Larkspur Inc owns a building with a carrying amount of $1.60 million as at January 1, 2023. On that date. Larkspur's management determined that the building's location is no longer suitable for the company's operations and decided to dispose of the building by sale. Larkspur is preparing financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. As at that date, management had an authorized plan in place to sell the building, the building met all criteria for classification as held for sale, and the building's estimated fair value less costs to sell was $0.48 million. The building's depreciation expense for 2023 would amount to $160,000. (a) Prepare the journal entry required on December 31, 2023. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. List debit entry before credit entry) Date December 31, 2023 Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit

Larkspur Inc owns a building with a carrying amount of $1.60 million as at January 1, 2023. On that date. Larkspur's management determined that the building's location is no longer suitable for the company's operations and decided to dispose of the building by sale. Larkspur is preparing financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. As at that date, management had an authorized plan in place to sell the building, the building met all criteria for classification as held for sale, and the building's estimated fair value less costs to sell was $0.48 million. The building's depreciation expense for 2023 would amount to $160,000. (a) Prepare the journal entry required on December 31, 2023. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. List debit entry before credit entry) Date December 31, 2023 Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit

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Depreciation Methods

The word "depreciation" is defined as an accounting method wherein the cost of tangible assets is spread over its useful life and it usually denotes how much of the assets value has been used up. The depreciation is usually considered as an operating expense. The main reason behind depreciation includes wear and tear of the assets, obsolescence etc.

Depreciation Accounting

In terms of accounting, with the passage of time the value of a fixed asset (like machinery, plants, furniture etc.) goes down over a specific period of time is known as depreciation. Now, the question comes in your mind, why the value of the fixed asset reduces over time.

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Larkspur Inc. owns a building with a carrying amount of $1.60 million as at January 1, 2023. On that date. Larkspur's management
determined that the building's location is no longer suitable for the company's operations and decided to dispose of the building by
sale. Larkspur is preparing financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. As at that date, management had an
authorized plan in place to sell the building, the building met all criteria for classification as held for sale, and the building's estimated
fair value less costs to sell was $0.48 million. The building's depreciation expense for 2023 would amount to $160,000.
(a) Prepare the journal entry required on December 31, 2023. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is
entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry for the account titles and enter O for the amounts. List debit entry
before credit entry)
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