Coomans Ltd, which started operations on 1 October 2013, prepared the following account balances as at 30

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Coomans Ltd, which started operations on 1 October 2013, prepared the following account balances as at 30 June 2016:


Machinery (at cost)

Accumulated Depreciation – Machinery

Vehicles (at cost; purchased 20 February 2014)

Accumulated Depreciation – Vehicles

$310000

170 500

160000

59 200


Details of machines owned at 30 June 2016 were:


Machine


Purchase date


Cost


Useful life


Residual value

1

2

3


2 October 2013

27 December 2013

29 July 2014


$80000

130000

100000


4 years

5 years

4 years


$8 000

5000

4000


Additional information

(a) Coomans Ltd calculates depreciation to the nearest month and balances its accounts at month-end. Recorded amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, and end of the reporting period is 30 June.

(b) The company uses straight-line depreciation for all depreciable assets except vehicles, which are depreciated using the diminishing-balance method at a rate of 30% p.a.

(c) The Vehicles account balance reflects the total paid for four identical delivery vehicles, each of which cost $40000.

The following transactions occurred from 1 July 2016 onwards:


2016


Aug.


Nov.

Dec.



2017

March


June

Sept.

3


15

30




5


30

20

Purchased a new machine (Machine 4) for a cash price of $115000. Installation costs of $5000 were also paid. The company estimated the

useful life and residual value at 5 years and $10000 respectively.

Paid vehicle repairs of $1200.

Exchanged one of the vehicles for items of fixtures that had a fair value of $22000 at the date of exchange. The fair value of the vehicle at the

date of exchange was $18000. The fixtures originally cost $50000 and had been depreciated by $31000 to the date of exchange in the previous

owner’s accounting records. Coomans Ltd estimated the fixtures’ useful life and residual value at 5 years and $2000 respectively.


Paid $12000 to overhaul Machine 1, after which Machine 1’s useful life was estimated at 3 remaining years and its residual value was revised

to $4000.

Recorded depreciation expense.

Traded in Machine 3 for a new machine (Machine 5). A trade-in allowance of $20000 was received for Machine 3 and $110000 was paid in cash.

The company estimated Machine 5’s useful life and residual value at 6 years and $5000 respectively.





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Prepare journal entries in general journal form to record the transactions.

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