F1 Exam Dumps : Financial Reporting

An entity opens a new factory and receives a government grant of $25,000 towards the cost of new plant and equipment. This new plant and equipment originally costs $100,000.

The entity uses the net cost method allowed by IAS 20 Accounting for Government Grants and Disclosure of Government Assistance to record government grants of this nature. All plant and equipment is depreciated at 20% a year on a straight line basis.

Calculate the amount of depreciation to be included for this plant and equipment in the statement of profit of loss for the factory's first year of operation.

Give your answer to the nearest whole $.

BCD owns an item of plant which cost $20,000 and at the time of purchase was assessed to have a useful economic life of 8 years and a residual value of $2,000

The carrying amount of the plant at 1 January 20X8 is $11,000. On that date BCD's directors estimate that the plant's remaining useful life is now 6 years The residual value remains unchanged at $2,000

What is the depreciation charge for this plant for the year ended 31 December 20X8?

Give your answer to the nearest $.

A conservative policy for financing working capital is one where short-term finance is used to fund: