S3-8. (Learning Objectives 1, 3: Recording depreciation; linking accrual accounting and cash flows) Suppose that on January 1 Gulfstream Golf Company paid cash of $60,000 for computers that are expected to remain useful for four years. At the end of four years, the value of the computers are expected to be zero.

1. Make journal entries to record

(a) the purchase of the computers on January 1, and

(b) annual depreciation on December 31. Include dates and explanations, and use the following accounts: Computer Equipment; Accumulated Depreciation—Computer Equipment; and Depreciation Expense—Computer Equipment.

2. Post to the accounts and show their balances at December 31.

3. What is the computer equipment’s carrying amount at December 31?