Mavron pic owned the following motor vehicles as at 1 April 2016:

Mavron pic's policy is to provide at the end of each financial year depreciation using the straight line method applied on a month-by-month basis on all motor vehicles used during the year.
During the financial year ended 31 March 2017 the following occurred:
(1) On 30 June 2016 AAT 101 was traded in and replaced by KGC 303. The trade-in allowance was £5,000. KGC 303 cost £15,000 and the balance due (after deducting the trade-in allowance) was paid partly in cash and partly by a loan of £6,000 from Pinot Finance. KGC 303 is expected to have a residual value of £4,000 after an estimated economic life of five years.
(2) The estimated remaining economic life of DJH 202 was reduced from six years to four years with no change in the estimated residual value.

Required:

(a) Show any Journal entries necessary to give effect to the above.

(b) Show the Journal entry necessary to record depreciation on Motor Vehicles for the year ended 31 March 2017.

(c) Reconstruct the Motor Vehicles Account and the Provision for Depreciation Account for the year ended 31 March 2017.

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Motor Vehicle Date Acquired Cost AAT 101 1 October 2016 8,500 DJH 202 1 April 2017 12,000 Estimated Residual Value Estimated Life (years) 2,500 2,000 8 8 S 5