Which of the following statements is correct?

  1. Both IFRS and GAAP permit revaluation of property, plant, and equipment.
  2. IFRS permits revaluation of property, plant, and equipment but not GAAP.
  3. Both IFRS and GAAP do not permit revaluation of property, plant, and equipment.
  4. GAAP permits revaluation of property, plant, and equipment but not IFRS.

Short Answer

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IFRS permits revaluation of property, plant, and equipment but not GAAP. The correct option is option (b).

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01

Meaning of Revaluation

Revaluation funds are set up on a balance sheet to preserve a contingency account linked to other assets. Upon re-evaluation, if the carrying value of the asset changes, a line item will be created.

02

Explaining the correct option

IFRS is a collection of accounting standards produced by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), a non-profit organization. It is a collection of globally agreed accounting standards that lays out rules and procedures of accounting.

GAAP is a set of rules, ideas, and principles that are utilized to report a company's financial data. Therefore, option (b), which states that IFRS permits revaluation of property, plant, and equipment but not GAAP, is correct.

03

Explaining the incorrect options

Option (a): Under GAAP, it is only possible for component depreciation, although it is not mandatory, while in IFRS, revaluation of assets is permitted.

Option (c): Revaluation of assets is possible only under IFRS and not in GAAP. IFRS follows accounting standards while GAAP is rule-based.

Option (d): GAAP permits only component depreciation and not revaluation of assets. Revaluation of property, plant, and equipment are permitted in IFRS.

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Some believe that accounting depreciation measures the decline in the value of fixed assets. Do you agree? Explain.

List (a) the similarities and (b) the differences in the accounting treatments of depreciation and cost depletion.

Use the information for Lockard Company given in BE11-2. (a) Compute 2017 depreciation expense using the sum-of-the-years’-digits method. (b) Compute 2017 depreciation expense using the sum-of-the-years’-digits method, assuming the machinery was purchased on April 1, 2017.

Lockard Company purchased machinery on January 1, 2017, for \(80,000. The machinery is estimated to have a salvage value of \)8,000 after a useful life of 8 years.

(Depreciation—SYD, Act., SL, and DDB) The following data relate to the Machinery account of Eshkol, Inc. at December 31, 2017.


Machinery

A

B

C

D

Original cost

\(46,000

\)51,000

\(80,000

\)80,000

Year purchased

2012

2013

2014

2016

Useful life

10 years

15,000 hours

15 years

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Salvage value

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Depreciation method

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Activity

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Double-declining balance

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\(15,000

\)16,000

*In the year an asset is purchased, Eshkol, Inc. does not record any depreciation expense on the asset. In the year an asset is retired or traded in, Eshkol, Inc. takes a full year’s depreciation on the asset.

The following transactions occurred during 2018.

  1. On May 5, Machine A was sold for \(13,000 cash. The company’s bookkeeper recorded this retirement in the following manner in the cash receipts journal.

Cash 13,000

Machinery (Machine A) 13,000

b. On December 31, it was determined that Machine B had been used 2,100 hours during 2018.

c. On December 31, before computing depreciation expense on Machine C, the management of Eshkol, Inc. decided the useful life remaining from January 1, 2018, was 10 years.

d. On December 31, it was discovered that a machine purchased in 2017 had been expensed completely in that year. This machine cost \)28,000 and has a useful life of 10 years and no salvage value. Management has decided to use the double-declining-balance method for this machine, which can be referred to as “Machine E.”

Instructions

Prepare the necessary correcting entries for the year 2018. Record the appropriate depreciation expense on the above-mentioned machines. No entry is necessary for Machine D.

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Early in 2001, an addition to the building was constructed at a cost of \(500,000. At that time, it was estimated that the remaining life of the building would be, as originally estimated, an additional 30 years and that the addition would have a life of 30 years and a salvage value of \)20,000.

In 2019, it is determined that the probable life of the building and addition will extend to the end of 2050, or 20 years beyond the original estimate.

Instructions

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  2. Compute the annual depreciation that would have been charged from 2001 through 2018.
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