Question - Saria supply printing company purchased a new printing press for $165,000 on April 1, 20*1.additional cost for the press included sales taxes of 5 percent (of purchase price ) freight-in of 1000, and installation cost of $750. The press has a useful life of 5 years and 17,500 hours with no salvage value
a. Compute the amount at which the printing press should be recorded as an asset.
b. Compute the depreciation expense for 2011 and 2012 using straight line depreciation method.
c. Compute the depreciation expense for 2011 and 2012 using units-of production depreciation method if the press were used 2,750 hours in 2011 and 3,900 hours in 2012.