Reference no: EM132964637

Question - In recent years, Freeman Transportation purchased three used buses. Because of frequent turnover in the accounting department, a different accountant selected the depreciation method for each bus, and various methods were selected. Information concerning the buses is summarized below. Residual Useful Life Bus Acquired Cost Value in Years Depreciation Method 1 1/1/15 £ 96,000 £ 6,000 5 Straight-line 2 1/1/15 140,000 10,000 4 Declining-balance 3 1/1/16 92,000 8,000 5 Units-of-activity. For the declining-balance method, the company uses the double-declining rate. For the units-of-activity method, total miles are expected to be 120,000. Actual miles of use in the fi rst 3 years were 2016, 24,000; 2017, 36,000; and 2018, 31,000.

Instructions -

(a) Compute the amount of accumulated depreciation on each bus at December 31, 2017.

(b) If Bus 2 was purchased on April 1 instead of January 1, what is the depreciation expense for this bus in (1) 2015 and (2) 2016?