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Depreciation, Provisions and Reserves
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1.
Is a reserve a charge to Profit & Loss Account?
2.
Under which method depreciation is calculated on the written down value of the asset?
3.
What is written down value method?
4.
Which method of depreciation is recognised by Income Tax authorities in India?
5.
Is depreciation cash expense?
6.
Rajan purchased a machine on 1 October, 2017 for Rs. 500,000 plus CGST and SGST @ 6% each. He paid Rs. 20,000 for loading/unloading and carriage expenses to bring the machine to factory. He further incurred Rs. 25000 for installing the machine. Determine:
(i) How much amount did Rajan pay to vendor of machine?
(ii) How much amount will be debited to Machinery Account?
(iii) Pass the Journal Entries giving effect to the transection.
7.
On April 1,2011 X Ltd. Purchased Machinery for Rs.1,00,000with CGST and SGST @ 6%each. The accounting year of the Company ends on 31st Dec. every year. Depreciation @ 10%p.a. on the initial cost is charged to P & L Account and credited to a separate account known as 'provision for depreciation' account. On 1st July 2013,the machine purchased on 1st April 2011was sold for Rs. 60,000.You are required to prepare machinery Account and Provision for Depreciation Account upto 2013.
8.
From the following transactions of a business firm prepare Machinery Account for two years:
1.4.2011 purchased a second-hand machinery for Rs. 80,000.
1.4.2011 spent Rs.20,000 on repairs for making it serviceable.
30.9.2011 purchased another machinery for Rs. 40,000.
31.12.2011 repairs and renewals of machinery Rs. 5,000.
Depreciation is charged at 10% p.a. on fixed installment basis. The accounts are closed on 31st March every year.
9.
Green Ltd. purchased a machinery on 1st May, 2011 for Rs. 60,000. On 1st July, 2012 it purchased another machine for Rs. 20,000
On 31st March, 2013, it sold off the first machine purchased in 2011 for Rs.38,500 and on the same date purchased a new machinery for Rs.50,000. Depreciation is provided at 20% p.a. on the original cost each year. Accounts are closed each year on 31st December.
Show the Machinery Account for three years
10.
Ram Bros. acquired a machine on 1st July, 2014 at a cost of Rs1,40,000 with CGST and SGST @ 6% each and spent Rs 10,000 on its installation. The firm writes-off depreciation at 10% of the original cost every year. The books are dosed on 31st December every year. Show the Machinery Account and Depreciation Account for three years.
11.
Give four examples each of 'provisions' and 'Reserves'.
12.
Distinguish between 'Provision' and 'Reserve'.
13.
Depreciation is charged to reduce the value of asset to its market value.
14.
Depreciation provides fund for replacement.
15.
Depreciation must be charged so as to ascertain true profit or loss of the business.
16.
Depreciation is decline in the market value of tangible fixed assets.
17.
Installation, freight and transport expenses are a part of __________.
18.
Depreciation is decline in the value of ________.
1.
( )
No, reserve is an appropriation
2.
( )
Written down value method
3.
( )
Written down value method is a method under which depreciation goes on reducing year- after year.
4.
( )
Written down value method
5.
( )
No, depreciation is not a cash expense but non-cash expense.
6.
(i) Amount paid to Vendor of Mach
| Rs | |
| Value (cost)of Machine | 5,00,000 |
| Add:CGST @ 6% | 30,000 |
| SGST @ 6% | 30,000 |
| 5,60,000 |
(ii) Amount debited to Machinery Account:
| Cost | 5,00,000 |
| Carriage expenses | 20,000 |
| Installation charges | 25,000 |
| 5,45,000 |
(iii)
| Date | Particulars | L.E | Amount Dr.(Rs) | Amount Cr.(Rs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Machinery A/C Dr | 5,00,000 | ||
| Oct 1 | Input CGST A/C Dr | 30,000 | ||
| Input SGST A/C Dr. | 30,000 | |||
| To Bank A/C (Being Machinery purchased) |
56,000 | |||
| Machinery A/c Dr. | 45,000 | |||
| To Bank A/c (Being carriage and installation charges paid) |
45,000 |
7.
