Refer to the data given for Butters Company in BE95. Assume the equipment was purchased on April

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Refer to the data given for Butters Company in BE9–5. Assume the equipment was purchased on April 6, 2014, and that the company has a policy of recording a half year’s depreciation in the year of acquisition and a half year’s depreciation in the year of disposal. Using the double diminishing-balance method, calculate the depreciation expense (a) for each year of the equipment’s life, and (b) in total over the equipment’s life. 


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Butters Company acquires equipment at a cost of $42,000 on January 3, 2014. Management estimates the equipment will have a residual value of $6,000 at the end of its four-year useful life. Assume the company uses the straight-line method of depreciation. 

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Principles Of Financial Accounting

ISBN: 9781118757147

1st Canadian Edition

Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Michael J. Atkins, Donald E. Kieso, Paul D. Kimmel, Valerie Ann Kinnear, Barbara Trenholm, Joan E. Barlow

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