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Swanson & Hiller, Inc, purchased a new machine on September 1 of the current year at a cost of $108,000. The machine's estimated useful life at the time of the purchase was five years, and its residual value was $8,000. The company reports on a calendar year basis. Instructions a. Prepare a complete depreciation schedule, beginning with the current year, under each of the following methods listed (assume that the half-year convention is used). 1. Straight-line. 2. 200 percent declining-balance. 3. 150 percent declining-balance, switching to straight-line when that maximizes the expense. b. Which of the three methods computed in part a is most common for financial reporting purposes? Explain. c. Assume that Swanson & Hiller sells the machine on December 31 of the fourth year for $29,000 cash. Compute the resulting gain or loss from this sale under each of the depreciation methods used in part a. Does the gain or loss reported in the company's income statement have any direct cash effects? Explain.

Explanation / Answer

Answer a-1. Straight Line Method Depreciation per annum = ($108,000 - $8,000) / 5 Years = $20,000 per annum Year Depreciation Accumulated Deprecition Book Value 1                   10,000                  10,000              98,000 2                   20,000                  30,000              78,000 3                   20,000                  50,000              58,000 4                   20,000                  70,000              38,000 5                   20,000                  90,000              18,000 6                   10,000                100,000                 8,000 Answer a-2. 200% declining balance. Rate of depreciaion = 2 X 20% (Rate of Dep. Under straight line method) Rate of depreciaion = 40% Year Depreciation Accumulated Deprecition Book Value 1                   21,600                  21,600              86,400 2                   34,560                  56,160              51,840 3                   20,736                  76,896              31,104 4                   12,442                  89,338              18,662 5                     7,465                  96,803              11,197 6                     3,197                100,000                 8,000 In 6 th Year, switching to straight line method, in 6th year. Answer a-3. 150% declining balance. Rate of depreciaion = 1.5 X 20% (Rate of Dep. Under straight line method) Rate of depreciaion = 30% Year Depreciation Accumulated Deprecition Book Value 1                   16,200                  16,200              91,800 2                   27,540                  43,740              64,260 3                   19,278                  63,018              44,982 4                   13,495                  76,513              31,487 5                   11,744                  88,257              19,743 6                   11,743                100,000                 8,000 In 5 th Year, switching to straight line method. Answer b. Straight line method is mostly used because it is easy to understand and compute. Answer c. Straight Line 200% Declining Method 150% Declining Method Sales Price of Machine 29000 29000 29000 Book Value - 4 th Year                  38,000              18,662          31,487 Gain (Loss) on sale of Mach                  (9,000)              10,338          (2,487)