Question

Company acquired a new truck at at cost of $52,000 on January 1, 2019. The truck is expected to be used for 4 years and have a salvage value of $8,000 at that time. The company uses the straight-line method to calculate depreciation. #1. Calculate depreciation expense for 2019 #2 Calculate depreciation expense for 2020 #3 Calculate accumulated depreciation as of 12/31/2019 #4 Calculate accumulated depreciation as of 12/31/2020 #5 Calculate the book value as of 12/31/2020

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

The computation is shown below:

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

= ($52,000 - $8,000) ÷ (4 years)

= ($44000) ÷ (4 years)  

= $11,000

In this method, the depreciation is same for all the remaining useful life

a. The depreciation expense for 2019 is $11,000

b.  The depreciation expense for 2020 is $11,000

c. The accumulated depreciation for year 2019 is $11,000

d. The accumulated depreciation for year 2020 is $22,000 ($11,000 + $11,000)

e. The book value is

= Original cost - accumulated depreciation

= $52,000 - $22,000

= $30,000