On January 1, 2021, Bambi Ltd. purchased equipment for $728,000. The equipment was assumed to have an 8-year useful life and no residual value and was to be depreciated using the straight-line method. On January 1, 2023, Bambi's management became concerned that the equipment may have become obsolete. Management calculated that the undiscounted future net cash flows from the equipment was $523,250, the discounted future net cash flows was $464,100, and the current fair value of the equipment less cost of disposal (of $1,800 ) was $455,000. (a) Assuming that Bambi is a private Canadian company following ASPE, identify which model should be used to test for impairment. b) Record the journal entry to record the impairment loss, if any. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter O for the amounts. List debit entry before credit entry.) Account Titles and Explanation    Debit     Credit

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On January 1, 2021, Bambi Ltd. purchased equipment for $728,000. The equipment was assumed to have an 8-year useful life and no residual value and was to be depreciated using the straight-line method. On January 1, 2023, Bambi's management became concerned
that the equipment may have become obsolete. Management calculated that the undiscounted future net cash flows from the equipment was $523,250, the discounted future net cash flows was $464,100, and the current fair value of the equipment less cost of
disposal (of $1,800 ) was $455,000.

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Assuming that Bambi is a private Canadian company following ASPE, identify which model should be used to test for impairment.

b) Record the journal entry to record the impairment loss, if any. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter O for the amounts. List debit entry before credit entry.)

Account Titles and Explanation    Debit     Credit

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