

Explanation:

Annual Depreciation =  [Cost of Asset - Salvage Value] / Expected use years

Year 1 Beginning : Cost = $82000 , Salvage Value = $4000, Years = 5

So, Annual Depreciation = [82000 - 4000] / 5

= 78000 / 5 = 15600

Year 4 Beginning : {3 Years gone, 2 years left}

Asset Value remaining = Cost - [(Annual Depreciation)(Years)]

= 82000 - [(15600)(3)]

= 82000 - 46800 = 35200

Dep. = [Cost - Scrap Value] / Years

= [35200 - 8000] / 2

= 27200/2  = 13600