Intermediate Accounting
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259722660
Author: J. David Spiceland, Mark W. Nelson, Wayne M Thomas
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 11, Problem 11.11BE
Change in principle; change in
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Refer to the situation described in BE 11–10. Assume that instead of changing the useful life and residual value, in 2018 the company switched to the double-declining-balance depreciation method. How should Robotics account for the change? What is depreciation on the building for 2018?
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Exercise 11-24 (Algo) Change in principle; change in depreciation methods [LO11-2, 11-6]
Alteran Corporation purchased office equipment for $2.2 million at the beginning of 2022. The equipment is being depreciated over a
10-year life using the double-declining-balance method. The residual value is expected to be $700,000. At the beginning of 2024 (two
years later), Alteran decided to change to the straight-line depreciation method for this equipment.
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Prepare the journal entry to record depreciation for the year ended December 31, 2024.
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When a company decreases the estimated useful life of a PP&E asset
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O b. It will recognize less total depreciation expense than it originally planned.
c. It must revise depreciation expense for future periods only.
O d. It must disclose the change in estimate but depreciation expense will not change.
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