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At 31/3/2020 inventories were valued at 36,200. Alfa a USA business had purchased some of its inventories from an overseas supplier on 1/1/2020 for 5,000.

At 31/3/2020 inventories were valued at $36,200. Alfa a USA business had purchased some of its inventories from an overseas supplier on 1/1/2020 for €5,000. These inventories were not included in the inventory count on 31/3/2020. The invoice for the purchase was unpaid at 31/3/2020 and was included in trade payables at the exchange rate on the date of purchase. The exchange rates are as follows:

1/1/20 1  $:  €1.1905

31/3/20 1$: €1.2500

Explain the required IFRS financial reporting treatment of the issue above for the year ended 31/3/2020. Prepare all relevant calculations and set out the required adjustments in the form of journal entries.


On 1 January 2019 Planet plc began constructing an item of Machinery, the details of this are:

  • Materials €40,000
  • Labour costs 15,000
  • Pre-production testing 5,000
  • Sale of by-products produced as part of testing process (1,000)
  • Site preparation costs 11,000
  • Staff training 2,000
  • Allocated overheads (60% general administration and 40% directly attributable) 10,000

The plant was completed and became available for use on 1/3/2020.The estimated useful life of the Machine is 10 years. 


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Identify the costs that should be capitalized as part of the plant and the amounts to be written off in the profit and loss.

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