Question: Mint Condition Motors ( Pty ) Ltd ( henceforth Mint ) is a second - hand car dealer with its headquarters on Ondekkers Road in
Mint Condition Motors PtyLtd henceforth Mintis a secondhand car dealer with its headquarters on Ondekkers Road in Johannesburg. The company has a December yearend.
Delivery Truck
Mint owns a delivery truck which is made up of a truck body and a truck trailer. The delivery truck was purchased at a total cost of Ron January At that date, Rof the purchase cost was allocated to the truck body and Rwas allocated to the truck trailer. The truck body has a total estimated useful life of years and a Rresidual value. The truck trailer has a total estimated useful life of years and a residual value of R
The delivery truck suffered an accident and the truck trailer was damaged during the financial year. The truck trailer was impaired by Ron December On April Mint replaced the truck trailer with a new bigger truck trailer. The old truck trailer was sold for Rcash on April
To enhance the power and fuel economy of its truck body, Mint installed a heavyduty turbo into its engine on December The total cost to install the turbo amounted to Rcash paid on that day. This installation is expected to significantly decrease the fuel consumption of the truck body.
There was no change to estimates of the useful lives and residual values of the assets above during the period under review.
Buildings
On January Mint purchased the two floors of a floor building on Ontdekkers Road ground floor and first floorMint paid a total of Rfor the two floors. The total cost of Ris split equally between the floors. The floors had an estimated total useful life of years on January and a nil residual value. These estimates have remained unchanged.
Since January Mint has used the ground floor of the building as a showroom for its vehicles and to house its offices. The first floor has always been rented out to third parties.
The other three floors of the building are not owned by Mint. One of the floors has been owned by an accounting firm for the last years The floors in the building can be sold separately and regularly change ownership. Another of the floors was recently bought by an advertising agency. The top floor is in the process of being sold to a consulting firm.
Parking lot Land
Mint purchased a site of land next to the Ontdekkers Road dealership on February The land was purchased at a cost of RMint uses the land as a parking lot for its customers and as an additional space for displaying some of its vehicles. The parking lot is undeveloped land and has an unlimited useful life. The parking lot has always been measured on the revaluation model as per IAS Property Plant, and Equipment. The parking lot had a carrying value of Ron December During the year ended December a flood resulted in the water table rising, making of the parking lot waterlogged. This meant that only of the parking lot could be used safely.
An impairment test was performed on the parking lot on December and the recoverable amount of the parking lot was found to be R
During the year ended December the water table had dropped such that the rest of the parking lot could again be used safely. On December the recoverable amount of the parking lot was determined to be R
Germiston site
The Germiston dealership consists of a plot of land that Mint is developing for the purpose of building a second dealership. The land is correctly classified as property, plant, and equipment. The land was purchased at a cost of Ron January The land was revalued to its fair value of Ron December
Additional information:
Mint accounts for all its property plant and equipment on the cost model as per IAS Property Plant, and Equipment, except for its land which it accounts for on the revaluation model.
Mint accounts for its investment property on the fair value model as per IAS Investment Property.
Ignore current tax and ignore deferred tax.
Ignore VAT
REQUIRED:
d Prepare the journal entries necessary to account for the parking lot in the books of Mint Condition motors Pty Ltd for the year ended December marks
Dates and narrations are not required.
Closing entries are not required.
e Prepare the land column of the property, plant, and equipment reconciliation note of Mint Condition Motors Pty Ltd for the year ended December marks
Comparatives are not required.
The total column is not required.
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