Equipment Purchased at the Beginning of the Fiscal Year for $360,000

question 115

Multiple Choice

Equipment purchased at the beginning of the fiscal year for $360,000 is expected to have a useful life of 5 years, or 14,000 operating hours, and a residual value of $10,000. Assume 1,200 hours were used the first year and 2,250, the second year. What is the first-year depreciation for straight-line (SL) , double-declining balance (DDB) and units-of-output (UOO) methods?

• A) SL: $72,000; DDB: $144,000; UOO: $30,000
• B) SL: $70,000; DDB: $140,000; UOO: $30,000
• C) SL: $70,000, DDB: $144,000; UOO: $30,000
• D) SL: $72,000; DDB: $140,000; UOO: $56,250

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