
Question No 12 Chapter No 14
12. On 1st July 2015, Sohan Lal & Sons purchased a plant costing Rs 60,000. The additional plant was purchased on 1st January 2016 for Rs 40,000 and on 1st October 2016 for Rs 20,000, 1st July 2015 was found to have become obsolete and was sold for Rs 6,000, charging CGST and SGST @6% each.
Prepare the plant Account for the first three years in the books of Sohan Lal & Sons. Depreciation is charged @ 10% p.a. on straight line Method . The account is closed on 31st March each year.
The solution of Question No 12 Chapter No 14: -
| Dr. | Machine A/c | Cr. | |||||
| Date | Particulars |
J.F. | Amount | Date | Particulars |
J.F. | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/8/15 | To Cash A/c | 60,000 | 31/03/16 | By Deprecation A/c *1 | 5,500 | ||
| 01/01/16 | To Cash A/c | 40,000 | 31/03/16 | By Balance C/d | 94,500 | ||
| 1,00,000 | 1,00,000 | ||||||
| 01/04/16 | To Balance b/d | 94,500 | 31/03/17 | By Deprecation A/c*2 | 11,000 | ||
| 01/10/16 | To Cash A/c | 20,000 |
31/03/17 | By Balance C/d | 1,03,500 |
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| 1,14,500 |
1,14,500 |
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| 01/04/17 | To Balance b/d | 1,03,500 | 01/04/17 | By Cash A/c | 6,000 | ||
| 01/04/17 | By loss on the sale of plant A/c | 10,500 | |||||
| 31/03/18 | By Deprecation A/c | 10,000 | |||||
| 31/03/18 | By Balance C/d | 77,000 | |||||
| 1,03,500 |
1,03,500 | ||||||
Working note:-
*1:- Calculation of the amount of Depreciation on machinery for F/Y 2015-16
Purchased on 1st July 2015
Depreciation = Value of Asset X Rate of Depreciation X Period
Value of Asset = 60,000
Rate of Depreciation = 10%
Period = from 01/07/15 to 31/03/16 i.e. 9 months
(from the date of purchase/Beginning balance to the end of the financial year)
=60,000 X 10/100 X 9/12
Depreciation =4,500
Purchased 1st January 2016
Depreciation = Value of Asset X Rate of Depreciation X Period
Value of Asset = 40,000
Rate of Depreciation = 10%
Period = from 01/1/15 to 31/03/16 i.e. 3 months
(from the date of purchase/Beginning balance to the end of the financial year)
= 40,000 X 10/100 X 3/12
Depreciation = 1,000
Total Depreciation for the finical year 2014-15 =5,500
*2:- Calculation of the amount of Depreciation on machinery for F/Y 2016-17
Purchased on 1st July 2015 and on 1st January 2016
Depreciation = Value of Asset X Rate of Depreciation X Period
Value of Asset = 1,00,000
Rate of Depreciation = 10%
Period = from 01/04/16 to 31/03/17 i.e. 12 months
(from the date of purchase/Beginning balance to the end of the financial year)
=60,000 X 10/100 X 12/12
Depreciation =10,000
Purchased 1st October 2016
Depreciation = Value of Asset X Rate of Depreciation X Period
Value of Asset = 20,000
Rate of Depreciation = 10%
Period = from 01/10/16 to 31/03/17 i.e.6 months
(from the date of purchase/Beginning balance to the end of the financial year)
= 20,000 X 10/100 X 6/12
Depreciation = 1,000
Total Depreciation for the finical year 2016-17= 11,000
One –third of the plant was sold
| Statement Showing profit or loss on the sale of Machinery | Cr. |
| Particulars |
Amount |
|---|---|
| Book value of machinery as on 1st July 2015 when it was purchased | 20,000 |
| Less: - Amount of Depreciation charged on the year 2015-16 | |
| 20,000*10%*9/12 | 1,500 |
| Amount of Depreciation charged on the year 2016-17 | 2,000 |
| Sale Price of Machinery | 6,000 |
| Loss on the sale of the asset | 10,500 |
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