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- February 26, 2015 at 11:14 am #230306
Hi,
I am interested about the following question:
Lux Co has discovered that the profit on sale of a non-current asset has not been included in the financial statements correctly. An item of plant with a carrying value of $15,800 was sold for $14,200 during the year. The only accounting entry has been to:
$
Dr Cash 14,200
Cr Profit on disposal 14,200What will the effect on non-current assets and profit be if this error is not corrected?
Non-current assets overstated
Profit overstatedIs it because of the carrying value is 15800 was sold for 14200 so there is a loss on the value 1600. Sot it means this should happen:
Dr cash 1600
Cr Loss on disposal 1600So both non current assets and profit will be overstated with 12600, am I right?
I am quite confused with the over/understated if it is not correct,
Thank you in advancve!
February 26, 2015 at 12:41 pm #230325You are correct in saying that the profit will have been over-stated by 12,600
The non-current assets will have been overstated by 15,800 (because the carrying value has not been removed, and it should have been).
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