Falling Leaves Lawn Care

Falling Leaves Lawn Care
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This company purchased new excavating equipment at the beginning of 2019. The equipment has a cost of $37,000, an estimated life of 5 years, and an estimated residual value of $7,000. A full year's depreciation expense is to be recorded in 2019. The equipment was used 20,000 hours during 2019 and 24,000 hours during 2020. The number of expected hours over 5 years is 100,000.
-Refer to Falling Leaves Lawn Care. The company is comparing the straight-line and double-declining-balance depreciation methods. Of these two methods, which method creates the larger expense and larger tax savings in 2019?

A) Straight-line depreciation creates the larger expense, while double-declining-balance depreciation creates the larger tax savings.
B) Straight-line depreciation creates both the larger expense and the larger tax savings.
C) Double-declining-balance depreciation creates both the larger expense and the larger tax savings.
D) Double-declining-balance depreciation creates the larger expense, while straight-line depreciation creates the larger tax savings.