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?
A company has decided to switch from using the FIFO method of inventory valuation to using the average cost method
(AVCO).
In the first accounting period where the change is made, opening inventory valued by the FIFO method was $53,200. Closing
inventory valued by the AVCO method was $59,800.Total purchases and during the period were $136,500.
Using the continuous AVCO method, opening inventory would have been valued at $56,200.
What is the cost of materials that should be included in the statement of profit or loss for the period?
Which one of the following statements about the use of a continuous inventory system is INCORRECT?
The information below relates to inventory item Z.March 1 50 units held in opening inventory at a cost of $40 per unit17 50
units purchased at a cost of $50 per unit31 60 units sold at a selling price of $100 per unitUnder AVCO, what is the value of
inventory held for item Z at the end of March 31?
A firm has the following transactions with its product R.1 January 20X1 Opening inventory:
I February 20X1 nil Buys 10 units at $300 per unitII
February 20X1 1 April 20X1 Buys 12 units at $250 per unit
1 August 20X1 1 December 20X1 Sells 8 units at $400 per unit
Buys 6 units at $200 per unit Sells 12 units at $400 per unit
The firm uses periodic weighted average cost (AVCO) to value its inventory.
What is the inventory value at the end of the year?
What is the purpose of charging depreciation in financial statements?