Three different companies each purchased a machine on January 1, 2014, for $84,000. Each machine was expected to last five years or 250,000 hours. Salvage value was estimated to be $4,000. All three machines were operated for 56,000 hours in 2014, 60,000 hours in 2015, 50,000 hours in 2016, 75,000 hours in 2017, and 53,000 hours in 2018. Each of the three companies earned $76,000 of cash revenue during each of the five years. Company A uses straight-line depreciation, company B uses double-declining-balance depreciation, and company C uses units-of-production depreciation
Calculate the amount of net income for all companies in 2014?
Which company will report the highest amount of net income for 2014?
Calculate the amount of net income for all companies in 2016?
Which company will report the lowest amount of net income for 2016?
Calculate the amount of book value for all companies in 2016? Which company will report the highest book value on the December 31, 2016, balance sheet?
Calculate the amount of retained earnings for all companies in 2017?
Which company will report the highest amount of retained earnings on the December 31, 2017, balance sheet?
Which company will report the lowest amount of cash flow from operating activities on the 2016 statement of cash flows?