Accurate Inc. reviews the useful lives of its property, plant, and equipment and decides to change the useful lives based on recommendations from external valuation experts. The summary is required to compute the impact on Accurate Inc.'s income statement for the year ending December 31, 20X4 from changing the useful lives. Additional cases provide facts regarding other companies revising estimates of useful lives or residual values of non-current assets and require presentation of the accounting treatment.
Accurate Inc. reviews the useful lives of its property, plant, and equipment and decides to change the useful lives based on recommendations from external valuation experts. The summary is required to compute the impact on Accurate Inc.'s income statement for the year ending December 31, 20X4 from changing the useful lives. Additional cases provide facts regarding other companies revising estimates of useful lives or residual values of non-current assets and require presentation of the accounting treatment.
Accurate Inc. reviews the useful lives of its property, plant, and equipment and decides to change the useful lives based on recommendations from external valuation experts. The summary is required to compute the impact on Accurate Inc.'s income statement for the year ending December 31, 20X4 from changing the useful lives. Additional cases provide facts regarding other companies revising estimates of useful lives or residual values of non-current assets and require presentation of the accounting treatment.
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the year N. Topic 7_IAS 01 Presentation of Financial statements Do the quizzes on the LMS Topic 8_IAS 08 Accounting policies, estimates and errors Case Study 8.1 Facts Accurate Inc. was incorporated on January 1, 20X1, and follows IFRS in preparing its financial statements. In preparing its financial statements for financial year ending December 31, 20X3, Accurate Inc. used these useful lives for its property, plant, and equipment: • Buildings: 15 years • Plant and machinery: 10 years • Furniture and fixtures: 7 years On January 1, 20X4, the entity decides to review the useful lives of the property, plant, and equipment. For this purpose it hired external valuation experts. These independent experts certified the remaining useful lives of the property, plant, and equipment of Accurate Inc. at the beginning of 20X4 as • Buildings: 10 years • Plant and machinery: 7 years • Furniture and fixtures: 5 years Accurate Inc. uses the straight-line method of depreciation. The original cost of the various components of property, plant, and equipment were • Buildings: $15,000,000 • Plant and machinery: $10,000,000 • Furniture and fixtures: $3,500,000 Required Compute the impact on the income statement for the year ending December 31, 20X4, if Accurate Inc. decides to change the useful lives of the property, plant, and equipment in compliance with the recommendations of external valuation experts. Assume that there were no salvage values for the three components of the property, plant, and equipment either initially or at the time the useful lives were revisited and revised. Case Study 8.2 Facts On January 1, 20X1, Robust Inc. purchased heavy-duty equipment for $400,000. On the date of installation, it was estimated that the machine has a useful life of 10 years and a residual value of $40,000. Accordingly the annual depreciation worked out to $36,000 = [($400,000 – $40,000) / 10]. On January 1, 20X5, after four years of using the equipment, the company decided to review the useful life of the equipment and its residual value. Technical experts were consulted. According to them, the remaining useful life of the equipment at January 1, 20X5, was seven years and its residual value was $46,000. Required Compute the revised annual depreciation for the year 20X5 and future years. Case Study 8.3 Facts (a) The internal auditor of Vigilant Inc. noticed in 200Y that in 200X the entity had omitted to record in its books of accounts an amortization expense amounting to $30,000 relating to an intangible asset. (b) An extract from the income statement for the years ended December 31, 200X and 200Y, before correction of the error follows: 200Y 200X Gross profit $300,000 $345,000 General and administrative expenses (90,000) (90,000) Selling and distribution expenses (30,000) (30,000) Amortization (30,000) XXXX 200Y 200X Net income before income taxes 150,000 225,000 Income taxes (30,000) (45,000) Net profit $120,000 $180,000 (c) The “retained earnings” of Vigilant Inc. for 200X and 200Y before correction of the error are 200Y 200X Retained earnings, beginning of the year $225,000 $45,000 Retained earnings, ending of the year $375,000 $225,000 (d) Vigilant Inc.’s income tax rate was 20% for both years. Required Present the accounting treatment prescribed by IAS 8 for the correction of the errors. Case Study 8.4 Facts (a) All Change Co. Inc. changed its accounting policy in 200Y with respect to the valuation of inventories. Up to 200X, inventories were valued using a weighted-average cost (WAC) method. In 200Y the method was changed to first-in, first-out (FIFO), as it was considered to more accurately reflect the usage and flow of inventories in the economic cycle. The impact on inventory valuation was determined to be At December 31, 200W: an increase of $10,000 At December 31, 200X: an increase of $15,000 At December 31, 200Y: an increase of $20,000 (b) The income statements prior to adjustment are 200Y 200X Revenue $250,000 $200,000 Cost of sales 100,000 80,000 Gross profit 150,000 120,000 Administration costs 60,000 50,000 Selling and distribution costs 