At the end of the last accounting period, XYZ's net PPE (Property, Plant and Equipment) was $3.9m. Given that the gross investment in PPE was $6.5m and that the depreciation expense for last year was $650,000 what is the estimate of remaining useful life of XYZ's asset base
Total number of useful life = Gross investment in
PPE/Depreciation expense = $6,500,000/$650,000 = 10years
Accumulated depreciation = Gross investment in PPE - Net PPE =
$6,500,000 - $3,900,000 = $2,600,000
PPE used life = Accumulated depreciation/Depreciation per annum =
$2,600,000/$650,000 = 4years
Remaining useful life = Total number of useful life - PPE used life
= 10years - 4years = 6years
Alternatively:
Remaining useful life = Net PPE/Depreciation expense per annum =
$3,900,000/$650,000 = 6years
Note Depreciation rate = Depreciation/gross investment = $650,000/$6,500,000 = 10%. It implies that depreciation is under straight line method.
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