In: Accounting
The Collins Corporation purchased office equipment at the
beginning of 2019 and capitalized a cost of $2,344,000. This cost
included the following expenditures:
Purchase price | $ | 2,040,000 | |
Freight charges | 50,000 | ||
Installation charges | 40,000 | ||
Annual maintenance charge | 214,000 | ||
Total | $ | 2,344,000 | |
The company estimated an eight-year useful life for the equipment.
No residual value is anticipated. The double-declining-balance
method was used to determine depreciation expense for 2019 and
2020.
In 2021, after the 2020 financial statements were issued, the
company decided to switch to the straight-line depreciation method
for this equipment. At that time, the company’s controller
discovered that the original cost of the equipment incorrectly
included one year of annual maintenance charges for the
equipment.
Required:
1 & 2. Ignoring income taxes, prepare the
appropriate correcting entry for the equipment capitalization error
discovered in 2021 and any 2021 journal entries related to the
change in depreciation methods. (If no entry is required
for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the
first account field. Round your final answers to the nearest whole
dollar.)