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revised book value

Sstormandsilence10y ago
a business non current assets had a bookvalue of $125000. an asset which cost $12000 was sold for $9000at a profit of $2000 what is the revised bookvalue of non current assets?
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor10y ago#1
The asset sold must have had a book value of 7,000 (for there to be a profit on sale of 2,000 when it was sold for 9,000). Therefore the revised book value must be 125,000 - 7,000 = 118,000
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