Sumptuous Company, a clothing manufacturer, purchased a sewing machine for 2,000,000 on July 1, 2014.  The machine had a 10-year useful life, a 100,000 residual value, and was depreciated using the straight line method.  On January 1, 2017, a test for impairment indicated that the undiscounted cash flows from the sewing machine are less than carrying amount.  The fair value less cost of disposal of the machine on January 1, 2017 is 600,000.  What amount of loss on impairment should be recognized?

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14.        Sumptuous Company, a clothing manufacturer, purchased a sewing machine for 2,000,000 on July 1, 2014.

 The machine had a 10-year useful life, a 100,000 residual value, and was depreciated using the straight line method.

 On January 1, 2017, a test for impairment indicated that the undiscounted cash flows from the sewing machine are less than carrying amount.

 The fair value less cost of disposal of the machine on January 1, 2017 is 600,000.

 What amount of loss on impairment should be recognized?

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