Brigade company purchased a equipment for 68,500 on January 1, 2017, with service life of six years and an estimated residual value of 4,000.  It has recorded depreciation of the equipment using straight-line method (SLM). On December 31, 2019, before making any annual adjusting entries, the equipment was exchanged for new machinery having a fair value of 35,000. The transaction has commercial substance. Use this information to prepare a General Journal entries (without explanation) required to record the events for December 31, 2019.

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Brigade company purchased a equipment for 68,500 on January 1, 2017, with service life of six years and an estimated residual value of 4,000. 

It has recorded depreciation of the equipment using straight-line method (SLM).

On December 31, 2019, before making any annual adjusting entries, the equipment was exchanged for new machinery having a fair value of 35,000. The transaction has commercial substance. Use this information to prepare a General Journal entries (without explanation) required to record the events for December 31, 2019.

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