6 2 A- Walters, a trader, uses vans for making deliveries. The following is an extract from...
Question:
6 2 A- Walters, a trader, uses vans for making deliveries. The following is an extract from his balance sheet as at 31 December 20X0:
£
23,040 5,760 17,280 On 7 March 20X1 Walters purchased, for cash, an additional van for £10,560. On 5 July 20X2 he sold a van for £4,320 cash. It had been purchased in 20X0 for £9,600.
On 10 July 20X2 he purchased a new van. Details of the amount paid are as follows:
£
Purchase of van 10,080 Delivery 96 Accessories 288 Petrol 48 Road tax 120 10,632 Walters provides for depreciation on a straight-line basis over four years, assuming zero residual value; a full year’s depreciation is provided in the year of purchase, nil in the year of sale.
Required:
(a) the necessary ledger accounts to reflect the above;
(b) the figures to be shown in the balance sheets at 31 December 20X1 and 20X2 and in the profit and loss accounts for the years ended on those dates.
Step by Step Answer:
Principles Of Financial Accounting
ISBN: 9780273676300
3rd Edition
Authors: Ian Gillespie, Richard Lewis, Kay Hamilton