Textbook Problem

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. Bailand purchased the building 4 years ago and has used straight-line depreciation. At the beginning of the fifth year (before it records depreciation expense for the year), the following independent situations occur:

1. 1. Bailand estimates that the asset has 8 years’ life remaining (for a total of 12 years).
2. 2. Bailand changes to the sum-of-the -years’-digits method.
3. 3. Bailand discovers that the estimated residual value has been ignored in the computation of depreciation expense.

Required:

For each of the independent situations, prepare all the journal entries relating to the building for the fifth year. Ignore income taxes.