Which one of the following statements correctly defines non-current assets?
A company bought a property four years ago on 1 January for $ 170,000. Since then property prices have risen substantially
and the property has been revalued at $210,000.The property was estimated as having a useful life of 20 years when it was
purchased. What is the balance on the revaluation surplus reported in the statement of financial position?
A business purchased a motor car on 1 July 20X3 for $20,000. It is to be depreciated at 20 per cent per year on the straight
line basis, assuming a residual value at the end of five years of $4,000, with a proportionate depreciation charge in the years
of purchase and disposal.The $20,000 cost was correctly entered in the cash book but posted to the debit of the motor
vehicles repairs account.
How will the business profit for the year ended 31 December 20X3 be affected by the error?
A company's policy is to charge depreciation on plant and machinery at 20% per year on cost, with proportional depreciation
for items purchased or sold during a year.
The company's plant and machinery at cost account for the year ended 30 September 20X3 is shown below.PLANT AND
MACHINERY - COST
20X2 $ 20X3 $
1 Oct 20X3 Balance 200,000 30 Jun Transfer disposal account 30Sep Balance 40,000
210,000
1 Apr Cash-purchase of plant 50,000
250,000 250,000
What should be the depreciation charge for plant and machinery (excluding any profit or loss on the disposal) for the year
ended 30 September 20X3?
The plant and machinery at cost account of a business for the year ended 30 June 20X4 was as follows:
PLANT AND MACHINERY - COST
20X3 $ 20X31 $
1 Jul 20X4 Balance 240,000 30 Sep Transfer disposal account 20X4 60,000
1 Jan Cash - purchase of plant 160,000 340,00
400,000 30 Jun Balance 400 ,000
The company's policy is to charge depreciation at 20% per year on the reducing balance basis, with proportionate depreciation in the years of purchase and disposal What should be the depreciation charge for the year ended 30 June 20X4?
A manufacturing company receives an invoice on 29 February 20X2 for work done on one of itsmachines. $25,500 of the cost is actually for a machine upgrade,
which will improve efficiency. The accounts department do not notice and charge the whole amount to maintenance costs.
Machinery is depreciated at 25% per annum on a straight-line basis, with a proportional charge in the years of acquisition and disposal.
By what amount will the profit for the year to 30 June 20X2 be understated?
W bought a new printing machine. The cost of the machine was $80,000. The installation costs were $5,000 and the
employees received training on how to use the machine, at a cost of $2,000. Before using the machine to print customers'
orders, a test was undertaken and the paper and ink cost $1,000.
What should be the cost of the machine in the company's statement of financial position?
What are the correct ledger entries to record an acquisition of a non-current asset on credit?
Debit Credit
Alpha sells machine B for $50,000
cash on 30 April 20X4.
Machine B cost $100,000
when it was purchased and has a carrying amount of $65,000 at the date of disposal. What are the journal entries to record
the disposal of machine B?
Which of the following statements are correct?
1 IAS 16 Property, plant and equipment requires entities to disclose the purchase date of each asset.
2 The carrying amount of a non-current asset is the cost or valuation of that asset less accumulated depreciation.
3 IAS 16 Property, plant and equipment permits entities to make a transfer from the revaluation surplus to retained earnings
for excess depreciation on revalued assets.
4 Once decided, the useful life of a non-current asset should not be changed.