- 20 Marks
FA – Nov 2020 – L1 – SB – Q5 – Elements of Financial Statements
Classify expenditure as capital or revenue and state recognition in financial statements.
Question
Given below are items of revenue and capital expenditure:
- A number of new cars recently cleared by a motor car dealing company.
- Two new motor boats acquired by a ferry service agency.
- Vacant houses owned by an estate developing company, for which negotiations are ongoing for sale to prospective landlords.
- New buildings acquired for the purpose of holding items of plant and machinery belonging to a detergent manufacturing company.
- Cost of acquiring a leasehold property for office use.
- Granites purchased by an engineering contractor for use at a construction site.
- Cost of rehabilitating a dilapidated housing unit owned by an estate developer.
- Pre-production testing cost.
Required:
a. Using the tabular format below, classify the above transactions into capital or revenue expenditure. (8 Marks)
S/N | Capital Expenditure | Revenue Expenditure
b. State whether each of the items above will be recognized in the statement of profit or loss or in the statement of financial position. (8 Marks)
c. In respect of the information in (a) above, outline the details of information of the capital expenditure that should be included in the property, plant, and equipment (PPE) register. (4 Marks)
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