Tech Manufacturing Corporation reports the following situations in 2020 with respect to its high-tech manufacturing equipment.

1. Machine 1 was acquired at a cost of $872,000 in 2017.  The machine was depreciated on a straight-line basis over its expected six-year life.  At the end of 2020, management decided that this machine should have been depreciated over a total useful life of eight years.  Salvage value, expected to be negligible, has not changed.
2. Machine 2 was acquired at a cost of $448,500 in 2019.  It was being depreciated on a declining-balance method using a rate of 40%.  Salvage values were expected to be minimal.  In 2020, management decided that, based on the usage patterns seen to date, unit-of-production would be a more appropriate method of depreciation.  The machine is used sporadically and suffers from wear and tear only as used (i.e., obsolescence is not much of a factor in the loss of utility).  Estimated units-of-production total 350,000 of which 75,000 units were produced in 2019 and 30,000 units in 2020.
3. Machine 3 was acquired in 2017 at a cost of $325,000.  Management discovered in 2020 that the machine was expensed in 2017, even though it had a useful life of 10 years, with a 10% salvage value.  Straight-line depreciation should have been used for this asset.  

For all depreciation methods, the company follows a policy of recording a full year of depreciation charged in the first year, but no depreciation is charged in the year of disposal.

Required:

1. Classify each of the changes described above and identify the correct accounting treatment  by  putting an “X”  in the appropriate  cell in the table below. 

Classification as  change  in:

Accounting Treatment

Estimate

Accounting  Policy

Accounting Error

Prospectively

Retroactively

Item  a

Item b

Item  c

2. For each machine, calculate 2020 depreciation expense. (6 marks)

	Depreciation expense  for  2020
Machine  1
Machine  2
Machine  3

1. If a retrospective adjustment is needed for  any of the three machines, give the journal  entry (ies) required  to  record the  retrospective  adjustment(s) in  2020.  The tax rate is 25%. (4 marks)

	Debit	Credit

Answer rating: 100% (QA)

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