In 2018, the Internal Auditors of KJI Manufacturing Discovered the Following

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Essay

In 2018, the internal auditors of KJI Manufacturing discovered the following material errors made in prior years:
1. Equipment was purchased on June 30, 2016, 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, 2017, $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, 2018, to correct the errors (ignore income taxes).
2. Prepare the journal entries to record 2018 depreciation for any assets recorded in requirement.

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