Question - In recent years Walz Company purchased three machines. Because of frequent employee turnover in the accounting department, a different accountant selected the depreciation method for each machine, and various methods have been used. Information concerning the machines is summarized in the table below.
Machine
Acquired
Cost
Salvage Value
Useful Life (in years)
Depreciation Method
1 Jan. 1, 2010 $99,420 $13,920 6 Straight-line
2 July. 1, 2011 89,400 10,870 5 Declining balance
3 Nov. 1, 2011 69,360 6,480 6 Units-of-activity
For the declining-balance method, Walz Company uses the double-declining rate. For the units-of-activity method, total machine hours are expected to be 24,000. Actual hours of use in the first 3 years were: 2011, 600; 2012, 4,600; and 2013, 5,500.
(a) Compute the amount of accumulated depreciation on each machine at December 31, 2013.
(b) If machine 2 was purchased on October 1 instead of July 1, what would be the depreciation expense for this Machine in 2011? In 2012?