You can make the journal entry you suggest, crediting accumulated depreciation and debiting retained earnings for book purposes and it would be correct. However, to reflect the missed depreciation as a deduction on your tax return, you would need to file form 3115 to reflect a change in accounting method, or amend the prior year returns, for which you could only go back three years. Here is an article on the subject: Recording missed depreciation
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