LKAS - 10 Exercise
LKAS - 10 Exercise
ABC (Pvt) Ltd. is in the business of selling computer accessories. The following
transactions/events were occurred after the reporting period, but before the authorization of
financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2022.
1. The board of directors has approved a final dividend of Rs.6/- per share on profit for the year
to ordinary shareholders on 24th April 2022 and there were 100,000 shares in issue.
2. A litigation against the company had been lodged by three (3) former employees in the labour
tribunal two years ago. The decision was declared on 26th April 2022 to make a compensation
worth of Rs. 2.5 million for each employee.
3. Due to the arrival of modern version of laptops, existing laptops were sold with a discount of
50% for Rs.55,000/- per laptop. The cost per laptop was Rs.80,000/-. There were 100 laptops
remaining as at 31st March 2022. All these laptops were sold during the first week of April
2022.
4. On 09th April 2022, there was a fire due to an electrical shock in Avissawella warehouse.
Cost of stock loss was Rs. 2.8 million.
5. A fraud of Rs.75,000/- relating to cash collection of the year was discovered on 5th April 2022.
XYZ Ltd. has prepared its financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2023 and you
have been appointed as the accountant of the company with effect from 01st April 2023. You
have observed the following instances when reviewing the Financial Statement.
1. The machinery of the company was purchased at cost of Rs.4 million on 01st April 2021 and
useful life of the machinery was 5 years. Useful life time of machinery has been re-assessed on
01st April 2022 and it was revealed that remaining useful life time as at 01st April 2022 is 8
years. This has not been considered in the financial statements for the year ended 31st March
2023.
2. A computer purchased for office use on 01st March 2023 was charged in office maintenance
account. Cost of the computer was Rs.300,000/- and its useful life time is 4 years.
= 4,000,000 - 0 / 5
= 800,000
The amount of depreciation for the first year of the machine is Rs. 800,000 Amount of
depreciation for the year 2022/2023
= 3,200,000 - 0 / 8
= 400,000
The effect of the accounting estimate change should be applied for the current year and future
periods. Therefore, amount of depreciation to be reported for the year 2022/2023should be
reduced to Rs.400,000.