As a certified public accountant, you have been contacted by Ben Thinken, CEO of Sports-Pro Athletics, Inc.,

Question:

As a certified public accountant, you have been contacted by Ben Thinken, CEO of Sports-Pro Athletics, Inc., a manufacturer of a variety of athletic equipment. He has asked you how to account for the following changes.

1. Sports-Pro appropriately changed its depreciation method for its production machinery from the double declining balance method to the production method effective January 1, 2008.

2. Effective January 1, 2008, Sports-Pro appropriately changed the salvage values used in computing depreciation for its office equipment.

3. On December 31, 2008, Sports-Pro appropriately changed the specific subsidiaries constituting the group of companies for which consolidated financial statements are presented.

Instructions

Write a 1 to 11⁄2 page letter to Ben Thinken explaining how each of the above changes should be presented in the December 31, 2008, financial statements.

Financial Statements
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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...