Change in Accounting Method
million. Construction was completed at the end of 2007 and the machine was
placed in service at the beginning of 2008. The machine was being depreciated
over a 10-year life using the straight-line method. The residual value was
expected to be $4 million.
At the beginning of 2011, Red decided to change the
depreciation to the double-declining balance method. The residual value remains
at $4 million.
Ignoring income taxes, what will be Red’s depreciation
expense for 2011?





