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For the following question, I have a doubt that how do we know which method of depreciation should be used?
– Liza bought a guillotine for her framing business for $20,000 on 1 July 20×7. She expected the guillotine to have a useful life of ten years and a residual value of $500. On July 20×8, Liza revised these estimates and now believes the guillotine to have a remaining useful life of 5 years and no residual value.
What was the depreciation charge for the year ended 30 June 20×9?
The answer is $3610.
I really confusing for which method of depreciation we should use? while the question didnt mention which method. If I use straight line method, it would be $4000. So, apparently that is reducing balance. Wondering is there any hint words in the question implies that is reducing balance method?
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It cannot be reducing balance depreciation because you are not given a %.
The depreciation charge for the year ended 30 June 20X8 is (20,000 – 500)/5 = $1,950.
Therefore the net book value as at 30 June 20X8 is 20,000 – 1,950 = $18,050.
The remaining useful life is 5 years, so the depreciation charge for the year ended 30 June 20X9 is 18,050 / 5 = $3,610
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Sir,
I did not understand the calculations on depreciation ie, the first calculations
20000-500/5=1950How did you get this answer
It was a typing error – it is dividing by 10 and not 5, because the original useful life was 10 years.
The rest of what I typed is correct 🙂
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