Posted: April 24th, 2017

Depreciation is a process to allocate the cost of long-life assets to each period’s income statement and adjusts the value of the asset on the balance sheet.

Depreciation is a process to allocate the cost of long-life assets to each period’s income statement and adjusts the value of the asset on the balance sheet. (1) Explain how the Units-of-Production method is computed (10 points) and (2) provide an example of how this method could be used on a new delivery truck purchased for $25,000 to be used for 100,000 miles with a salvage value of $5,000 for year one only (25,000 miles driven in year one)