The information that follows relates to equipment owned by Pearl Limited at December 31, 2020: Cost $10,260,000 Accumulated depreciation to date 1,140,000 Expected future net cash flows (undiscounted) 7,980,000 Expected future net cash flows (discounted, value in use) 7,239,000 Fair value 7,068,000 Costs to sell (costs of disposal) 57,000 Assume that Pearl will continue to use this asset in the future. As at December 31, 2020, the equipment has a remaining useful life of four years. Pearl uses the straight-line method of depreciation. Required:

a) Assume that Pearl is a private company that follows ASPE.

1. Prepare the journal entry at December 31, 2020, to record asset impairment, if any. (4 marks)

2. Prepare the journal entry to record depreciation expense for 2021. (3 marks)

3. The equipments fair value at December 31, 2021 is $7.41 million. Prepare the journal entry, if any, to record the increase in fair value. (2 marks)

b) Repeat the requirements in (a) above assuming that Pearl is a public company that follows IFRS. (10 marks)