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Question

Tails Corporation purchased and installed electronic payment equipment at its drive-in restaurants in San Marcos, TX, at a cost of $45,900. The equipment has an estimated residual value of $3,600. The equipment is expected to process 269,000 payments over its three-year useful life. Per year, expected payment transactions are 64,560, year 1; 147,950, year 2; and 56,490, year 3. Required: Complete a depreciation schedule for each of the alternative methods. (Do not round intermediate calculations.) 1. Straight-line. Income Statement Balance Sheet Depreciation Expense Accumulated Book Value Depreciation Year Cost At acquisition 2. Units-of-production Income Statement Balance Sheet Depreciation Expense Accumulated Depreciation Book Value Year Cost At acquisition

Explanation / Answer

Accumulated depreciation = Cummulative depreciation

Book value = Cost - Accumulated depreciation

1. Depreciation under straight line method = (cost - estimated residual value) / estimated useful life

= (45,900 - 3,600) / 3

= 14,100

2. Depreciation under units of production method = (cost - salvage value) * payment transactions this year / total expected payment transactions

Deprecaition in the year 1 = (45,900 - 3,600) * 64,560 / 269,000

= 10,152

Deprecaition in the year 2 = (45,900 - 3,600) * 147,950 / 269,000

= 23,265

Deprecaition in the year 3 = (45,900 - 3,600) * 56,490 / 269,000

= 8,883

3. Depreciation under double declining balance method = (cost - accumulated depreciation at the beginning of the year) / estimated useful life * 2

Depreciation in the year 1 = (45,900 - 0) / 3 * 2 = 30,600

Depreciation in the year 2 = (45,900 - 30,600) / 3 * 2 = 10,200

Depreciation in the year 3 = (45,900 - 30,600 - 10,200) / 3 * 2 = 3,400

(*) Depreciation cannot be made below the residul value.

Depreciation in the year 3 = 45,900 - 3,600 - 40,800 = 1,500.

Year Depreciation expense Cost Accumulated depreciation Book value At acquision 1 14,100 45,900 14,100 31,800 2 14,100 45,900 28,200 17,700 3 14,100 45,900 42,300 3,600