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Depreciation – change of useful life on assets

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA FA – FIA FFA › Depreciation – change of useful life on assets

  • This topic has 9 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 11 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • May 8, 2014 at 4:37 pm #167945
    heng
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    GoodDay John,

    Depreciation topic-
    1 Jan 2000:
    Machine bought for $70,000
    estimated useful life: 7yrs
    scrap value: $7,000.

    1 Jan 2002:
    revised useful life to 3 yrs.

    Question 1: What are the accounting entries (adjustment) for accumulated depreciation a/c at yr ended 31 Dec 2002?

    (I do not know what to do with the balance of previous yr2000 and yr 2001 accumulated depreciation.)

    I know that the new depreciation expenses:
    (New net book value – scrap value)/ remaining useful life.

    Thank you.

    May 9, 2014 at 10:24 am #168010
    John Moffat
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    Up until 31 December 2001, depreciation will have been charged at 9,000 per year ((70000-7000)/7), and you do not change what has happened up until then. The balance on the accumulated depreciation account will be 18,000 (2 years at 9000).

    You then recalculate the depreciation charge for the future. The carrying value is 52000 (70000-18000), the scrap value 7000, and the useful life 3 years. So the depreciation charge in future will be (52000-7000)/3 = 15000.

    From then on you make the usual entry for depreciation at 15000 a year. You do not change the balances that were there at 31 December 2001 (you do not go back a change the previous depreciation)

    May 11, 2014 at 11:51 am #168313
    heng
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    So is it different compare to the revaluation situation?
    Because during re-valuation of asset, the old balance of the accumulated depreciation is transfer to the revaluation a/c.

    And after the revaluation, the asset obtain new net book value and started with different depreciation expenses per year with (continue) the remaining useful life before re-valuation (not with the starting useful life before re-valuation).

    Please correct me if i was wrong. Thanks again.

    May 11, 2014 at 12:40 pm #168336
    John Moffat
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    Yes – it is different (and yes – you are correct)
    🙂

    May 12, 2014 at 1:45 pm #168487
    heng
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    Thank you, John.

    May 12, 2014 at 5:13 pm #168515
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

    June 4, 2014 at 6:50 pm #173918
    gabriell
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    A company purchases a mashine with an expected useful life of 6 years for 9000. After twoyears of use management revised expected useful life to 8 years . The mashine Iis to be depreciated at 30 % per annum on the reducing balance basis. A full years depreciation Iis charged Iin the year of purchase with none in the year of sale. During year 4 sold for 3000. What is loss?

    My question. Why we don’t take revising the useful life into account? Why we dont bother revising of useful life?

    June 4, 2014 at 9:28 pm #173989
    John Moffat
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    The useful life is only relevant if they are using straight line depreciation.

    If using reducing balance the the percentage stays the same unless they decide to change the percentage.

    June 5, 2014 at 5:14 am #174067
    gabriell
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    Many thanks 🙂

    June 5, 2014 at 7:07 am #174086
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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