Financial AccountingNon-Current Assets- Exercise

1. 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?

2. Which one of the following assets may be classified as a non-current asset in the financial statements of a business?

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

4. 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

5. David is entering an invoice for a new item of equipment in the accounts. The invoice shows the following costs:
Water treatment equipment $ 39,800
Delivery   $ 1,100
Maintenance charge $ 3,980
Sales tax $ 7,854
Invoice total    $ 52,734

David is registered for sales tax. What is the total value of capital expenditure on the invoice?

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

7. Pinato Co purchased a building on 30 June 20X8 for $1,250,000. At acquisition, the useful life of the building was 50 years. Depreciation is calculated on the straight-line basis.

10 years later, on 30 June 20Y8 when the carrying amount of the building was $1,000,000, the building was revalued to 20Y9?

Assuming no further revaluations take place, what is the balance on the revaluation surplus at 30 June?

8. A car was purchased by a newsagent business in May 20X0 for:
Cost         $ 10,000
Road tax $       150
Total        $ 10,150
The business adopts a date of 31 December as its year end. The car was traded in for a replacement vehicle in August 20X3 at an agreed value of $5,000.

It has been depreciated at 25% per annum on the reducing balance method, charging a full year’s depreciation in the year of purchase and none in the year of sale.

What was the profit or loss on disposal of the vehicle during the year ended December 20X3?

9. 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

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?

10. 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?