Question: On 2 0 June 2 0 2 2 , Sookim Ltd ( hereafter Sookim ) signed a purchase agreement to acquire property. The property represents
On June 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 R million. A sworn valuer allocated
the purchase amount of R million as follows: land of R million and buildings of R million.
The legal fees incurred on this transaction amounted to R
On July the deeds office registered the property in the name of Sookim. On the same
day, a mortgage bond of R 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 July 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 per year. The mortgage
bond is repayable in annual equal instalments of R The first instalment is payable
on June
Depreciation on buildings is written off at per year on the cost using the straightline method.
An extract of the repayment schedule, in respect of the mortgage bond, is as follows:
Date Total Capital portion Interest at
per year
Amortised cost
Loan
Instalment
Instalment
Instalment
Instalment
Instalment
In accordance with an operating lease agreement, the property is leased out to a small
business. The lease term is years from January at an equal monthly rent of R
and is repayable every month in arrears. The rental payments were paid accordingly. The total
maintenance cost of the property amounted to R on June 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 June as R
million, of which land is R million and buildings of R million.
Ignore VAT
REQUIRED
a Recognise, by means of journal entries, the transactions in the accounting records of
Sookim for the reporting period ended June
marks
b Prepare the investment property note and longterm borrowings note as it would appear
in the financial statements of Sookim for the financial year ending June
Accounting policies and comparative figures are NOT required.
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