Question

On January 1, 2019, Cullumber Corporation acquired machinery at a cost of $1650000. Cullumber adopted the straight-line method of depreciation for this machine and had been recording depreciation over an estimated life of ten years, with no residual value. At the beginning of 2022, a decision was made to change to the double-declining balance method of depreciation for this machine. Assuming a 30% tax rate, the cumulative effect of this accounting change on beginning retained earnings, is

Answer 1

$0

Step-by-step explanation:

Since in the given situation there is a depreciation method change i.e. from the straight-line method to double-declining method so there would be no impact restrospectively.

Hence, there would be no cumulative impact as it creates the impact prospectively

So the impact would be zero