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John Moffat.
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- February 21, 2021 at 12:10 pm #611187
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A business purchased an asset on 1 January 20X1 at a cost of $160,000. The asset had an expected life of eight years and a residual value of $40,000.
The straight-line method is used to measure depreciation.
The financial year ends on 31 December.
At 31 December 20X3, the estimated remaining life of the asset from that date is now expected to be only three more years, but the residual value is unchanged.What will be the net book value of the asset as at 31 December 20X3, for inclusion in the statement of financial position?
A 97500
B 100000
C 107500
D 115000The correct answer was c in the markscheme
In the way I calculated I took (160000-40000)/8
Then I got the answer 150000 depreciation charge
I multiplied 15000*3 to get 45000
And I deducted this from 160000 to get the NBVAI ignored the fact that the useful life has changed because they state at the end of the year and the useful life will change from originally having 5 years left to 3 years left from the 1/january 2004 and so on…
Since 2004 is next period I assumed that for the year 2003 also the depreciation will be 15000
In other words 2004 change in useful life seemed irrelevant for year end 2003 so I ignored itIn the markscheme however they have apparently already charged a new depreciation for 2003 eventhough it states that in the year end only the useful life is reduced to 3 years
I was wondering why this could be the case
February 21, 2021 at 1:36 pm #611211It is at the end of 20X3 that they will be calculating the depreciation for the year to 31 Dec 20X3.
Given that it is at the end of 20X3 that they realise that the remaining life has changed, and so will take that into account when calculating the 20X3 depreciation. - AuthorPosts
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