Accounting 9706 · AS & A Level · Accounting for non-current assets

Accounting for non-current assets — practice question

Miu is a sole trader and draws up her financial statements to 31 May each year. She charges depreciation on her motor vehicles by the reducing balance method at a rate of $20\%$ per annum. Depreciation is recorded each month.
(a)[1]

State what depreciation of non-current assets means.

(b)[3]

State three reasons why non-current assets depreciate.

(c(i))[2]

Prepare the motor vehicles at cost account covering the year ended 31 May 2015.

(c(ii))[5]

Prepare the motor vehicle provision for depreciation account for the periods ended 31 May 2014 and 31 May 2015.

(c(iii))[1]

Calculate the profit or loss arising from disposal of the motor vehicle purchased on 1 June 2013.

(d)[3]

Advise Miu on the effect on her financial statements if she had not part-exchanged the motor vehicle but had sold it for $80000 cash.

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This 15-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: Spreading the cost of a non-current asset over its useful life

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