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- No Entry - Cash - Inventory - Interest Expense - Depreciation Expense - Accretion Expense - Drilling Platform - Accumulated Depreciation - Drilling Platform - Asset Retirement Obligation

Grouper Corp. erected and placed into service an offshore oil platform on January 1, 2020, at a cost of $11 million. Grouper is legally required to dismantle and remove the platform at the end of its 8-year useful life. Grouper estimates that it will cost $1 million to dismantle and remove the platform at the end of its useful life and that the discount rate to use should be 8%. Using (a) factor Table A.2, (b) a financial calculator, or (c) Excel function PV, prepare the entry to record the asset retirement obligation. Assume that none of the $1 million cost relates to production. (Round factor values to 5 decimal places, e.g. 1.25124 and final answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275. Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter O for the amounts.) Click here to view the factor table PRESENT VALUE OF 1. Click here to view the factor table PRESENT VALUE OF AN ANNUITY OF 1. Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit