Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA FR Exams › Hire Purchase Accounting Treatment (Con't)
- This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 7 years ago by
MikeLittle.
- AuthorPosts
- November 23, 2017 at 9:34 am #417557
Can help me to have a check for the double entry that I write for the following? Thanks you sir
For example, the company purchase a car of RM70,000. He pay 20,000 for down payment. Therefore, the remaining 50,000 is paid using hire purchase facilities for 6 years. The interest rate per annum is 5%.
The double entry will be:
When I am purchased the car,Debit Car 70,000
Credit: Account payable 70,000When I pay the down payment,
Debit Account payable 20,000
Credit Bank 20,000When the hire purchase has been approved, transfer from account payable to hire purchase creditor
Debit Account payable 50,000
Debit Interest Suspense (50000*5%* 6 Years)= 15.000
Credit Hire purchase creditor 65,000When the time I have to pay monthly installment:
Monthly installment= 65,000/60months= RM1083.33 per month
RM1083.33 (Principal, Interest)
This is made up of:
Interest= RM250
Principal= RM833.33Debit hire purchase creditor 1083.33
Credit Bank 1083.33Debit interest expense(finance charge) 250
Credit Interest suspense 250Sir, may I knw the double entry that I write is it correct?
and when I purchase the car for 70,000 and pay down payment of 20,000Can I straight away
Debit Car 70,000
Credit Account Payable 50,000
Credit Bank 20000OR
I have to made 2 times double entry?
Debit Car 70,000
Credit Account payable 70,000Debit Account Payable 20,000
Credit Bank 20,000November 23, 2017 at 1:24 pm #417574“Debit Car 70,000
Credit Account Payable 50,000
Credit Bank 20000”That’s perfectly acceptable
I’m not convinced about the calculation of the interest as a flat $250 per month for two reasons:
1) It’s unlikely to be the case that interest stays level throughout the 6 years … it will more likely be greater in the first period and less in the last period with a declining interest amount each month compared with the previous month
2) $15,000 interest / 72 months does not equal $250 per month! It’s $208.33
Otherwise your double entry works ok
As a matter of interest, if you’re paying 1083.33 per month and the interest rate is 5%, you start owing $67,267 and, over 72 months, the debt will be paid off
The first year’s finance charge would be $3,139.41
If it really is $70,000 that you owe and the rate is 5%, you should be paying $1,127.34 each month and the finance charge for the first year would be $3,266.97
And finally, if the debt is $70,000 and you are paying $1,083.33 per month, the interest rate is 4.978% and the first year’s interest is $3,254.30
OK?
- AuthorPosts
- The topic ‘Hire Purchase Accounting Treatment (Con't)’ is closed to new replies.