申論題

五、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.

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 first 3 years were 2019, 24,000; 2020, 36,000; and 2021, 30,000.
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b. During 2021, the Freeman reconsidered their expectations, and estimated that the Bus 2’s useful life would probably be 6 years (in total) instead of 4 years. The estimated residual value was not changed at that time. In addition, the Sum-of-years’-digits method of depreciation was considered the most appropriate to use with this type of Bus. What is the depreciation expense for the Bus 2 in 2021? (4%)