S 3-8 (Algo) Accumulated depreciation calculations and adjustments LO P1 For each separate case below, follow the three-step process for adjusting the Accumulated Depreciation account at December 31. Step 1: Determine what the current account balance equals. Step 2: Determine what the current account balance should equal. Step 3: Record the December 31 adjusting entry to get from step 1 to step 2. Assume no other adjusting entries are made during the year. a. Accumulated Depreciation: The Krug Company's Accumulated Depreciation account has a $20,500 balance to start the year. A review of depreciation schedules reveals that $23,000 of depreciation expense must be recorded for the year. Step 1: Determine what the current account balance equals. Step 2: Determine what the current account balance should equal. Step 3: Record the December 31 adjusting entry to get from step 1 to step 2. Accumulated depreciation b. Accumulated Depreciation: The company has only one fixed asset (truck) that it purchased at the start of this year. That asset had cost $58,000, had an estimated life of five years, and is expected to have zero value at the end of the five years. Step 1: Determine what the current account balance equals. Step 2: Determine what the current account balance should equal Step 3: Record the December 31 adjusting entry to get from step 1 to step 2. Accumulated depreciation -Truck b. Accumulated Depreciation: The company has only one fixed asset (truck) that it purchased at the start of this year. That asset had cost $58,000, had an estimated life of five years, and is expected to have zero value at the end of the five years. Step 1: Determine what the current account balance equals. Step 2: Determine what the current account balance should equal. Step 3: Record the December 31 adjusting entry to get from step 1 to step 2. Accumulated depreciation -Truck 0 c. Accumulated Depreciation: The company has only one fixed asset (equipment) that it purchased at the start of this year. That asset had cost $60,000, had an estimated life of seven years, and is expected to be valued at $12,400 at the end of the seven years. Step 1: Determine what the current account balance equals. Step 2: Determine what the current account balance should equal. Step 3: Record the December 31 adjusting entry to get from step 1 to step 2. Accumulated depreciation -Equipment