In: Accounting
Wardell Company purchased a mainframe on January 1, 2016, at a
cost of $48,000. The computer was depreciated using the
straight-line method over an estimated five-year life with an
estimated residual value of $3,000. 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 $1,200.
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.