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在线求解答ACCA考试一题目?
The Mission Company Ltd, whose year end is 31 December, has acquired two items of machinery on leases, the conditions of which are as follows:
Item Y: Ten annual instalments of £20,000 each, the first payable on 31 December 2000. The machine was completely installed and first operated on 1 January 2000 and its purchase price on that date was £160,000. The machine has an estimated useful life of ten years, at the end of which it will be of no value. Item Z: Ten annual instalments of £30,000 each, the first payable on 31 December 2002. The machine was completely installed and first operated on 1 January 2002 and its purchase price on that date was £221,000. The machine has an estimated useful life of twelve years,
at the end of which it will be of no value.
The Mission Company Ltd accounts for finance charges on finance leases by allocating them over the period of the lease on the sum of digits method.
Depreciation is charged on a straight line basis. Ignore taxation. Assume a cost of borrowing of 8%.
Required
(a) Determine whether or not these are finance leases or operating leases, referring to the main requirements of IAS 17 Leases to account for a lease agreement as a finance lease.
(b) Calculate and state the charges to the income statement and the balance sheet figures (where appropriate) for incorporation into the annual accounts for 20X6 and 20X7.
(c) The major issue surrounding the capitalisation of leases is one of substance over form’. Comment upon this assertion with reference to relevant international accounting
standards’.
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