Parrot Company owns all the outstanding voting stock of Southern Manufacturing. On January 1, 2014, Parrot sold machinery to Southern at its book value of $24,000. Parrot had the machinery three years before selling it and used an eight-year straight-line depreciation method, with zero salvage value. Southern will use the straight-line depreciation method, and assumes the machine has five years remaining and no salvage value. In the 2014 consolidating working papers, the depreciation expense   A. Decreased by $4,800.   B. Increased by $4,800.   C. Increased by $8,000.   D. Required no adjustment.

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Parrot Company owns all the outstanding voting stock of Southern Manufacturing. On January 1, 2014, Parrot sold machinery to Southern at its book value of $24,000. Parrot had the machinery three years before selling it and used an eight-year straight-line depreciation method, with zero salvage value. Southern will use the straight-line depreciation method, and assumes the machine has five years remaining and no salvage value. In the 2014 consolidating working papers, the depreciation expense

  A.

Decreased by $4,800.

  B.

Increased by $4,800.

  C.

Increased by $8,000.

  D.

Required no adjustment.

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