Clear Window Cleaners

question 37

Multiple Choice

Clear Window Cleaners
Clear Window Cleaners purchased new cleaning equipment at the beginning of 2011. The equipment has a cost of $53,000, an estimated life of 5 years, and an estimated residual value of $3,000. A full year's depreciation expense is to be recorded in 2011. The equipment was used 20,000 hours during 2011 and 24,000 hours during 2012. The number of expected hours over five years is 125,000.
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Refer to the information provided for Clear Window Cleaners. By what amount would double-declining-balance depreciation exceed straight-line depreciation over the 5-year life of the equipment?

• A) The salvage value of $3,000.
• B) Cost less total depreciation.
• C) Cost plus total depreciation.
• D) Total depreciation expenses under double-declining-balance and straight-line depreciation are equal.

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Definitions:

Consolidated Balance Sheet

A comprehensive financial statement presenting the total assets, liabilities, and shareholder equity of a parent company and its subsidiaries as a single entity.

Common Shares

Equity securities that represent ownership in a corporation, granting voting rights and a share in the company's profits through dividends.

Equity Method

An accounting technique used for recording investments in which the investor has significant influence over the investee, but not full control.

Straight Line Amortization

A method of allocation of an asset's cost over its useful life in equal annual amounts.