Rottino Company purchased a new machine on October 1, 2015, at a cost of $150,000. The company

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Rottino Company purchased a new machine on October 1, 2015, at a cost of $150,000. The company estimated that the machine will have a salvage value of $12,000.

The machine is expected to be used for 10,000 working hours during its 5-year life.


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Compute the depreciation expense under the following methods for the year indicated.

(a) Straight-line for 2015.

(b) Units-of-activity for 2015, assuming machine usage was 1,700 hours.

(c) Declining-balance using double the straight-line rate for 2015 and 2016.

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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Financial Accounting

ISBN: 9781118334324

9th Edition

Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso

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