Question

Depreciation by Three Methods; Partial Years

Perdue Company purchased equipment on April 1 for $48,870. The equipment was expected to have a useful life of three years, or 4,320 operating hours, and a residual value of $1,350. The equipment was used for 800 hours during Year 1, 1,500 hours in Year 2, 1,300 hours in Year 3, and 720 hours in Year 4.

Required:

Determine the amount of depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, and Year 4, by (a) the straight-line method, (b) units-of-output method, and (c) the double-declining-balance method.

Note: FOR DECLINING BALANCE ONLY, round the multiplier to four decimal places. Then round the answer for each year to the nearest whole dollar.

a. Straight-line method

Year	Amount
Year 1	$
Year 2	$
Year 3	$
Year 4	$

b. Units-of-output method

Year	Amount
Year 1	$
Year 2	$
Year 3	$
Year 4	$

c. Double-declining-balance method

Year	Amount
Year 1	$
Year 2	$
Year 3	$
Year 4	$

Feedback

Asset cost minus residual value equals depreciable cost. Sum the yearly depreciation to determine total depreciation.

Annual units-of-output depreciation allocates the cost of the asset equally over the units produced (hours).

The double-declining rate is two times the straight-line rate. Book value is the asset cost minus accumulated depreciation.

Compare the total depreciation for all methods over the time period. Recall that straight-line depreciation allocates the depreciable cost of the asset equally over the period of use, while double-declining method is an accelerated method.

Learning Objective 2.