Question

NeverLate Ltd. completed the following transactions involving delivery trucks:

	2020
Mar.	26	Paid cash for a new delivery truck, $87,000 plus $6,600 of freight costs. The truck was estimated to have a five-year life and a $10,000 trade-in value.
Dec.	31	Recorded straight-line depreciation on the truck to the nearest whole month.
	2021
Dec.	31	Recorded straight-line depreciation on the truck to the nearest whole month. However, due to new information obtained early in January, the original estimated useful life of the truck was changed from five years to four years, and the original estimated trade-in value was increased to $14,500.

Required:
Prepare journal entries to record the transactions. (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

Answer 1

A change in useful life of asset is a change in accounting estimate and hence revised depreciation is charged prospectively over the remaining useful life of asset