Topic: Depreciation (Cost of Machine) Made by Sir Hyder Ali
Topic: Depreciation (Cost of Machine) Made by Sir Hyder Ali
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2. Freight Charges Rs. 2,000 and Transit Insurance Rs. 3,000.
3. Installation Expenses Rs. 25,000
4. Three years Fire Insurance Rs. 15,000.
INSTRUCTION: Compute the Cost of Equipment
Q # 4 Fazil Company purchased a machine on April 01, 2001 at a list price of Rs. 60,000 with a
trade discount at 5%. The credit terms were 2/10, n/30.
The payment was made within discount period. The company incurred the following
additional expenditure.
i. 4% Sales Tax on the cash price of Machine.
ii. Custom duty Rs. 11,000
iii. Installation and testing cost Rs. 13,000
iv. The Machine was insured against fire and premium paid Rs. 3,500
v. Insurance in transit Rs. 5,000
vi. Fright in Rs. 2,500
INSTRUCTION: Compute the cost of Machine
(b) by the declining-balance method, using twice the straight line rate (25%) and
Practice question
Equipment acquired at a cost of Rs. 72,000 has an estimated residual value of Rs. 3,000 and an
estimated useful life of 5 years. It was placed in service on July 31 of the current fiscal year,
which ends on December 31, Determine the depreciation for the current fiscal and the following
fiscal year by (a) by the straight line method, (b) by the declining-balance method, using twice
the straight line rate (40%) and (c) by the sum of the year digit method.
Q#1DEPRECIATION
Fast Company engaged into the following transactions.
January 01, The Company traded in its old equipment which had a cost Rs. 60,000 and whose
Accumulated Depreciation was Rs. 20,000. The new equipment had a list price of Rs. 84,000.
The company was granted Rs. 24,000 trade in allowance for the old equipment.
April 02, The Company sold a building for Rs.2,55,000. The building cost Rs. 3,35,000 and had
an accumulated depreciation of Rs. 135,000 (January 01, 2012). The company uses Straight Line
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Method of depreciation. The building was estimated to have a useful of 20 years and salvage
value of Rs. 35,000.
June 30, The Company disposed of a fully depreciated machine which had a cost of Rs. 15,000
with no salvage value.
Required
Record the above transactions in Journal & show all calculations.
Q#2 DEPRECIATIN
Agro Spray Company engages in the following transactions.
January 01, The Company traded in its old computer system as a part of a new system. The old
computer had cost Rs. 40,000 and Accumulated Depreciation of Rs. 14,000. The new computer
had a list price of Rs. 64,000. The company was granted Rs. 24,000 trade in allowance for the
old computer system.
April 02, The Company sold a building for Rs. 93,500. The building cost Rs.3,35,000 and had
an accumulated depreciation of Rs. 1,35,000 (January 01, 2011). The Company uses Straight
Line Method of Depreciation. The building was estimated to have a useful life of 20 years and
salvage value of Rs. 35,000.
June 30, The Company retired a machine: Cost of Machine was Rs. 10,000 and on his data
Allowance for Depreciation was Rs. 8,500 Salvage value was estimated at Rs. 400.
Required
Record each of the transactions listed above (Show all computations).
Q.3 DEPRECIATION
CHAWLA CO. purchased a Computer for Rs. 250,000 on January 02, 2004. The computer was
estimated to have a Salvage Value of Rs. 10,000 and it was to be depreciated at 40% per annum.
The company uses Diminishing Balance Method for Depreciation.
The Accounting year of the Company ends on June 30, each year.
Required
Prepare Journal Entries to record the disposal of computer under each of the following conditions
separately.
A. The Computer is sold for cash Rs. 12,000 on June 30, 2006.
B. The Computer is Trade in for a similar one on March 1, 2008. The trade in allowance was
agreed at Rs. 20,000. The cost of new computer was Rs. 1,50,000.