Chapter 11, Problem 30P

Hirsch Company acquired equipment at the beginning of 2017 at a cost of $135,000. The equipment has a five-year life with no expected salvage value and is depreciated on a straight-line basis. At December 31, 2017, Hirsch compiled the following information related to this equipment:

Expected future cash flows from use of the equipment	$116,000
Present value of expected future cash flows from use of the equipment	100,000
Fair value (selling price less costs to dispose)	96,600

  a.    Determine the appropriate accounting for this equipment for the years ending December 31, 2017, and December 31, 2018, under (1) U.S. GAAP and (2) IFRS.

  b.    Prepare the entry(ies) that Hirsch would make on the December 31, 2017, and December 31, 2018, conversion worksheets to convert U.S. GAAP balances to IFRS. Ignore the possibility of any additional impairment at the end of 2018.