a. Provide an explanation to substantiate the change in accounting policy. b. Calculate the depreciation expense on computers for the period ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2020 with the new policy. c. Prepare the Balance Sheet extract showing the Cost, accumulated depreciation and net book value for the computers as at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2020. d. Calculate the depreciation expense for the period ended December 31, 2021 if the scrap value was changed to $8,000 in 2021 based on a change in the economic outlook. State the changes required for 2019 and 2020.
Question 1.
Trancor Ltd has been in operation for over 60 years. It has a standard straight-line depreciation policy for all its fixed assets. A new CFO was appointed in January 2020 and after review of the financial statements questioned the large write off of assets in December 2019. The Accountant stated these assets were computers and were not being used as the technology was obsolete. New computers were purchased on March 1, 2019 to replace the old ones and these were being
Computers at cost 80,000
Net Book Value 67,500
a. Provide an explanation to substantiate the change in accounting policy.
b. Calculate the depreciation expense on computers for the period ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2020 with the new policy.
c. Prepare the Balance Sheet extract showing the Cost, accumulated depreciation and net book value for the computers as at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2020.
d. Calculate the depreciation expense for the period ended December 31, 2021 if the scrap value was changed to $8,000 in 2021 based on a change in the economic outlook. State the changes required for 2019 and 2020.
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