Question: In recent years, Freeman Transportation purchased three used buses. Because of frequent turnover in the accounting department, a different accountant selected the depreciation method for

In recent years, Freeman Transportation purchased three used buses. Because of frequent turnover in the accounting department, a different accountant selected the depreciation method for each bus, and various methods were selected. Information concerning the buses is summarized below. For the declining-balance method, the company uses the double-declining rate. For the units-of-activity method, total miles are expected to be 120,000. Actual miles of use in the first 3 years were 2013, 24,000; 2014, 36,000; and 2015, 31,000.

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(a) Compute the amount of accumulated depreciation on each bus at December 31, 2014.
(b) If Bus 2 was purchased on April 1 instead of January 1, what is the depreciation expense for this bus in?
(1) 2012
(2) 2013?

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