Reference no: EM132599471
The information that follows relates to equipment owned by Headlands Limited at December 31, 2020:
Cost $7,740,000
Accumulated depreciation to date 860,000
Expected future net cash flows (undiscounted) 6,020,000
Expected future net cash flows (discounted, value in use) 5,461,000
Fair value 5,332,000
Costs to sell (costs of disposal) 43,000
Assume that Headlands will continue to use this asset in the future. As at December 31, 2020, the equipment has a remaining useful life of four years. Headlands uses the straight-line method of depreciation.
Assume that Headlands is a private company that follows ASPE.
Question 1. Prepare the journal entry at December 31, 2020, to record asset impairment, if any.
Question 2. Prepare the journal entry to record depreciation expense for 2021.
Question 3. The equipment's fair value at December 31, 2021 is $5.59 million. Prepare the journal entry, if any, to record the increase in fair value.