On June 30, 2016, Colora Printers purchased a printer for $55,000. It expects the printer to last for four years and have a residual value of $5,000. Compute the depreciation expense on the printer for the year ended December 31, 2016, using the straight−line method. (Round any intermediate calculations to two decimal places, and your final answer to the nearest dollar.)
a. $13,750
b. $12,500
c. $6,250
d. $7,292
Cost of asset = 55,000
Salvage value = 5,000
Useful life = 4 years
Annual depreciation = ( Cost - Salvage value )/ Useful life
= (55,000 - 5,000)/4
= $12,500
As the asset is purchased exactly at the mid of the year therefore half year convention will be applied and only half of the annual depreciation will be the depreciation expense for the year December 31,2016.
Therefore the depreciation expense will be
= 12,500/2
= $6,250
Therefore the correct option is C
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