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Question 18 On January 1, 2016, Melissa Company purchased a building and machinery that have the following useful lives, salvage value, and costs. Building, 25-year estimated useful life, $8,650,000 cost, $865,000 salvage value Machinery, 10-year estimated useful life, $1,430,000 cost, no salvage value The building has been depreciated under the straight-line method through 2020. In 2021, the company decided to switch to the double-declining balance method of depreciation for the building. Melissa also decided to change the total useful life of the machinery to 8 years, with a salvage value of $71,500 at the end of that time. The machinery is depreciated using the straight-line method.

(a) Prepare the journal entry necessary to record the depreciation expense on the building in 2021. (If no entry is required, select "No entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.) Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit

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Depreciaiton of Building           = ( Original Cost (-) Salvage Value) / Useful life            = ( $ 8,650,000 (-) $ 865,000 ) / 25 Years            =    $ 7,785,000 / 25 Years            =    $ 311,400
Depreciation for 5 year Period              = $ 311,400 x 5 Years              =    $ 1,557,000
Book value at the end of the 2021            = Cost (-) Accumulated depreciation for 5 Years            = $ 8,650,000 (-) $ 1,557,000            =   $ 7,093,000
Remaining Useful life        = Total Life (-) Completed Life        = 25 Years - 5 years        =20 years
Double Decling Balance Depreciation rate               = 2 x 1 /Useful Life x 100               = 2 x 1/ 20 x 100               =   10%
Depreciation expense for 2021                   = Depreciation rate x Book value at the end of the 2021                   = 10% x $ 7,093,000                   = $ 709,300
Accounts Titles and Explanations	Debit (in $ )	Credit (in $ )
Depreciation Expense	$ 709,300
Accumulated Depreciation - Building		$ 709,300
(To record the Depreciation Expense )