On January $2,2024,$ the Jackson Company purchased equipment to be used in its manufacturing process. The equipment has an

estimated life of eight years and an estimated residual value of $$33,875.$ The expenditures made to acquire the asset were as follows:

Jackson's policy is to use the double$-$declining$-$balance $($DDB$)$ method of depreciation in the early years of the equipment's life and

then switch to straight line halfway through the equipment's life.

Required:

Calculate depreciation for each year of the asset's eight$-$year life.

Are changes in depreciation methods accounted for retrospectively or prospectively?

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Calculate depreciation for each year of the asset's eight$-$year life.