A company maintains its fixed assets at cost. Depreciation provision accounts for each asset are kept.

At 31 December 20X8 the position was as follows:

The following additions were made during the financial year ended 31 December 20X9: Machinery £16,000, office furniture £460. A machine bought in 20X5 for £1,600 was sold for £360 during the year.

The rates of depreciation are: 

Machinery 20 per cent, office furniture 10 per cent, using the straight line basis, calculated on the assets in existence at the end of each financial year irrespective of the date of purchase.

You are required to show the asset and depreciation accounts for the year ended 31 December 20X9 and the balance sheet entries at that date.

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Machinery Office furniture Total cost to date Total depreciation to date 28,350 94,500 3,200 1,280