Question: Zoom Car Corporation (ZCC) plans to purchase approximately 100 vehicles on December 31, 2015, for $1.5 million, plus 11 percent total sales tax. ZCC expects

Zoom Car Corporation (ZCC) plans to purchase approximately 100 vehicles on December 31, 2015, for $1.5 million, plus 11 percent total sales tax. ZCC expects to use the vehicles for 5 years and then sell them for approximately $315,000. ZCC anticipates the following average vehicle use over each year ended December 31:

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Miles per year

15,000

20,000

3,750

3,750

2,500

To finance the purchase, ZCC signed a 5-year promissory note on December 31, 2015, for $1.35 million, with interest paid annually at the market interest rate of 6 percent. The note carries loan covenants that require ZCC to maintain a minimum times interest earned ratio of 3.0 and a minimum fixed asset turnover ratio of 1.0. ZCC forecasts that the company will generate the following sales and preliminary earnings (prior to recording depreciation on the vehicles and interest on the note). (For purposes of this question, ignore income tax.)

(in 000s)

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Sales Revenue

$

1,500

$

2,000

$

2,300

$

2,400

$

2,500

Income before Depreciation and Interest Expense

750

950

1,150

1,250

1,350

Required:

1.

Calculate the amount of interest expense that would be recorded each year.

Calculate the depreciation expense that would be recorded each year, using the following depreciation methods:

(a)

Straight-line Depreciation Per Year?

(b) Double-declining-balance:

What is the Depreciation expense for 2016,2017,2018,2019,2020

(c)

Units-of-production: What is the Depreciation expense for 2016,2017,2018,2019,2020

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