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Effect of Capitalising the repair expense on EPS and ROCE

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  • March 14, 2022 at 2:48 pm #651270
    alawi sayed
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    Hello Sir,
    Q
    15. Delivery Co, a logistics company, carries out the regular repair and
    maintenance of its vehicles. Given the absence of a qualified accountant in the
    previous month, all the repairs were capitalised.
    What will be the impact of this error on earnings per share (EPS) and return on
    capital employed (ROCE)?
    EPS ROCE
    A) Understated Overstated
    B) Overstated Understated
    C) Understated Understated
    D) Overstated Overstated

    Here the profit was really overstated but in the same time it will overstate the the non-current assets which will have an effect on ROCE so here the model answer has ignored the
    effect on capital employed.

    Thanks

    Answer

    15. D
    Capitalising the repair expense will result in overstated profits. Overstated profits
    will overstate EPS and ROCE.

    March 17, 2022 at 7:29 pm #651440
    P2-D2
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    Hi,

    The answer is correct as the proportionate reduction on the profit it far more than that on the capital employed. If we use numbers then it might help to see it more clearly.

    If we assume that the profit is 10 and the capital employed is 100, then the ROCE is 10%

    Now let’s assume that the incorrectly capitalised repairs were 1. The profit will now be 9 (10 – 1) and the capital employed 101 (100 + 1), giving a ROCE if 8.9%.

    The ROCE was therefore previously overstated.

    Thanks

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