| Date | Particulars | J.F | Amount(Rs.) | Date | Particulars | J.F | Amount(Rs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2011 | ||||||
| Apr.1 | To Bank A/c | 1,00,000 | Dec. 31 | By Balance c/d | 1,00,000 | ||
| 1,00,000 | 1,00,000 | ||||||
| 2012 | 2012 | ||||||
| Jan 1 | To Balance b/d | 1,00,000 | Dec 31 | By Balance c/d | 1,00,000 | ||
| 1,00,000 | 1,00,000 | ||||||
| 2013 | 2013 | ||||||
| Jan 1 | To Balance b/d | 1,00,000 | July 1 | To Bank A/c | 60,000 | ||
| July 1 | By Prov.for Dep.A/c | 22,500 | |||||
| July 1 | By Loss on Sale | 17,500 | |||||
| 1,00,000 | 1,00,000 |
| Date | Particulars | J.F | Amount(Rs.) | Date | Particulars | J.F | Amount(Rs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2011 | ||||||
| Dec 31 | To Balance c/d | 7,500 | Dec 31 | By Depreciation A/c | 7,500 | ||
| 7,500 | 7,500 | ||||||
| 2012 | 2012 | ||||||
| Dec 31 | To Balance b/d | 17,500 | Jan 1 | By Balance b/d | 7,500 | ||
| Dec 31 | By Depreciation A/c | 10,000 | |||||
| 17,500 | 17,500 | ||||||
| 2013 | 2013 | ||||||
| Dec 31 | To Balance c/d | 22,500 | Jan 1 | By Balance b/d | 17,000 | ||
| Jan 1 | By Depreciation A/c | 5,000 | |||||
| 22,500 | 22,500 |
8.
In the Books of
| Date | Particulars | J.F | Amount(Rs) | Date | Particulars | J.F | Amount(Rs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2012 | ||||||
| Apr 1 | To Bank A/c(Cost) (Machine I) |
80,000 | Mar 31 | By Depreciation A/c (On Machine I) |
10,000 | ||
| Apr 1 | To Bank A/c (Repairs) | 20,000 | Mar 31 | ByDepreciation A/c (On Machine II for 6 months) |
2,000 | ||
| 2011 | |||||||
| Sep.30 | To Bank A/c (Cost) (Machine II) |
40,000 | |||||
| Mar 31 | By Balance c/d: | ||||||
| Machine I 90,000 | |||||||
| Machine II 38,000 | 1,28,000 | ||||||
| 1,40,000 | 1,40,000 | ||||||
| 2012 | 2013 | ||||||
| April 1 | To Balance b/d | 1,28,000 | Mar 31 | By Depreication A/c | |||
| Machine I 10,000 | |||||||
| Machine II 4,000 | 14,000 | ||||||
| Mar 31 | By Balance c/d: | ||||||
| Machine I 80,000 | |||||||
| Machine II 34,000 | 1,14,000 | ||||||
| 1,28,000 | 1,28,000 |
Working Notes:
1.Rs.1,00,000 \(\times\)10/100 = Rs.10,000
2.Rs.40,000 \(\times\) 10/100 = Rs.4,000
Note: Repair charges spent on 1.4.2011 for making the machinery serviceable is treated as capital expenditure and as such it has been recorded in Machinery Account.
Repairs charges of Rs. 5,000 has been spent on 31.12.2011 whereas the machinery was purchased on 30.9.2011. As such, this expenditure, being revenue in nature will not be recorded in Machinery A/c rather it will be debited to Profit & Loss A/c.
