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1.1. Land - On 28 February 2021, the land was revalued down from R2.3 million to R2.1 million. The original cost for land
was R1.8 million.
1.2. Facilities - Included in the facilities owned by Bluehound is an administration building purchased for R4500000 for
which no tax allowances are granted. You may assume that all facilities were purchased on 1 March 2010 and that no
facilities have been sold or impaired since then.
1.3. Buses - Bluehound owns 8 Bluehound luxury coaches and 8 Townliner semi-luxury coaches. You may assume that all
buses were purchased on 1 March 2017 at R3.2 million per Bluehound luxury coach and R2.2 million per Townliner semi-
luxury coach.
In November 2020, management decided to discontinue certain routes in light of poor performance associated with Covid-
19 and lockdown regulations. Following on this decision, on 28 February 2021, Bluehound sold four of its coaches (two
luxury Bluehound and two semi-luxury Townliner coaches) on a lucrative deal in an auction at a total profit of R6.1 million.
1.4. Workshop equipment - The effect of discontinued routes stated above led to the closure and therefore disposal of
workshop equipment in the affected areas. The workshop equipment sold on 28 February 2021 was purchased for R680
000. The disposed workshop equipment accounted for half of workshop equipment that Bluehound owned. Bluehound
received a consideration of R220000 for the workshop equipment sold. You may assume that all workshop equipment was
purchased on 1 March 2016.
Insurance prepaid
All insurance costs are incurred in the production of income and are deductible for tax purposes when paid.
Deferred revenue or contract liability
This account relates to bus tickets paid for future travel that is still outstanding at reporting date.
Provisions
A summary of the provisions' ledger accounts shows the following: 4.1.At each year end, Bluehound raises a provision for litigation for claims brought against the company by the
commuters and drivers who embark on strikes. In addition, a provision for accommodation and shuttling for drivers
when out-of-town is raised. All these provisions are considered to be in the production of income and are deductible
for tax purposes when paid.
4.2.A provision for penalties and fines is also raised annually and this is not deductible for tax purposes on the same
basis that penalties and fines would not be deductible in terms of section 23(0) of the Income Tax Act.
4.3.As a result of discontinuing certain routes and selling some assets, on reporting date a provision for retrenchment of
staff who will be laid off was raised. This is allowable as a tax deduction when paid.
Profit (loss) before tax
Bluehound, like many other businesses, has been hit hard by the severe effects of Covid-19, which included the lockdown
regulations that suspended and at times regulated strictly, domestic traveling. Consequently, Bluehound reported material
losses during the current period.
Despite the unfavourable business conditions during the lockdown periods, Bluehound corporate social investment desk
responded to the dire need of assistance by many organisations responsible for the search of the vaccine and those that
provided food parcels to the needy. A total of R200000 was made in donations. R160000 worth of donations were made to
organisations from which a valid section 18A certificate was obtained.
Bluehound received R56000 in dividend income from its local investments with companies that profited during Covid-19
and lockdown, and those companies whose year-end was early Bluehound Coach Lines (Pty) Ltd (Bluehound) is a South African travel agency and transport service company. Bluehound
operates luxury Bluehound coaches and semi-luxury, and therefore affordable, coaches in Townliner. The company
transports passengers between major cities and towns on a daily basis. Bluehound transports on average 800000
passengers per annum, while Townliner transports on average 500000 passengers per annum across the country and
bordering countries. However, this record history changed drastically and unexpectedly when Covid-19 hit the shores of
South Africa in March 2020, the start of the of the company's financial year.
The company year-end is the last day of February.
Below is an extract of the Bluehound financial information:
Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment comprises of land, facilities (buildings and workshop warehouses), buses and workshop
equipment used for the repairs and maintenance of buses.
Apart from land, which is measured using the revaluation model, all property, plant and equipment is measured using the
cost model. Below is a summary of depreciation, and taxation write off periods for the respective items of property, plant and
equipment.Where relevant, you may assume that residual values are zero.
The following is a breakdown of carrying amounts of property, plant andequipment shown in the extract above:
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