Exact Photo Service purchased a new color printer at the beginning of 2016 for $38,000. The printer

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Exact Photo Service purchased a new color printer at the beginning of 2016 for $38,000. The printer is expected to have a four-year useful life and a $3,500 salvage value. The expected print production is estimated at 1,500,000 pages. Actual print production for the four years was as follows:

2016 ...... 390,000

2017 ....... 410,000

2018 ...... 420,000

2019 ...... 300,000

Total ......1,520,000

The printer was sold at the end of 2019 for $1,650.

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a. Compute the depreciation expense for each of the four years, using double-declining-balance depreciation.

b. Compute the depreciation expense for each of the four years, using units-of-production depreciation.

c. Calculate the amount of gain or loss from the sale of the asset under each of the depreciation methods.

Salvage Value
Salvage value is the estimated book value of an asset after depreciation is complete, based on what a company expects to receive in exchange for the asset at the end of its useful life. As such, an asset’s estimated salvage value is an important...
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Fundamental Financial Accounting Concepts

ISBN: 978-0078025907

9th edition

Authors: Thomas Edmonds, Christopher Edmonds

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