Warren Company plans to depreciate a new building using the

Warren Company plans to depreciate a new building using the double declining-balance depreciation method. The building cost $960,000. The estimated residual value of the building is $66,000 and it has an expected useful life of 25 years. Assuming the first year\'s depreciation expense was recorded properly, what would be the amount of depreciation expense for the second year?

Solution

Answer

depreciation % under straight line method = 1 /25 = 25 %

depreciation % under double decline method = 2 * depreciation % under straight line method

= 2 * 10 %

= 20 %

deprecation expense = 960000 * 20 %

= 192000