Exercise 229 Joy Cunningham Co purchased a machine on Januar

Exercise 22-9 Joy Cunningham Co. purchased a machine on January 1, 2012, for $411,950. At that time, it was estimated that the machine would have a 10-year life and no salvage value. On December 31, 2015, the firm\'s accountant found that the entry for depreciation expense had been omitted in 2013. In addition, management has informed the accountant that the company plans to switch to straight-line depreciation, starting with the year 2015. At present, the company uses the sum-of-the-years\'-digits method for depreciating equipment. Prepare the general journal entries that should be made at December 31, 2015, to record these events. (Ignore tax effects.) (Credit account titles are automatically indented when 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, 2015 To correct for the omission of depreciation expense in 2013.) Dec. 31, 2015 (To record depreciation expense for 2015.) Click if you would like to Show Work for this question: Open Show Work

Solution

Solution:

Note 1:

Sum of years for 10 year useful life = 10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1 = 55

Depreciation expense to be recorded for omission in 2013 = cost of machine *9/55 = $411950*9/55 = $67,410

Note 2:

Book value as on January 1, 2015 = Cost of machine - depreciation expense for 2012, 2013 and 2014

Remaining usefule life = 10- 3 = 7 years

Therefore, deprecitaion expenses for 2015 = $209720 / 7 = $29,960

Journal Entries
Date	Account title and explanations	Debit	Credit
31-Dec-15	Retained Earnings Dr (Note 1)	$67,410.00
	To Accumulated depreciation -Machine		$67,410.00
	(To correct for the omission of depreciation expense in 2013
31-Dec-15	Depreciation Expense Dr (Note 2)	$29,960.00
	To Accumulated depreciation -Machine		$29,960.00
	(To record depreciation expense for 2015)