The Bailand Company purchased a building for $210,000 that had an estimated residual value of $10,000 and
Question:
The Bailand Company purchased a building for $210,000 that had an estimated residual value of $10,000 and an estimated service life of 10 years. The company purchased the building four years ago, and has used straight-line depreciation. At the beginning of the fifth year (before it records depreciation for the year), the following independent situations occur:
1. The company estimates that the asset has 8 years’ life remaining (for a total of 12 years).
2. The company changes to the sum-of-the-years’-digits method
3. The company discovers that the estimated residual value has been ignored in the computation of the depreciation.
Required
For each of the independent situations, prepare all the journal entries relating to the building for the fifth year. Ignore income taxes.
Step by Step Answer:
Intermediate Accounting
ISBN: 978-0324300987
10th Edition
Authors: Loren A Nikolai, D. Bazley and Jefferson P. Jones