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Rembrandt Company acquired a plant asset at the beginning of Year 1.

Rembrandt Company acquired a plant asset at the beginning of Year 1.
 
E11-2 (Depreciation—Conceptual Understanding) Rembrandt Company acquired a plant asset at the beginning of Year 1. The asset has an estimated service life of 5 years. An employee has prepared depreciation schedules for this asset using three different methods to compare the results of using one method with the results of using other methods. You are to assume that the following schedules have been correctly prepared for this asset using:
(1) the straight-line method,
(2) the sum-of-the-years’-digits method, and
(3) the double-declining-balance method.
Year
Straight-Line
Sum-of-Years'-Digits
Double-Declining-Balance
1
$9,000
$15,000
$20,000
2
9,000
12,000
12,000
3
9,000
9,000
7,200
4
9,000
6,000
4,320
5
9,000
3,000
1,480
Total
$45,000
$45,000
$45,000
 
Instructions
Answer the following questions.
(a) What is the cost of the asset being depreciated?
(b) What amount, if any, was used in the depreciation calculations for the salvage value for this asset?
(c) Which method will produce the highest charge to income in Year 1?
(d) Which method will produce the highest charge to income in Year 4?
(e) Which method will produce the highest book value for the asset at the end of Year 3?
(f) If the asset is sold at the end of Year 3, which method would yield the highest gain (or lowest loss) on disposal of the asset?
 
TUTORIAL PREVIEW
(a) What is the cost of the asset being depreciated?
If there is any slvage value and the amount is unknown (as in the case here), the cost would have to be determined by looking at the data for the double-delining balance method.
 
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