1. Fernandez Corporation purchased a truck at the beginning of 2012 for $50,000. The truck is estimated to have a salvage value of $2,000 and a useful life of 160,000 miles. It was driven 23,000 miles in 2012 and 31,000 miles in 2013. Compute depreciation expense for 2012 and 2013.
2. Lockard Company purchased machinery on January 1, 2012, for $80,000. The machinery is estimated to have a salvage value of $8,000 after a useful life of 8 years. (a) Compute 2012 depreciation expense using the straight-line method. (b) Compute 2012 depreciation expense using the straight-line method assuming the machinery was purchased on September 1, 2012.
3. Use the information for Lockard Company given in BE11-2. (a) Compute 2012 depreciation expense using the sum-of-the-years’-digits method. (b) Compute 2012 depreciation expense using the sum-of-the-years’-digits method assuming the machinery was purchased on April 1, 2012.
4. Use the information for Lockard Company given in BE11-2. (a) Compute 2012 depreciation expense using the double-declining-balance method. (b) Compute 2012 depreciation expense using the double-declining-balance method assuming the machinery was purchased on October 1, 2012.
5. Cominsky Company purchased a machine on July 1, 2013, for $28,000. Cominsky paid $200 in title fees and county property tax of $125 on the machine. In addition, Cominsky paid $500 shipping charges for delivery, and $475 was paid to a local contractor to build and wire a platform for the machine on the plant floor. The machine has an estimated useful life of 6 years with a salvage value of $3,000. Determine the depreciation base of Cominsky’s new machine. Cominsky uses straight-line depreciation.