Question

On July 1, 2019, Sunland Company purchased new equipment for $80,000. Its estimated useful life was 5 years with a $10,000 salvage value. On January 1, 2022, before making its depreciation entry for 2022, the company estimated the remaining useful life to be 10 years beyond December 31, 2022. The new salvage value is estimated to be $5,000.
Required:

1. Prepare the journal entry to record depreciation on December 31, 2019.

Answer 1

Answer:

On December 31,2019

Depreciation expense Dr $7,000

          To Accumulated depreciation $7,000

(Being the depreciation expense is recorded)

Explanation:

The journal entry is shown below;

On December 31,2019

Depreciation expense Dr $7,000

          To Accumulated depreciation $7,000

(Being the depreciation expense is recorded)

The computation is shown below:

= ($80,000 - $10,000) ÷ 5 years × 6 months ÷ 12 months

= $7,000

For recording this we debited the depreciation expense as it increased the expenses and decreased the assets so the accumulated depreciation is credited

And, the six months is taken from July 1 to December 31