Financial AccountingNon-Current Assets- Exercise

1. Which of the following best explains what is meant by ‘capital expenditure’?

2. Which of the following items should be included in current assets?
(i) Assets which are not intended to be converted into cash
(ii) Assets which will be converted into cash in the long term
(iii) Assets which will be converted into cash in the near future

3. 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?

4. A manufacturing company receives an invoice on 29 February 20X2 for work done on one of its machines.

$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?

5. Which of the following should be disclosed for tangible non-current assets according to IAS 16 Property, plant and equipment?

1. Depreciation methods used and the total depreciation allocated for the period
2. A reconciliation of the carrying amount of non-current assets at the beginning and end of the period
3. For revalued assets, whether an independent valuer was involved in the valuation
4. For revalued assets, the effective date of the revaluation

6. B acquired a lorry on 1 May 20X0 at a cost of $30,000.

The lorry has an estimated useful life of four years, and an estimated resale value at the end of that time of $6,000.

B charges depreciation on the straight-line basis, with a proportionate charge in the period of acquisition.

What will the depreciation charge for the lorry be in B’s accounting period to 30 September 20X0?

7. What are the correct ledger entries to record an acquisition of a non-current asset on credit?

8. Which of the statements below correctly states the purpose of the asset register?

9. Which one of the following statements correctly defines non-current assets?

10. The carrying amount of a company’s non-current assets was $200,000 at 1 August 20X0.

During the year ended 31 July 20X1, the company sold non-current assets for $25,000 on which it made a loss of $5,000.

The depreciation charge for the year was $20,000. What was the carrying amount of noncurrent assets at 31 July 20X1?