9.
| Date | Particulars | J.F | Amount(Rs) | Date | Particulars | J.F | Amount(Rs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2011 | ||||||
| May 1 | To Bank A/c | 60,000 | Dec 31 | By Depreciation A/c (for 8 months) |
8,000 | ||
| Dec 31 | By Balance c/d | 52,000 | |||||
| 60,000 | 60,000 | ||||||
| 2012 | 2012 | ||||||
| Jan 1 | To Balance b/d | 52,000 | Dec 31 | By Depreciation A/c (12,000+2,000) |
14,000 | ||
| July 1 | To Bank A.c | 20,000 | Dec 31 | By Balance c/d (40,000+18,000) |
58,000 | ||
| 72,000 | 72,000 | ||||||
| 2013 | 2013 | ||||||
| Jan 1 | To Balance b/d | 58,000 | Mar 31 | By Bank A/c (Sale) | 38,500 | ||
| Mar 31 | TO Bank A/c | 50,000 | By Depreciation A/c (for 3 months) |
3,000 | |||
| Mar 31 | To Profit & Loss A/c (Profit on sale) |
1,500 | Dec 31 | By Depreciation A/c (4,000+7,500) |
11,500 | ||
| Dec 31 | By Balance c/d | 56,500 | |||||
| 2014 | 1,09,500 | 1,09,500 | |||||
| Jan 1 | To Balance b/d | 56,500 |
10.
In the Books of Ram Bros
| Date | Particulars | J.F | Amount(Rs) | Date | Particulars | J.F | Amount(Rs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2014 | ||||||
| July 1 | To Bank A/c | 1,40,000 | Dec 31 | By Depreciation A/c | 7,500 | ||
| July 1 | To Bank A/c (Installation Expenses) |
10,0000 | Dec 31 | By Balance c/d | 1,42,500 | ||
| 1,50,000 | 1,50,000 | ||||||
| 2015 | 2015 | ||||||
| Jan 1 | To Balance b/d | 1,42,500 | Dec 31 | By Depreciation A/c | 15,000 | ||
| Dec 31 | By Balance c/d | 1,27,500 | |||||
| 1,42,500 | 1,42,500 | ||||||
| 2016 | 2016 | ||||||
| Jan 1 | To Balance b/d | 1,27,500 | Dec 31 | By Depreciation A/c | 15,000 | ||
| Dec 31 | By Balance c/d | 1,12,500 | |||||
| 2017 | 1,27,500 | 1,27,500 | |||||
| Jan1 | To Balance b/d | 1,12,500 |
| Date | Particulars | J.E | Amount(Rs) | Date | Particulars | J.F | Amount(Rs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2014 | ||||||
| Dec 31 | To Machinery A/c | 7,500 | Dec 31 | By Profit & Loss A/c | 7,500 | ||
| 7,500 | 7,500 | ||||||
| 2015 | 2015 | ||||||
| Dec 31 | To Machinery A/c | 15,000 | Dec 31 | By Profit & Loss A/c | 15,000 | ||
| 15,000 | 15,000 | ||||||
| 2016 | 2016 | ||||||
| Dec 31 | To Machinery A/c | 15,000 | Dec 31 | By Profit & Loss A/c | 15,000 | ||
| 15,000 | 15,000 |
11.
Examples of provisions are:
(i) Provision for depreciation.
(ii) Provision for bad and doubtful debts.
(iii) Provision for taxation.
(iv) Provision for discount on debtors.
Examples of reserves are:
(i) General Reserve
(ii) Workmen Compensation Fund.
(iii) Investment Fluctuation Fund.
(iv) Capital Reserve.
12.
| Basis of Difference | Provision | Reserve |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | It is created to meet the known liability | It is created to meet unknown liability |
| Nature | Provision is a charge against profit. | Reserve is an appropriation of profits |
| Purpose | It is created for a specific liability. | It is created for strengthening the financial position. |
| Mode of creation | It is created by debiting the Profit & Loss Account. |
It is created by debiting the Profit & Loss Appropriation Account. |
| Use for payment of dividend |
It cannot be used for payment of dividends | It can be used for payment of dividends |
| Creation | Creation of provision is compulsory. It is created even if there is no profit. |
Creation of reserve depends on the discretion of the management. It is created only when there is profit. |
13.
(b)
14.
(a)
15.
(a)
16.
(b)
17.
( )
Acquisition cost
18.
( )
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