Quick Ship Company uses special strapping equipment in its packaging business. The equipment was purchased in...

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Quick Ship Company uses special strapping equipment in its packaging business. The equipment was purchased in January 2024 for $6,000,000 and had an estimated useful life of 8 years with no salvage value. At December 31, 2025, new technology was introduced that would accelerate the obsolescence of Quick Ship's equipment. Quick Ship's controller estimates that expected future net cash flows on the equipment will be $3,750,000 and that the fair value of the equipment is $3,300,000. Quick Ship uses straight-line depreciation. (a) What is the carrying value of the asset on December 31, 2025? (b) Is the asset impaired? Why? (c) Prepare the journal entry (if any) to record the impairment at December 31, 2025. (d) Prepare any journal entries for the equipment at December 31, 2026. Quick Ship intends to continue using the equipment, but it is estimated that the remaining useful life is 4 years. The fair value of the equipment at December 31, 2026, is estimated to be $3,450,000. (e) From (d), assume that Quick Ship intends to dispose of the equipment but it has not been disposed of as of December 31, 2026. Prepare any journal entries for the equipment at December 31, 2026. The fair value of the equipment at December 31, 2026, is estimated to be $3,450,000. Quick Ship Company uses special strapping equipment in its packaging business. The equipment was purchased in January 2024 for $6,000,000 and had an estimated useful life of 8 years with no salvage value. At December 31, 2025, new technology was introduced that would accelerate the obsolescence of Quick Ship's equipment. Quick Ship's controller estimates that expected future net cash flows on the equipment will be $3,750,000 and that the fair value of the equipment is $3,300,000. Quick Ship uses straight-line depreciation. (a) What is the carrying value of the asset on December 31, 2025? (b) Is the asset impaired? Why? (c) Prepare the journal entry (if any) to record the impairment at December 31, 2025. (d) Prepare any journal entries for the equipment at December 31, 2026. Quick Ship intends to continue using the equipment, but it is estimated that the remaining useful life is 4 years. The fair value of the equipment at December 31, 2026, is estimated to be $3,450,000. (e) From (d), assume that Quick Ship intends to dispose of the equipment but it has not been disposed of as of December 31, 2026. Prepare any journal entries for the equipment at December 31, 2026. The fair value of the equipment at December 31, 2026, is estimated to be $3,450,000.