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CP 8-4

14 August, 2015 - 17:32

Mayr Inc. purchased a machine for its factory on June 6, 2016 for $110,000. The machine is expected to have an estimated useful life of ten years with a residual value of $10,000. Assume the company uses the ½ year rule to calculate depreciation expense in the year of acquisition and disposal.

Required: Compute the depreciation for 2016 and 2017 using

  1. The straight-line method
  2. The double-declining balance method.