(Depreciation Changes) On January 1, 2004, Jackson Company purchased a building and equipment that have the following useful lives, salvage values, and costs.

Building, 40-year estimated useful life, $50,000 salvage value, $800,000 cost Equipment, 12-year estimated useful life, $10,000 salvage value, $100,000 cost The building has been depreciated under the double-declining balance method through 2007. In 2008, the company decided to switch to the straight-line method of depreciation. Jackson also decided to change the total useful life of the equipment to 9 years, with a salvage value of $5,000 at the end of that time.

The equipment is depreciated using the straight-line method.

Instructions

(a) Prepare the journal entry(ies) necessary to record the depreciation expense on the building in 2008.

(b) Compute depreciation expense on the equipment for 2008.