C8.3 [S] The Souvenir Company purchased, on 1 January Year 1, a machine producing embossed souvenir badges.
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C8.3 [S]
The Souvenir Company purchased, on 1 January Year 1, a machine producing embossed souvenir badges. The machine cost £16,000 and was estimated to have a five-year life with a residual value of £1,000.
Required
(a) Prepare a table of depreciation charges and net book value over the five-year life using straight-line depreciation.
(b) Make a guess at the percentage rate to be used in the reducing-balance calculation, and prepare a table of depreciation charges and net book value over the five years using reducingbalance depreciation.
(c) Using the straight-line method of depreciation, demonstrate the effect on the accounting equation of selling the asset at the end of Year 5 for a price of £2,500.
(d) Using the straight-line method of depreciation, demonstrate the effect on the accounting equation of disposing of the asset at the end of Year 5 for a zero scrap value.
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