Your business operates on January 1 to December 31 calendar year basis. On April 1, 2020, you purchased a new delivery truck for your business. The truck was imported from India. The price of the truck is $50,000. Other costs related to the truck are as follows: insurance during transportation $2,000, painting and lettering your company logo $500, one-year road insurance $1,000, sales taxes and fees $2,500, oil and lubricants for the truck $500, import taxes $5,000. The truck's estimated useful life is 7 years and you expect that the salvage value of the truck will be $1,000.  It will be depreciated using the double-declining method. Your task: Assume that on August 1, 2024, you decide to change your depreciation estimates. The new depreciation will be using the straight-line method, the total useful life of the truck is estimated to be 9 years and the new salvage value is estimated to be $500. Prepare a depreciation schedule for the truck using straight-line depreciation.

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Your business operates on January 1 to December 31 calendar year basis.

On April 1, 2020, you purchased a new delivery truck for your business. The truck was imported from India. The price of the truck is $50,000.

Other costs related to the truck are as follows: insurance during transportation $2,000, painting and lettering your company logo $500, one-year road insurance $1,000, sales taxes and fees $2,500, oil and lubricants for the truck $500, import taxes $5,000.

The truck's estimated useful life is 7 years and you expect that the salvage value of the truck will be $1,000.  It will be depreciated using the double-declining method.

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  1. Assume that on August 1, 2024, you decide to change your depreciation estimates. The new depreciation will be using the straight-line method, the total useful life of the truck is estimated to be 9 years and the new salvage value is estimated to be $500. Prepare a depreciation schedule for the truck using straight-line depreciation.
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