In recent years, Harper Transportation purchased three used buses. Because of frequent employee turnover in the accounting department, a different accountant selected the depreciation method for each bus, and various methods have been used. Information concerning the buses is summarized in the table below.
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Salvage |
Useful Life |
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|
Bus |
Acquired |
Cost |
Value |
(in years) |
Depreciation Method |
|
1 |
Jan. 1, 2011 |
$ 96,000 |
$ 6,000 |
5 |
Straight-line |
|
2 |
Jan. 1, 2011 |
135,000 |
10,000 |
4 |
Declining-balance |
|
3 |
Jan. 1, 2011 |
100,000 |
4,000 |
5 |
Units-of-activity |
For the declining-balance method, Harper Transportation uses the double-declining rate. For the units-of-activity method, total miles are expected to be 160,000. Actual miles of use in the first 3 years were: 2011, 29,000; 2012, 34,000; and 2013, 35,000.
Instructions
(a) Compute the amount of accumulated depreciation on each bus at December 31, 2013.
(b) If Bus 2 was purchased on March 1 instead of January 1, what would be the depreciation expense for this bus in 2011? In 2012?