In: Accounting
Wardell Company purchased a minicomputer on January 1, 2016, at
a cost of $47,000. The computer was depreciated
using the straight-line method over an estimated
five-year life with an estimated residual value of
$5,000. On January 1, 2018, the estimate of useful
life was changed to a total of 10 years, and the estimate of
residual value was changed to $3,800.
Required:
1. Prepare the year-end journal entry for
depreciation in 2018. No depreciation was recorded during the
year.
2. Prepare the year-end journal entry for
depreciation in 2018. Assume that the company uses the
sum-of-the-years' -digits method instead of the straight-line
method.