Exercise 11-21 (Algo) Change in estimate; useful life of patent [LO11-4, 11-5) Van Frank Telecommunications has a patent on a cellular transmission process. The company has amortized the patent on a straight- line basis since 2020, when it was acquired at a cost of $13.5 million at the beginning of that year. Due to rapid technological advances in the industry, management decided that the patent would benefit the company over a total of six years rather than the nine-year life being used to amortize its cost. The decision was made at the beginning of 2024. Required: Prepare the year-end journal entry for patent amortization in 2024. No amortization was recorded during the year. Note: If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field. Enter your answer in millions rounded to 2 decimal places (i.e., 5,500,000 should be entered as 5.5).
Exercise 11-21 (Algo) Change in estimate; useful life of patent [LO11-4, 11-5) Van Frank Telecommunications has a patent on a cellular transmission process. The company has amortized the patent on a straight- line basis since 2020, when it was acquired at a cost of $13.5 million at the beginning of that year. Due to rapid technological advances in the industry, management decided that the patent would benefit the company over a total of six years rather than the nine-year life being used to amortize its cost. The decision was made at the beginning of 2024. Required: Prepare the year-end journal entry for patent amortization in 2024. No amortization was recorded during the year. Note: If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field. Enter your answer in millions rounded to 2 decimal places (i.e., 5,500,000 should be entered as 5.5).
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![Exercise 11-21 (Algo) Change in estimate; useful life of patent [LO11-4, 11-5)
Van Frank Telecommunications has a patent on a cellular transmission process. The company has amortized the patent on a straight-
line basis since 2020, when it was acquired at a cost of $13.5 million at the beginning of that year. Due to rapid technological advances
in the industry, management decided that the patent would benefit the company over a total of six years rather than the nine-year life
being used to amortize its cost. The decision was made at the beginning of 2024.
Required:
Prepare the year-end journal entry for patent amortization in 2024. No amortization was recorded during the year.
Note: If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field. Enter your answer
in millions rounded to 2 decimal places (i.e., 5,500,000 should be entered as 5.5).](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F113170aa-f82b-4976-9ad1-7a3fb696cb71%2F14db2bdc-650d-418b-9c3b-763bdfd6156d%2F0hqllvv_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Exercise 11-21 (Algo) Change in estimate; useful life of patent [LO11-4, 11-5)
Van Frank Telecommunications has a patent on a cellular transmission process. The company has amortized the patent on a straight-
line basis since 2020, when it was acquired at a cost of $13.5 million at the beginning of that year. Due to rapid technological advances
in the industry, management decided that the patent would benefit the company over a total of six years rather than the nine-year life
being used to amortize its cost. The decision was made at the beginning of 2024.
Required:
Prepare the year-end journal entry for patent amortization in 2024. No amortization was recorded during the year.
Note: If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field. Enter your answer
in millions rounded to 2 decimal places (i.e., 5,500,000 should be entered as 5.5).
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