EXERCISE 9-4
| Purpose: | (L.O. 2) This exercise will provide an illustration of the computations for depreciation of partial periods using two common methods. |
Scanlan Company purchased a new plant asset on April 1, 2014, at a cost of $690,000. It was estimated to have a service life of 20 years and a salvage value of $60,000. Scanlan's accounting period is the calendar year.
Instructions
- Compute the amount of depreciation for this asset for 2014 and 2015 using the straight-line method.
- Compute the amount of depreciation for this asset for 2014 and 2015 using the double-declining-balance method.
- Briefly define depreciation as the term is used in accounting.
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