General Optic Corporation operates a manufacturing plant in Arizona. Due to a significant decline in demand for the product manufactured at the Arizona site, an impairment test is deemed appropriate. Management has acquired the following information for the assets at the plant:   Cost $ 35.5million   Accumulated depreciation $ 14.5million   General’s estimate of the total cash flows to be generated by selling the products manufactured at its Arizona plant, not discounted to present value $ 15.6million   The fair value of the Arizona plant is estimated to be $12.5 million.   Required: 1. Determine the amount of impairment loss.   2. If a loss is indicated, prepare the entry to record the loss.   3. & 4. Determine the amount of impairment loss assuming that the estimated undiscounted sum of future cash flows is (3) $13.5 million instead of $15.6 million and (4) $21.25 million instead of $15.6 million.

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General Optic Corporation operates a manufacturing plant in Arizona. Due to a significant decline in demand for the product manufactured at the Arizona site, an impairment test is deemed appropriate. Management has acquired the following information for the assets at the plant:

 

Cost $ 35.5million

 

Accumulated depreciation $ 14.5million

 

General’s estimate of the total cash flows to be generated by selling the products

manufactured at its Arizona plant, not discounted to present value $ 15.6million

 

The fair value of the Arizona plant is estimated to be $12.5 million.

 

Required:

1. Determine the amount of impairment loss.

 

2. If a loss is indicated, prepare the entry to record the loss.

 

3. & 4. Determine the amount of impairment loss assuming that the estimated undiscounted sum of future cash flows is (3) $13.5 million instead of $15.6 million and (4) $21.25 million instead of $15.6 million.

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