Albatross Company purchased a piece of machinery for $51,000 on January 1, 2016, and has been depreciating
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Albatross Company purchased a piece of machinery for $51,000 on January 1, 2016, and has been depreciating the machine using the double-declining-balance method based on a five-year estimated useful life and no salvage value. On January 1, 2018, Albatross decided to switch to the straight-line method of depreciation. The salvage value is still zero and the estimated useful life did not change. Ignore income taxes.
Required:
1. Prepare the appropriate journal entry, if any, to record the accounting change under GAAP.
2. Prepare the journal entry to record depreciation for 2018.
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Using Financial Accounting Information The Alternative to Debits and Credits
ISBN: 978-1111534912
8th edition
Authors: Gary A. Porter, Curtis L. Norton
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