The samuel company uses the straight-line method to depreciate its equipment. on may 1, 2015, the company purchased some equipment for $224,000. the equipment is estimated to have a useful life of ten years and a salvage value of $20,000. on december 31, 2015, how much depreciation expense should samuel record for the equipment in the adjusting entry

Samuel company will record $20,400  as depreciation for the equipment in the adjusting entry.

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We have

Cost of the equipment : $224,000

Salvage value                : $20,000

Useful life                       : 10 years

Since the company uses Straight-line method of depreciation, we can find the value of depreciation with the following formula:

In the formula above, the numerator (Cost of the asset - Salvage Value) is also known as the asset's depreciable cost.

Substituting the values from the question in the formula above, we get,

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