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On 20 June 2022, Sookim Ltd (hereafter Sookim) signed a purchase agreement to acquire
property. The property represents an office complex and is situated in Johannesburg. The
purchase agreement stated that the purchase amount is R10 million. A sworn valuer allocated
the purchase amount of R10 million as follows: land of R2 million and buildings of R8 million.
The legal fees incurred on this transaction amounted to R200000.
On 1 July 2022, the deeds office registered the property in the name of Sookim. On the same
day, a mortgage bond of R8.5 million was obtained from Stars Bank. The mortgage bond was
registered against the property. Stars Bank paid the amount, on behalf of Sookim, directly to the
seller on 1 July 2022. The outstanding balance, including the legal fees, was settled on the
same day by means of an electronic funds transfer.
The bond agreement reflects the interest rate as a fixed rate of 10% per year. The mortgage
bond is repayable in 20 annual equal instalments of R998407. The first instalment is payable
on 30 June 2023.
Depreciation on buildings is written off at 2% per year on the cost using the straight-line method.
An extract of the repayment schedule, in respect of the mortgage bond, is as follows:
Date Total Capital portion Interest at 10%
per year
Amortised cost
01/07/22 Loan 8500000
30/06/23 Instalment 19984071484078500008351593
30/06/24 Instalment 29984071632478351598188346
30/06/25 Instalment 39984071795728188358008773
30/06/26 Instalment 49984071975298008777811244
30/06/27 Instalment 59984072172827811247593962
In accordance with an operating lease agreement, the property is leased out to a small
business. The lease term is 5 years from 1 January 2023, at an equal monthly rent of R22000,
and is repayable every month in arrears. The rental payments were paid accordingly. The total
maintenance cost of the property amounted to R13000 on 30 June 2023 and was paid
accordingly on this date.
Sookim purchased the property for purposes of capital appreciation as well as to earn rental
income. Sookim decided to account for the property in terms of the fair value model.
An independent sworn valuer determined the following fair value on 30 June 2023 as R12
million, of which land is R3 million and buildings of R9 million.
Ignore VAT
REQUIRED
a) Recognise, by means of journal entries, the transactions in the accounting records of
Sookim for the reporting period ended 30 June 2023.
(13 marks)
b) Prepare the investment property note and long-term borrowings note as it would appear
in the financial statements of Sookim for the financial year ending 30 June 2023.
Accounting policies and comparative figures are NOT required.

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