The Vermont Construction Company purchased a truck on January 1, 2009 at a cost of $35000. The truck has a useful life of eight years with an estimated salvage value of $6000. The straight-line method is used for book purposes, for tax purposes the track would be depreciated with the MACRS method over its five-year useful life. Determine the depreciation amount to be taken over the useful life of the having truck for both and tax purposes.
BOOK PURPOSE DEPRECIATION | |||||
Cost of truck | $35,000 | ||||
Useful life in years | 8 | ||||
Estimated salvage Value | $6,000 | ||||
Annual Depreciation | $3,625 | (35000-6000)/8 | |||
TAX PURPOSE DEPRECIATION: | |||||
Cost of asset | $35,000 | ||||
A | B=A*35000 | ||||
MACRS -5 year | MACRS Depreciation | Book Purpose | |||
Year | Depreciation rate | Amount(tax purpose) | Depreciation | ||
1 | 20% | $7,000 | $3,625 | ||
2 | 32% | $11,200 | $3,625 | ||
3 | 19.20% | $6,720 | $3,625 | ||
4 | 11.52% | $4,032 | $3,625 | ||
5 | 11.52% | $4,032 | $3,625 | ||
6 | 5.76% | $2,016 | $3,625 | ||
7 | 0% | $0 | $3,625 | ||
8 | 0% | $0 | $3,625 | ||
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