Hanover Agencies Limited (HAL) is a distributor of electrical products, located in Lucea Hanover. The company was incorporated on the 1st of January 2019 with a share capital of 6,000,000 $2 ordinary shares. On the date of the incorporation the company acquired two (2) delivery trucks at a cost of $4,000,000 each and decided to depreciate the trucks using the units of output method. The company planned to keep the trucks for a useful life of 200,000 miles each. The residual value of each truck is estimated to be $500,000 each after 200,000 miles. On the 1 March 2020 the company received a government grant of $3,000,000 to cover 60% of the cost of a new solar system. The solar system has a useful life of five years with no residual value. On June 1, 2020 the company decided to construct a new office complex in Green Island, Hanover and borrowed a loan from the International Bank of Commerce (IBC) of $100,000,000 at a nominal interest rate of 10%. The effective interest rate on the loan was however determined to be 12%. The Office complex will be rented to other businesses. Construction of the office complex began on 1 July 2020 and was completed on May 31,2021, at a construction costs of $156,000,000. Construction on the office complex was suspended during the month of January 2021. The company (HAL) invested 40% of the money received from IBC for the period October 1,2020 to 31 January 2021 at an interest rate of 8%. On January 1 2022, the company bought 1,600,000 of the ordinary share capital of Negril Limited at a price of $7,600,000 and 30% of the ordinary shares of Cove Limited for $400,000. The total share capital of Negril Limited was 2,000,000 $1 ordinary shares. At the date of the acquisition the retained earnings of Negril Limited was $76,000 and the general reserve balance was $123,000. Cove Limited is a small distribution company in Hanover with a share capital of 600,000 $1 ordinary shares. The purchase consideration for Negril Limited was satisfied by the issue of 3 ordinary shares in Hanover Agencies Limited for every 4 shares acquired in Negril Limited. At this date the market price of a share in HAL was $3.20. The balance on the purchase consideration represents an issue of $2,000,000 in 10% loans stocks by HAL to the shareholders of Negril Limited and a deferred cash payment, to be satisfied in 5 years time (appropriate discount rate 9%). On June 30, 2022 one of the delivery trucks is involved in an accident and is sold for $700,000. HCL replaces this truck with a new truck at a cost of $7,000,000. The residual value of this truck is $1,000,000 after using it for 200,000 miles. The CEO for Hanover Agencies Limited is the also the newly appointed CEO for a not-for-profit organization, Hanover Society for the Poor (HSP). He does not believe that financial statements should be prepared for HSP. He remarked that it is a complete waste of resources and time.

CASE QUESTIONS

1. Calculate the total depreciation to be charged on delivery trucks for the year ended 31 December 2022. (8 marks)

2. Prepare the Statement of Profit or Loss and Statement of Financial Position extracts to account for the government Grant from March 2020 to the year ended 31 December 2022. (10 marks)

3. Prepare the Statement of Profit or Loss and Statement of Financial Position extracts to account for the borrowing costs related to the construction of the Office Comple ( 8 marks)

4. Calculate the goodwill acquired by HAL on the acquisition of Negril limited (10 marks)

5. Determine the value of the investment of Cove Limited in the books of HAL at the 31 December 2022, if the profit made by Cove Limited for the year ended 31 December 2022 was $1,200,000 and its original cost was impaired by 10% ( 3 marks)

6. Calculate the deferred purchase consideration to be shown on the consolidated statement of financial position of HAL Limited Group on 31 December 2022. (3 marks)

7. Explain to the CEO of HAL why financial statements should be prepared for not-for-profit organizations. (10 marks)

8. Define the term post employee benefits as per IAS19 and differentiate between a defined contribution pension plan and a defined benefits pension plan (8 marks