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16 March, 18:30

On January 1, Year 1, Phillips Company made a basket purchase including land, a building and equipment for $895,000. The appraised values of the assets are $64,000 for the land, $920,000 for the building and $176,000 for equipment. Phillips uses the double-declining-balance method for the equipment which is estimated to have a useful life of four years and a salvage value of $10,000. What is the depreciation expense for the equipment for Year 1

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  1. 16 March, 18:44
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    Answer: Depreciation expense for equipment for Year 1=$67,896

    Explanation:

    We will first find the value of the Equipment

    Equipment value = appraised value of Equipment asset/Total appraised values of assets X Cost of the basket purchase.

    176,000 / (64,000 + 920,000 + 176,000) X 895,000 = 176000/1,160,000 X 895,000=0.151724 X 895,000

    =$135,793

    We will then calculate the Depreciation using Declining balance depreciation formulae

    Declining balance depreciation = 2 X straight line rate X Book value of asset

    But

    Straight line rate = 1 / useful life of asset in years, years = 4yrs

    =1/4=0.25

    Depreciation = 2 X straight line rate X Book value of asset

    =2x0.25 x$135,793 = $67,896

    Depreciation expense for equipment in year 1=$67,896
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