On January 1, 2014, Borstad Company purchased equipment for $1,200,000. It is depreciating the equipment over 25 years using the straight-line method and a zero residual value. Late in 2019, because of technological changes in the industry and reduced selling prices for its products, Borstad believes that its equipment may be impaired and will have a remaining useful life of 8 years. Borstad estimates that the equipment will produce cash inflows of $400,000 and will incur cash outflows of $293,000 each year for the next 8 years. It is not able to determine the fair value of the equipment based on a current selling price. Borstad’s discount rate is 10%.   Required: 1. Prepare schedules to determine whether, at the end of 2019, the equipment is impaired and, if so, the impairment loss to be recognized. 2. Prepare the journal entry to record the impairment. 3. Next Level How would your answer to Requirement 1 change if the discount rate was 14% and the cash flows were expected to continue for 6 years?

Roland Company uses special strapping equipment in its packaging business. The equipment was purchased in January 2019 for $10,000,000 and had an estimated useful life of 8 years with no salvage value. At December 31, 2020, new technology was introduced that would accelerate the obsolescence of Roland’s equipment. Roland’s controller estimates that expected future net cash flows on the equipment will be $6,300,000 and that the fair value of the equipment is $5,600,000. Roland intends to continue using the equipment, but it is estimated that the remaining useful life is 4 years. Roland uses straight-line depreciation. Instructions a.    Prepare the journal entry (if any) to record the impairment at December 31, 2020. b.    Prepare any journal entries for the equipment at December 31, 2021. The fair value of the equipment at December 31, 2021, is estimated to be $5,900,000. c.    Repeat the requirements for (a) and (b), assuming that Roland intends to dispose of the equipment and that it…

The management of Bonita Inc. was discussing whether certain equipment should be written off as a charge to current operations because of obsolescence. This equipment has a cost of $981,000 with depreciation to date of $436,000 as of December 31, 2025. On December 31, 2025, management projected its future net cash flows from this equipment to be $327,000 and its fair value to be $250,700. The company intends to use this equipment in the future. (a) Prepare the journal entry (if any) to record the impairment at December 31, 2025. (If no entry is required, select "No entry" for the account titles and enter O for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. List debit entry before credit entry.) Date Dec. 31 Account Titles and Explanation eTextbook and Media List of Accounts Debit Credit

Irwin, Inc. constructed a machine at a total cost of $39 million. Construction was completed at the end of 2017 and the machine was placed in service at the beginning of 2018. The machine was being depreciated over a 10-year life using the straight-line method. The residual value is expected to be $3 million. At the beginning of 2021, Irwin decided to change to the sum-of-the-years’-digits method. Ignoring income taxes, prepare the journal entry relating to the machine for 2021.