Linton Company purchased a delivery truck for $34,000 on January 1, 2019. The truck has an expected salvage value of $2,000, and s expected to be driven 100,000 miles over its estimated useful life of 8 years. Actual miles driven were 15,000 in 2019 and 12,000 in 2020.
Instructions
- Compute depreciation expense for 2019 and 2020 using
- the straight-line method,
- the units-of-activity method, and
- the double-decline-balance method.
- Assume that Linton uses the straight-line method.
- Prepare the journal entry to record 2019 depreciation.
- Show how the truck would be reported in the December 31, 2019, blance sheet.
Solution
a.
b. 1.
Linton Company
Journal Entry for 2019
(Straight-line method)
Journal Entry for 2019
(Straight-line method)
b. 2.
Linton Company
Balance Sheet (partial)
For the Year Ended December 31, 2019
Balance Sheet (partial)
For the Year Ended December 31, 2019