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4 Revaluation
MB Company bought an asset on 24 July Year 1 at a cost of $180,000. The asset had
an expected useful life of 10 years and an expected residual value of $20,000. The
company applies straight-line depreciation to this category of non-current assets. It
also charges a full year’s depreciation in the year of acquisition and no depreciation
in the year of disposal. Its financial year ends on 31 December.
At 31 December Year 2, the company re-valued the asset to $240,000. Its expected
remaining useful life is now 8 years, but its expected residual value is zero.
Required
(a) Show in T account format the book-keeping entries required to record the
revaluation of the asset on 31 December Year 2.
(b) The asset was sold on 12 February Year 4 for $225,000. Calculate the gain or loss
on disposal reported in the income statement for Year 4, and show the total effect
of the disposal on the retained earnings of the company. Ignore taxation.
5 Owen
Owen is in business as a haulage contractor. At 1 May Year 6 he had three lorries,
details of which are as follows:
Lorryregistration
number
Datepurchased Cost
Accumulated
depreciationtodate
$ $
BOW1 1JulyYear3 16,000 9,000
COW2 1JanuaryYear5 21,000 8,000
DOW3 1AprilYear6 31,000 6,000
During the year to 30 April Year 7, the following lorry transactions took place:
(a) BOW 1 was sold on 31 July Year 6 for $3,000 on cash terms. On 1 August Year 6
Owen replaced it with a new lorry, registration number FOW 4 for which he paid
$35,000 in cash.
(b) On 15 December Year 4, the new lorry (FOW 4) was involved in a major accident,
and as a result was completely written off. Owen was able to agree a claim with
his insurance company, and on 31 December Year 6 he received $30,000 from the
insurance company. On 1 January Year 7 he bought another lorry (registration
number HOW5) for $41,000.
(c) During March Year 7, Owen decided to replace the lorry bought on 1 April Year 6
(registration number DOW 3) with a new lorry. It was delivered on 1 April Year 7
(registration number JOW 6). He agreed a purchase price of $26,000 for the new
lorry, the terms of which were $20,000 in part-exchange for the old lorry and the
balance to be paid immediately in cash.
Notes:
(1) Owen uses the straight-line method of depreciation based on year-end figures.