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Question
On January 1, 2014, Cullumber Company purchased a building and equipment that have the following useful lives, salvage values, and costs.
Building, 40-year estimated useful life, $52,400 salvage value, $760,000 costEquipment, 12-year estimated useful life, $10,000 salvage value, $108,100 cost
The building has been depreciated under the double-declining-balance method through 2017. In 2018, the company decided to switch to the straight-line method of depreciation. Cullumber also decided to change the total useful life of the equipment to 9 years, with a salvage value of $4,800 at the end of that time. The equipment is depreciated using the straight-line method.
(a) Prepare the journal entry necessary to record the depreciation expense on the building in 2018. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)
(b) Compute depreciation expense on the equipment for 2018. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125.)
2018 Depreciation expense$