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Double-declining-balance and units-of-production depreciation: gain or loss on disposalKat...

Double-declining-balance and units-of-production depreciation: gain or loss on disposal

Kate’s Photo Service purchased a new color printer at the beginning of 2011 for $28,000. The printer is expected to have a four-year useful life and a $2,000 salvage value. The expected print production is estimated at 1,300.000 pages. Actual print production for the four years was as follows:

2011

350,000

2012

370,000

2013

280,000

2014

320,000

Total

1,320,000

The printer was sold at the end of 2014 for $1,500.

 Required

a.Compute the depreciation expense for each of the four years, using double-declining-balance depreciation.


b.Compute the depreciation expense for each of the four years, using units-of-production depreciation.


c.Calculate the amount of gain or loss from the sale of the asset under each of the depreciation methods.

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