• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Free ACCA & CIMA online courses from OpenTuition

Free ACCA & CIMA online courses from OpenTuition

Free Notes, Lectures, Tests and Forums for ACCA and CIMA exams

  • ACCA
  • CIMA
  • FIA
  • OBU
  • Books
  • Forums
  • Ask AI
  • Search
  • Register
  • Login
  • ACCA Forums
  • Ask ACCA Tutor
  • FIA Forums
  • CIMA Forums
  • OBU Forums
  • Qualified Members forum
  • Buy/Sell Books
  • All Forums
  • Latest Topics

20% off ACCA & CIMA Books

OpenTuition recommends the new interactive BPP books for December 2025 exams.
Get your discount code >>

Question 5 – BBP course book – Watson Co

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA FR Exams › Question 5 – BBP course book – Watson Co

  • This topic has 1 reply, 1 voice, and was last updated 6 days ago by melindajeane.
Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • September 27, 2025 at 4:12 pm #722991
    melindajeane
    Participant
    • Topics: 1
    • Replies: 5
    • ☆

    Hi, I am struggling with question 5 from BBP course book and it is driving me crazy because I don’t understand what I am overlooking. The question says :
    Watson Co acquired a property on 1 January 20X1 for USD 250000 for the building and $50,000 for the land. The building was estimated to have a useful life of 50 years. On 1 January 20X6 the property was independently valued which resulted in an increase of $100,000 to the carrying amount of the building and $50,000 to the carrying amount of the land. The useful life is unchanged.

    What is the depreciation charge for the year ended 31 December 20X6?

    My logic was the carrying value is now 280,000 / 45 remaining useful life, but that is wrong they are giving as an answer 280,000 / 44.

    And I can’t figure out why? Does anybody know why this is 44 and not 45? Thanks in advance because it is driving me up the wall 🙂

    September 27, 2025 at 4:58 pm #722992
    melindajeane
    Participant
    • Topics: 1
    • Replies: 5
    • ☆

    I have found :-), the answer in the book is saying 280,000 / 44 but the outcome in 280,000/45, so I am not crazy 🙂

  • Author
    Posts
Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
Log In

Primary Sidebar

Donate
If you have benefited from our materials, please donate

ACCA News:

ACCA My Exam Performance for non-variant

Applied Skills exams is available NOW

ACCA Options:  “Read the Mind of the Marker” articles

Subscribe to ACCA’s Student Accountant Direct

ACCA CBE 2025 Exams

How was your exam, and what was the exam result?

BT CBE exam was.. | MA CBE exam was..
FA CBE exam was.. | LW CBE exam was..

Donate

If you have benefited from OpenTuition please donate.

PQ Magazine

Latest Comments

  • tules on Discounted Cash Flow Further Aspects, Lease versus Buy – ACCA Financial Management (FM)
  • zan13898 on The Stages of an Audit – After Appointment – ACCA Audit and Assurance (AA)
  • Rajshekharrsf on Advanced Idle Time variances – Variance analysis – ACCA Performance Management (PM)
  • SarfarazAli@19 on Borrowing costs – net borrowing costs – ACCA Financial Reporting (FR)
  • MikeLittle on LW English Chapter 1 Questions Structure of The Legal System

Copyright © 2025 · Support · Contact · Advertising · OpenLicense · About · Sitemap · Comments · Log in