Question

Mendrisio Company purchased a piece of machinery for $30,000 on January 1, 2019, and has been depreciating the machine using the sum-of-the-years'-digits method based on a five-year estimated useful life and no salvage value. On January 1, 2021, Mendrisio decided to switch to the straight-line method of depreciation. The salvage value is still zero and the estimated useful life is changed to a total of six years from the date of purchase. Ignore income taxes.
Requirements:

a. Prepare the appropriate journal entry (if any) to record the accounting change (include the account and the dollar amount; no abbreviations!)
b. Prepare the journal entry to record depreciation for 2018.

Answer 1

Answer:

a. There is no entry required to record the accounting change

b. The journal entry to record depreciation for 2021 would be as follows:

                                   

                                         Debit      Credit

Depreciation Expense $3,000

    Accumulated Depreciation $3,000

Explanation:

According to the given data we have the following:

Sum of year digits=5(5+1)/2

Sum of year digits=(5*6)/2

Sum of year digits=15

Depreciation for year 2019=$30,000*5/15

Depreciation for year 2019=$10,000

Depreciation for year 2020=$30,000*4/15

Depreciation for year 2020=$8,000

Therefore, book value as on january 1, 2021=$30,000-$10,000-$8,000

book value as on january 1, 2021=$12,000

Revised useful life=6 years-2 years=4 years

Therefore, Revised depreciation for 2021=$12,000/4

Revised depreciation for 2021=$3,000

a. There is no entry required to record the accounting change

b. The journal entry to record depreciation for 2021 would be as follows:

                                   

                                         Debit      Credit

Depreciation Expense $3,000

    Accumulated Depreciation $3,000