In: Accounting
For financial reporting, Clinton Poultry Farms has used the declining-balance method of depreciation for conveyor equipment acquired at the beginning of 2018 for $2,800,000. Its useful life was estimated to be six years with a $220,000 residual value. At the beginning of 2021, Clinton decides to change to the straight-line method. The effect of this change on depreciation for each year is as follows:
($ in thousands) | |||||||||||||
Year | Straight-Line | Declining Balance | Difference | ||||||||||
2018 | $ | 430 | $ | 933 | $ | 503 | |||||||
2019 | 430 | 622 | 192 | ||||||||||
2020 | 430 | 415 | (15 | ) | |||||||||
$ | 1,290 | $ | 1,970 | $ | 680 | ||||||||
Required:
2. Prepare any 2021 journal entry related to the
change. (Enter your answers in dollars. If
no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal
entry required" in the first account
field.)