Meher & Company purchased, on 1st January 2019, a machine for producing cranes. The machine cost OMR 108,000 and was estimated to have a ten-year life with a residual value of OMR 8,000. The company plans on using one out of the two most important methods of deprecation which are straight line & written down value methods. The CEO wants to decide on which method based on a few calculations that he asks you to perform which are given below. Prepare the required calculations to help the CEO arrive at a final decision. Required (a) Prepare a table of depreciation and net book values over the ten-years using straight-line depreciation. (b) Prepare a table of depreciation and net book value over the ten years using reducing - balance depreciation. (c) Using the straight-line method of depreciation, show the effect of selling the asset at the end of Year 4 for a price of OMR 75,000. (d) Using the reducing balance method of depreciation, demonstrate the effect on disposing the asset at the end of Year 5 for OMR 44,000.
Meher & Company purchased, on 1st January 2019, a machine for producing cranes. The machine cost OMR 108,000 and was estimated to have a ten-year life with a residual value of OMR 8,000. The company plans on using one out of the two most important methods of deprecation which are straight line & written down value methods. The CEO wants to decide on which method based on a few calculations that he asks you to perform which are given below. Prepare the required calculations to help the CEO arrive at a final decision. Required (a) Prepare a table of depreciation and net book values over the ten-years using straight-line depreciation. (b) Prepare a table of depreciation and net book value over the ten years using reducing - balance depreciation. (c) Using the straight-line method of depreciation, show the effect of selling the asset at the end of Year 4 for a price of OMR 75,000. (d) Using the reducing balance method of depreciation, demonstrate the effect on disposing the asset at the end of Year 5 for OMR 44,000.
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Transcribed Image Text:Meher & Company purchased, on 1st January 2019, a machine for producing cranes. The machine cost
OMR 108,000 and was estimated to have a ten-year life with a residual value of OMR 8,000. The
company plans on using one out of the two most important methods of deprecation which are straight
line & written down value methods. The CEO wants to decide on which method based on a few
calculations that he asks you to perform which are given below. Prepare the required calculations to help
the CEO arrive at a final decision. Required (a) Prepare a table of depreciation and net book values over
the ten-years using straight-line depreciation. (b) Prepare a table of depreciation and net book value
over the ten years using reducing - balance depreciation. (c) Using the straight-line method of
depreciation, show the effect of selling the asset at the end of Year 4 for a price of OMR 75,000. (d) Using
the reducing balance method of depreciation, demonstrate the effect on disposing the asset at the end
of Year 5 for OMR 44,000.
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