Submit AnswerThe management of Whispering Inc. was discussing whether certain equipment should be written off as a charge to current operations because of obsolescence. This equipment has a cost of $$1,223,000$ with depreciation to date of $$299,000$ as of December $31,2025.$ On December $31,2025,$ management projected its future net cash flows from this equipment to be $$709,000$ and its fair value to be $$596,000.$ The company intends to use this equipment in the future.

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Prepare the journal entry $($if any$)$ to record the impairment at December $31,2025.($If no entry is required, select $"$No Entry" for the account titles and enter O for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. List debit entry before credit entry.$)$

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