1.On January 2, 2013, the Jackson Company purchased equipment to be used in its manufacturing process. The equipment has an estimated life of eight years and an estimated residual value of $30,625. The expenditures made to acquire the asset were as follows:
Purchase price ............ $154,000
Freight charges ........... 2,000
Installation charges .......... 4,000
Jackson's policy is to use the double declining balance (DDB) method of depreciation in the early years of the equipment's life and then switch to straight line halfway through the equipment's life.
Required:
1. Calculate depreciation for each year of the asset's eight year life.
2. Discuss the accounting treatment of the depreciation on the equipment.