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Corvette the leading car manufacturing company acquired amachine for Rs.125,000

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Question

Corvette the leading car manufacturing company acquired amachine for Rs.125,000 on Jan 1, 2004: estimated life was 8 years.Depreciation is charged on straight line method. On Jan 1, 2009:the machine was revalued at Rs.70,000.Apart from recordingrevaluation entry, no other entries have been passed

Required: Calculate the value of depreciation expense and passjournal entry in accordance with IAS-16

               Calculate the value of revaluation surplus and pass journal entryin accordance with IAS-16

Explanation / Answer

Depreciation Expense   $15625 ea yr     AccumDepr                                  $15625 ea yr for 5 years Total depreciation at time of revaluation is $78125 Deduct from original cost of $125,000 = new book value $46,875 at time of revalue if a revaluation results in an increase in value, it should becredited to other comprehensive income and accumulatedin equity under the heading "revaluation surplus" value $70,000 less $46,875 = $23,125 surplus Hope this helps