On January 1, 2022 XYZ Inc. purchased a used truck for it's operations. The costs of the
truck was $50,000. They paid
000 to add a new engine, $4,000 for the first year of
insurance and $3,000 to have the truck painted with the company logo. The salvage value
is $5,000. The estimated life in years is 8 and the estimated life in miles is 130,000 miles.
Assume that 14,000 miles were driven in year one and 12,000 in year two.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Compute depreciation expense for the first 2 years under:
a. Straight-line Method.
b. Double-declining.
c. Units-of-Activity.