25,000 15,000 Net profit $65,000 $55,000(c) The “retained earnings” All Change Co. Inc. for 200X and 200Y before correction of the error are 200Y 200X Retained earnings, beginning of the year $355,000 $300,000 Retained earnings, ending of the year $420,000 $355,000 Required Present the change in accounting policy in the Income Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity in accordance with requirements of IAS 8. Topic 9_IAS 10 Events after the reporting period Do the quizzes on the LMS Topic 10_IAS 37 Provisions, contingencies Exercise 10.1 HamburgerPrince, fast food company, organized a birthday party for 20 children where burgers from minced beef meat were served. After the party, 8 children came to the hospital suffering from food poisoning and their parents believe that it is due to burgers not being fried properly. Parents are now suing HamburgerPrince. Lawyer of this company believes that based on past similar court cases and insufficient evidence against HamburgerPrince there is a 40% chance of losing the case and HamburgerPrice would have to pay 160 000 EUR to indemnify children for poisoning. Requires: What should HamburgerPrince do in its financial statements concerning this claim? Choose the right answer below and explain your choice. A. Do nothing B. Disclose contingent liability C. Recognize Provision for liability D. Disclose contingent asset Exercise 10.2 (continue to Ex 10.1) A few months later, court case proceeded further where one employee of HamburgerPrince , acting as a witness, stated that frozen beef burgers supplied by local meat processing company Beefers showed signs of potential bacterial infection. Judge ordered immediate inspection in Beefers to verify its' hygienic and work standards. Inspection proved presence of several bacteria in half products. Court case against HamburgerPrince has not been closed yet. Based on this new evidence, lawyer believes that chance to lose the case increased to 80% . HamburgerPrince then decided to sue Beefers for supplying contaminated burgers and causing them damage. However, Beefers argue that if HamburgerPrince would have fried burgers properly, every possible infection would be destroyed. Lawyer believes that HamburgerPrince has 90% chance of winning this case with compensation of 160 000 EUR from Beefers. What should HamburgerPrince do in its financial statements in relation to new events? Choose the right answer belows and explain your choice. A. Do nothingB. Disclose contingent liability C. Recognise Provision for liability D. Disclose contingent asset Exercise 10.3 NiceHome Co. runs 2 main divisions: production of wooden accessories and metal accessories. On 30 September 20X1, board of directors approved formal restructuring plan that involves shifting some production away from metal accessories to wooden accessories due to current developments of customers' preferences. Managers have prepared details of restructuring plan and have publicly announced it on 30 November 20X1. An implementation of the plan should start on 1 February 20X2 and complete 31 January 20X3. Managers have estimated the costs of restructuring as follows: 1. Carrying amount of redundant machines for metal accessories production - 2 000 000 EUR, revenue from their sale (based on offer received recently) - 1 300 000 EUR 2. New computers in accounting department - 50 000 EUR 3. Cost of retraining employees from metal accessories - 100 000 EUR 4. Cost of severance payments to redundant employees from metal accessories - 400 000 EUR Require:a/ When should Nice Homes recognised a provision for restructuring? b/ What amount is the provision should be? Exercise 10.4 Match the events to its appropriate accounting treatment Events Accounting treatment at the end of year 1 1.CarProd is a car manufacturer who gives warranties to its clients at the time of purchase. Under the terms of sale contract in year 1, CarProd undertakes to repair manufacturing defects or replace defective parts that become apparent within 5 years from the date of sale. Based on previous experience, it is probable that there will be some claims under warranties. How should CarProd deal with the warranties? a. Do nothing 2. PhthalateCorp operating in chemical industry worldwide regularly causes contamination of land , but cleans up only when is required so under the laws of particular country. Country Cleanlandia has had no such legislation and PhthalateCorp has been contaminating land for several years. As at 31 December year 1 it is certain that draft of law requiring clean-up of contaminated land (no matter when) will be enacted after the year-end in Cleanlandia. b. Disclose contingent liability on the NotesHow should the company deal with the estimated cleaning expense? 3. BenzCorp operating in chemical industry worldwide regularly causes contamination of land , but has widely published its environmental policy in which it undertakes to clean up all contamination. In year 1, Benz Corp operates in the countries without any environmental legislation. How should the company deal with the estimated cleaning expense? c. Disclose contingent asset on the Notes 4. At the end of year 1, government introduces a number of changes to the income tax system. As a result of these changes, during the next year, Taxexperts Co will need to retrain a large number of its financial services staff in order to continue providing up-to-date information and advices to its clients. How Taxexperts account for the estimated retraining expenditure? d. Present Provision on the SoFP Topic 11_IFRS 15 Revenue from contract with customers Do the Exercise 11.1 to 11.7 on the handout Topic 11 (Slide no.54-60)