Question

In recent years, Bridgeport Transportation purchased three used buses. Because of frequent turnover in the accounting department, a different accountant selected the depreciation method for each bus, and various methods were selected. Information concerning the buses is summarized as follows.

Bus		Acquired		Cost		Salvage Value		Useful Life in Years		Depreciation Method
1		1/1/18		$ 99,400		$ 8,000		5		Straight-line
2		1/1/18		118,000		12,000		5		Declining-balance
3		1/1/19		91,600		9,000		4		Units-of-activity

For the declining-balance method, the company uses the double-declining rate. For the units-of-activity method, total miles are expected to be 118,000. Actual miles of use in the first 3 years were 2019, 27,000; 2020, 35,500; and 2021, 31,000.

For Bus #3, calculate depreciation expense per mile under units-of-activity method. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 0.50.)

Depreciation expense

$

per mile

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Compute the amount of accumulated depreciation on each bus at December 31, 2020. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 2,125.)

		Accumulated depreciation
BUS 1		$
BUS 2		$
BUS 3		$

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If Bus 2 was purchased on April 1 instead of January 1, what is the depreciation expense for this bus in (1) 2018 and (2) 2019? (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 2,125.)

		(1) 2018		(2) 2019
Depreciation expense		$		$

Answer 1

For Bus #3, calculate depreciation expense per mile under units-of-activity method. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 0.50.) Depreciation expense (91600-9000/118000) $0.70 per mile

Compute the amount of accumulated depreciation on each bus at December 31, 2020. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 2,125.) Accumulated depreciation BUS 1 (99400-8000/5*3) = 54840 BUS 2 118000-118000*60%*60%*60% = 92512 BUS 3 (27000+35500)*.70 = 43750

If Bus 2 was purchased on April 1 instead of January 1, what is the depreciation expense for this bus in (1) 2018 and (2) 2019? (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 2,125.) (1) 2018 (2) 2019 Depreciation expense 118000*40%*9/12 = 35400 118000*40%*3/12+118000*60%*40%*9/12 = 33040