Financial AccountingNon-Current Assets- Exercise

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

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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?

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. 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?