As a certified public accountant, you have been contacted by Joe Davison, CEO of Sports-Pro Athletics, Inc., a manufacturer of a variety of athletic e
As a certified public accountant, you have been contacted by Joe Davison, CEO of Sports-Pro Athletics, Inc., a manufacturer of a variety of athletic equipment. He has asked you how to account for the following changes.
\r\n1. Sports-Pro appropriately changed its depreciation method for its machinery from the doubledeclining- balance method to the units-of-production method effective January 1, 2014.
\r\n2. Effective January 1, 2014, Sports-Pro appropriately changed the salvage values used in computing depreciation for its office equipment.
\r\n3. On December 31, 2014, Sports-Pro appropriately changed the specific subsidiaries constituting the group of companies for which consolidated financial statements are presented.
\r\nInstructions
\r\nWrite a 1–1.5 page letter to Joe Davison explaining how each of the above changes should be presented in the December 31, 2014, financial statements.