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- November 29, 2014 at 12:06 am #214200
Dear Tutor please could you help for me..Thanks
1. A company has a year end of 31 January each year. They purchased a car for $12,000 on 1 January 2008, and sold it for $5000 on 31 March 2012.
Their depreciation policy is to charge 20% reducing balance, with a full years charge in year of purchase and none in the year of sale. What was the profit or loss on the sale of the car?Answer $1067.84 (Profit)
2. Your Business values inventory using the average cost method. At October 2008 there were 60 units in inventory value at $12 each. On 8th October 40 units were purchased at $15 each and a further 50 units were purchased for $18 each on 14th October. On 21st October 75 units were sold for $1200.
The value of the closing inventory at 31 October 2008 was:
Answer : 1110
November 29, 2014 at 12:10 pm #214319Please start new threads when there are different topics.
First question:
We need to depreciate for year ended 31 January 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 – 5 years at 20% reducing balance.
First year is 20% x 12000 = 2400, leaving a carrying value of 9600
Second year is 20% x 9600 = 1920, leaving a carrying value of 7680
And so on.After 5 years depreciation, the carrying value is 3932.16
When it is sold, the profit on sale equals the proceeds of sale less the carrying value of 3932.16.
November 29, 2014 at 12:15 pm #214322Second question:
By 15 October, they have 60 + 40 + 50 = 150 units, which cost in total (60 x 12) + (40 x 15) + (50 x 18) = 2,220
On 21 October they sold 75, so the value of the 75 left in inventory is 75/150 x 2220
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