In January 2017, installation costs of $5,800 on new machinery were charged to M
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In January 2017, installation costs of $5,800 on new machinery were charged to Maintenance and Repairs Expense. Other costs of this machinery of $29,000 were correctly recorded and have been depreciated using the straight-line method with an estimated life of 10 years and no salvage value. At December 31, 2018, it is decided that the machinery has a remaining useful life of 20 years, starting with January 1, 2018. What entries should be made in 2018 to correctly record transactions related to machinery, assuming the machinery has no salvage value? The books have not been closed for 2018 and depreciation expense has not yet been recorded for 2018. (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.)
Date
Account Titles and Explanation
Debit
Credit
Dec. 31
(To correct for the error of expensing installation costs on machinery acquired in January, 2017)
(To record depreciation on machinery for 2018 based on a 20-year useful life)
Date
Account Titles and Explanation
Debit
Credit
Dec. 31
(To correct for the error of expensing installation costs on machinery acquired in January, 2017)
(To record depreciation on machinery for 2018 based on a 20-year useful life)
Explanation / Answer
In 2017, Installation cost of $5,800 on new machinery should be debited to Machinery account and needs to be depreciated over 10 years using straight line method but instead of this repairs and maintenance expense has been debited and depreciation expense is undervalued by $580 ($5,800/10 yrs). Therefore to correct this error, Machinery account need to be debited with $5,800, Accumulated Depreciation should be credited with $580 and balance amount should be credited to Retained Earnings account.
Journal Entries (Amounts in $)
* Gross Value of Machinery in 2018 after error correction = $29,000+$5,800 = $34,800
Accumulated depreciation bal after error correction = $2,900+$580 = $3,480
Depreciation exp for 2018 = (Gross Value of Machinery - Acc. Dep)/Remaining useful life
= ($34,800 - $3,480)/20 yrs = $1,566 per year
Date Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit Dec. 31 Machinery 5,800 Accumulated Depreciation-Machinery 580 Retained Earnings (Bal fig) (5,800-580) 5,220 (To correct for the error of expensing installation costs on machinery acquired in January, 2017) Dec. 31 Depreciation Expense* 1,566 Accumulated Depreciation-Machinery 1,566 (To record depreciation on machinery for 2018 based on a 20-year useful life)Related Questions
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