Question

Presented below is information related to equipment owned by Whispering Company at December 31, 2020. Cost (residual value $0) Accumulated depreciation to date Value-in-use Fair value less cost of disposal $8,924,900 995,900 5.510,000 4,395,380 Assume that Whispering will continue to use this asset in the future. As of December 31, 2020, the equipment has a remaining useful life of 8 years. Whispering uses straight-line depreciation. la) Your answer is correct. Prepare the journal entry (if any) to record the impairment of the asset at December 31, 2020. (If no entry is required, select "No entry" for the account titles and enter for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.) Debit Credit Date Account Titles and Explanation Dec. 31 Loss on Impairment 2,419,000 Accumulated Depreciation-Equipment 2,419,000

Answer 1

Dec 31	Accumulated depreciation-Equipment	$192,100
	Recovery of loss from impairment (5,510,000+688,750) 6,198,750- 6,006,650		$192,100