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FR – May 2018 – L2 – Q7c – Property, Plant, and Equipment (IAS 16)

Calculate the gain or loss on the disposal of an old equipment traded in for a new one, in accordance with IAS 16.

Odeda Limited operates its business with plant and equipment that qualified under IAS 16 as property, plant, and equipment. On January 1, 2016, the cost of the company’s plant was N4,000,000, and the accumulated depreciation was N1,600,000. On January 2, 2016, the company bought a new equipment at the cost of N1,000,000, and the equipment supplier accepted an old equipment owned by Odeda Limited in part exchange for a value of N80,000. The equipment originally cost N600,000, and its accumulated depreciation is N500,000.

You are required to calculate the gain or loss on the disposal of the old equipment.

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FA – May 2023 – L1 – SA – Q10 – Depreciation Methods and Accounting for Disposals

Calculating profit or loss on the disposal of equipment after accounting for depreciation.

Shark and Co. purchased a piece of equipment for N960,000 on September 1, 2016. Depreciation was charged at 12.5% per annum on a straight-line with zero residual value. Depreciation is charged from acquisition date to disposal date. The equipment was sold for N315,000 on June 30, 2022. Calculate the profit or loss on disposal.

A. N45,000 Gain

B. N45,000 Loss

C. N50,000 Gain

D. N55,000 Gain

E. N55,000 Loss

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FR – May 2018 – L2 – Q7c – Property, Plant, and Equipment (IAS 16)

Calculate the gain or loss on the disposal of an old equipment traded in for a new one, in accordance with IAS 16.

Odeda Limited operates its business with plant and equipment that qualified under IAS 16 as property, plant, and equipment. On January 1, 2016, the cost of the company’s plant was N4,000,000, and the accumulated depreciation was N1,600,000. On January 2, 2016, the company bought a new equipment at the cost of N1,000,000, and the equipment supplier accepted an old equipment owned by Odeda Limited in part exchange for a value of N80,000. The equipment originally cost N600,000, and its accumulated depreciation is N500,000.

You are required to calculate the gain or loss on the disposal of the old equipment.

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FA – May 2023 – L1 – SA – Q10 – Depreciation Methods and Accounting for Disposals

Calculating profit or loss on the disposal of equipment after accounting for depreciation.

Shark and Co. purchased a piece of equipment for N960,000 on September 1, 2016. Depreciation was charged at 12.5% per annum on a straight-line with zero residual value. Depreciation is charged from acquisition date to disposal date. The equipment was sold for N315,000 on June 30, 2022. Calculate the profit or loss on disposal.

A. N45,000 Gain

B. N45,000 Loss

C. N50,000 Gain

D. N55,000 Gain

E. N55,000 Loss

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