Depreciation & Disposal of Non-Current Assets (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE Accounting): Exam Questions

Exam code: 0452 & 0985

36 mins15 questions
1a
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3 marks

Roger is trader. He provides window cleaning services to customers.

An extract from Roger's statement of financial position at 30 June 2024 showed the following:

Cost

Accumulated depreciation

Net book value

$

$

$

Vehicles

85 000

52 500

32 500

The following transactions took place during the year ended 30 June 2025.

On 1 July 2024 Roger purchases a vehicle on credit from EZ Motors for $20 000.

On 31 December 2024 Roger sold a vehicle by bank transfer for $5 500. The vehicle had originally been purchases on 1 July 2022 for $12 000.

Roger depreciates vehicles by 20% per annum using the straight-line method. Depreciation is calculated monthly.

REQUIRED

Prepare the vehicles account for the year ended 30 June 2025. Balance the account and bring down the balance on 1 July 2025.

Roger
Vehicles account

Date

Details

$

Date

Details

$

2024

Jun 30

Balance b/d

85 000

1b
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5 marks

Prepare the provision for depreciation of vehicles account for the year ended 30 June 2025. Balance the account and bring down the balance on 1 July 2025.

Roger
Provision for depreciation of vehicles account

Date

Details

$

Date

Details

$

2024

2024

Jul 1

Balance b/d

52 500

1c
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3 marks

Prepare the disposal account for the year ended 30 June 2025.

Roger
Disposal account

Date

Details

$

Date

Details

$

1d1 mark

State whether Roger made a profit or loss on the sale of the vehicle.

2a
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4 marks

Stalla charges depreciation at 25% per annum, using the reducing balance method. She charges a full year’s depreciation in the year a vehicle is purchased and none in the year it is sold.

On 31 December 2022, Stalla sold a vehicle for $9 500. The vehicle had cost $16 000 on 1 September 2020.

REQUIRED

Calculate the gain or loss on disposal of the vehicle

2b
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2 marks

The balances on Stalla’s ledger accounts at 1 January 2022 included the following

$

Motor vehicles

48 000

Provision for depreciation on motor vehicles

21 000

Prepare Stalla’s motor vehicles account for the year ended 31 December 2022. Balance the account at 31 December 2022 and bring down the balance at 1 January 2023.

Stalla
Motor vehicles account

Date

Details

$

Date

Details

$

2c5 marks

Prepare Stalla’s provision for depreciation on motor vehicles account for the

year ended 31 December 2022. Balance the account at 31 December 2022 and bring down the balance at 1 January 2023.

Stalla
Provision for depreciation on motor vehicles account

Date

Details

$

Date

Details

$