In January 2006, the company made $10,000 in expenditures. These expenditures should have been expensed immediately. Instead,

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In January 2006, the company made $10,000 in expenditures. These expenditures should have been expensed immediately. Instead, the company recorded this $10,000 payment as a purchase of equipment with a useful life of 10 years and $0 expected salvage value. The company uses straight-line depreciation. The company proceeded to depreciate this “equipment.” Make the necessary correcting entry, assuming that

(1) The error was found in May 2008 after the 2007 books had been closed and

(2) The error was found in May 2009 after the 2008 books had been closed. Ignore income taxes.


Salvage Value
Salvage value is the estimated book value of an asset after depreciation is complete, based on what a company expects to receive in exchange for the asset at the end of its useful life. As such, an asset’s estimated salvage value is an important...
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Intermediate Accounting

ISBN: 978-0324312140

16th Edition

Authors: James D. Stice, Earl K. Stice, Fred Skousen

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