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On January 1, 2003, Eiger Company purchased a new piece of machinery. The machine cost $200,000. Optional equipment for the machine was also purchased at a cost of $14,000. The manufacturer charged 1,400 to install the option. The estimated life of the machine was 7 years and the estimated service life of the machine in hours was 21,000. The estimated salvage value of the machine was $4,000. The machine was used for 2,700 hours in 2005.

Compute depreciation expense for 2005 under each of the following methods:

A) Straight-Line
B) Double Declining Balance
C) Sum Of The Years Digits
D) Service Hours
E) MACRS (Using The Following Rates):

YEAR 1 14.29%
YEAR 2 24.49%
YEAR 3 17.49%
YEAR 4 12.49%
YEAR 5 8.93%
YEAR 6 8.92%
YEAR 7 8.93%
YEAR 8 4.46%

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The solution calculates the Depreciation Expense under Straight-Line, Double Declining Balance, Sum Of The Years Digits, Service Hours and MACRS methods.

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