Wardell Company purchased a minicomputer on January 1, 2022, at a cost of $57,000. The computer was depreciated using the straight-line method over an estimated five-year life with an estimated residual value of $6,000. On January 1, 2024, the estimate of useful life was changed to a total of 10 years, and the estimate of residual value was changed to $1,200.   Required: 1. Prepare the year-end journal entry for depreciation on December 31, 2024. No depreciation was recorded during the year.   Record depreciation expense for 2024.       Event General Journal Debit Credit 1 Depreciation expense 4,425   Accumulated depreciation—computer 4,425         Prepare the year-end journal entry for depreciation on December 31, 2024. Assume that the company uses the double-declining-balance method instead of the straight-line method.     Event General Journal Debit Credit 1 Depreciation expense   Accumulated depreciation—computer

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Wardell Company purchased a minicomputer on January 1, 2022, at a cost of $57,000. The computer was depreciated using the straight-line method over an estimated five-year life with an estimated residual value of $6,000. On January 1, 2024, the estimate of useful life was changed to a total of 10 years, and the estimate of residual value was changed to $1,200.

 

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1. Prepare the year-end journal entry for depreciation on December 31, 2024. No depreciation was recorded during the year.

 
Record depreciation expense for 2024.
 
 
 
 
 
Event General Journal Debit Credit
1 Depreciation expense 4,425  
  Accumulated depreciation—computer   4,425
       
       
       
   

Prepare the year-end journal entry for depreciation on December 31, 2024. Assume that the company uses the double-declining-balance method instead of the straight-line method.

 
 
 
 
Event General Journal Debit Credit
1 Depreciation expense    
  Accumulated depreciation—computer    
       
 
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