Chapter 8, Problem 8.6E

Cost of Asset and Depreciation Method Heist Company purchased a machine on January 2, 2019, and uses the 150%-declining-balance depreciation method. The machine has an expected life of 10 years and an expected residual value of 5,000. The following costs relate to the acquisition and use of the machine during the first year of its operations: Required: 1. Compute the depreciation expense for 2019 and 2020. 2. Next Level What is the effect on the financial statements if the company used the straight-line method instead of the 150%-declining-balance method?

Change in Estimate Assume that Bloomer Company purchased a new machine on January 1, 2016, for $80,000. The machine has an estimated useful life of nine years and a residual value of $8,000. Bloomer has chosen to use the straight-line method of depreciation. On January 1, 2018, Bloomer discovered that the machine would not be useful beyond December 31, 2021, and estimated its value at that time to be $2,000. Required Calculate the depreciation expense, accumulated depreciation, and book value of the asset for each year 2016 to 2021. Was the depreciation recorded wrong in 2016 and 2017? If so, why was it not corrected?

On January 1, 2014, Klinefelter Company purchased a building for 520,000. The building had an estimated life of 20 years and an estimated residual value of 20,000. The company has been depreciating the building using straight-line depreciation. At the beginning of 2020, the following independent situations occur: a. The company estimates that the building has a remaining life of 10 years (for a total of 16 years). b. The company changes to the sum-of-the-years-digits method. c. The company discovers that it had ignored the estimated residual value in the computation of the annual depreciation each year. Required: For each of the independent situations, prepare all journal entries related to the building for 2020. Ignore income taxes.