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PRACTICE QUESTION !! 11 !! CARL!

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA TX-UK Exams › PRACTICE QUESTION !! 11 !! CARL!

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  • March 27, 2016 at 6:19 am #308364
    banglardamal
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    a/c y/e 5th April 2015: Relating to disposal: sold two lorries for 2500 each which were purchased for 8450 each…SO, as far as my understanding, sold for 5000 against cost of 8450* 2= 16900. therefore balancing allowance should occur of (16900-5000) ie, 11900 ?? a/c y/e 5th April 2016 : relating to purchase of motor car co2 of 120g/km, why is the main pool addition not claiming for AIA , we used only 120,000……cant we claim AIA for motor car may be??And, again in the disposal cant we claim balancing allowance of (15250 cost-sp12000) ie 3250??? Bit confused there!

    Please shed me some light onto that !!!

    March 28, 2016 at 3:30 pm #308496
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    You really need to work through chapter 5 on capital allowances preferably with the lecture and then you would not be asking these questions.
    Lorries when purchased would be main pool expenditure and you do not get a balancing allowance when pool assets are sold – that is the entire point of a pool! Plus you would not calculate a balancing adjustment that way.
    On cars the most basic rule is – NO AIA.
    It is no good trying to work practice questions if you have not firstly studied the notes and worked the examples, preferably accompanied by the lectures.

    April 2, 2016 at 7:14 am #308825
    banglardamal
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    Thanks for your effort….Now I know…..but still confused with the balancing adjustment…..Do we get it only in cessation? when the entire pool has been sold? Thanks again!!!

    April 2, 2016 at 11:07 am #308851
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    A balancing adjustment will always arise on the CA pools on cessation of trading and may be either a balancing allowance or a balancing charge.
    While the business continues to trade you will have a balancing adjustment arising on the sale of a NON pool asset, usually an asset with private use by the proprietor. A balancing allowance will NEVER arise on the CA pools but a balancing charge would arise on a pool if the disposal consideration of pool assets during the period was bigger than the tax WDV on the pool. A negative balance cannot be c/f on the pool so it is reduced to nil by the creation of a balancing charge.

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