On January 1, 2019, Happy Company purchased equipment for $114,000. The equipment was assigned a useful life of 15 years and a $6,000 residual value. Happy Company will use the straight-line method to depreciate the equipment. On January 1, 2023, Happy Company revised the life of the equipment from 15 to 20 years. On January 1, 2026, Happy Company revised the life of the equipment from 20 to 12 years. On January 1, 2028, Happy Company spent $58,000 to overhaul the equipment. This capital expenditure resulted in Happy Company changing the life of the equipment from 12 years to 25 years and adjusting the residual value to be $5,650 at the end of the 25 years. Calculate the book value of the equipment at December 31, 2027.
Caluculation:
Cost of the asset = $114000
salvage value =$6000
Depreciation = (cost - salvage value)/no of years
=($114000-6000)/15
=$7200
Written down value as on jan 20123 = $114000-$28800
=$85200
Depreciation =(Cost -salvage value - Accumulated deprecition)/No. of years
($114000-$28800-$6000)/(20-4)
=$4950
Depreciation for 3 years = $4950*3 =$14850
Written down value = $114000- $28800-$14850
=$70350
Depreciation for 2026 =($70350-$6000) /(12-7)
= $12870
Depreciation for 2027= $12870
BOOK VALUE = $ $70350 - 25740
=$44610
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