Question - Depreciation for Partial Periods
Hathaway Company purchased a copying machine for $8,700 on October 1, 2016. The machine's residual value was $500 and its expected service life was 5 years. Hathaway computes depreciation expense to the nearest whole month.
Required:
1. Compute depreciation expense (rounded to the nearest dollar) for 2016 and 2017 using the:
a. Straight-line method
b. Sum-of-the-years'-digits method
c. Double-declining balance method