In 2016, the internal auditors of KJI Manufacturing discovered the following material
errors made in prior years:
1> Equipment was purchased on June 30, 2014, for $100,000. The purchase was
incorrectly recorded as a debit to repair and maintenance expense. The equipment has a
useful life of five years and no residual value.
2> On March 31, 2015, $50,000 was paid to a contractor to landscape the area around a
manufacturing plant including the installation of a sprinkler system. The expenditure
was debited to the Land account. The landscaping is expected to have a 20-year useful
life and no residual value. KJI uses the straight-line method of depreciation for all
depreciable assets. Required:
1> Prepare the journal entries at December 31, 2016, to correct the errors (ignore
income taxes).
2> Prepare the journal entries to record 2016 depreciation for any assets recorded in
requirement 1.