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UN completed the construction of a school building on 1 January 2013 at a cost of $1,000,000. The building had a useful economic life at that date of 40 years. On 1 January 2020, UN revalued the building to its current fair value of $1,200,000. On 1 July 2020, a major upgrade to the building was undertaken at a cost of US$ 50,000 which is higher than the capitalization threshold as per UN Property, Plant and Equipment policy. UN Financial year end on 31 December. As the Head of Field Finance, propose all the relevant accounting entries for the above transactions in 2013 and in 2020. State any assumptions made.
QUESTION 4(b): The Deputy Director of Finance would like to get your professional advice regarding the impact of this transaction on the current and prior year UNRWA Financial Statements. UN uses IPSAS reporting framework and its financial year end on 31 December 2023. A recent review of the useful lives of fixed assets indicated that the useful lives of fixed assets in UN should be revised to ensure UNs Financial Statements remain faithful and reliable. Analysis indicated that the required revision would increase the useful lives of all Fixed asset categories. If the revision happens effective 1 September 2023, UN would like to understand your advice on how the accounting entries and disclosures from this useful lives revision will impact the current years and priors year Financial Statements.

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