Financial AccountingNon-Current Assets- Exercise

1. Gusna Co purchased a building on 31 December 20X1 for $750,000.

At the date of acquisition, the useful life of the building was estimated to be 25 years and depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method.

At 31 December 20X6, an independent valuer valued the building at $1,000,000 and the revaluation was recognised in the financial statements.

Gusna’s accounting policies state that excess depreciation arising on revaluation of non-current assets can be transferred from the revaluation surplus to retained earnings.

What is the journal entry to record the transfer of excess depreciation from the revaluation surplus to retained earnings?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. The plant and machinery at cost account of a business for the year ended 30 June 20X4 was as follows:

                                                                  PLANT AND MACHINERY – COST

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?

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

6. 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?

7. Which one of the following would occur if the purchase of computer stationary was debited to the computer equipment at cost account?

8. 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?

9. What is the purpose of charging depreciation in financial statements?

10. 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?