Q1: State whether this change is a change of accounting policy, estimate, or a correction of error, and state the general rule of accounting for such a change.     Q2 At what amount should this asset be carried on the balance sheet at year end, on 30 June 20X5?     Q3 Prepare the journal entry to record depreciation in the current period.

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On 30 June 20X5, the end of the current fiscal year, ABC plc used new information to revise the useful life of an item of plant acquired three years earlier for €3,000,000. The useful life was revised from a total of 8 years to a total of 12 years. The plant is depreciated on the straight-line basis and it is expected that the asset would have no residual value. No depreciation has been provided in the current period.

 

Q1: State whether this change is a change of accounting policy, estimate, or a correction of error, and state the general rule of accounting for such a change.

 

 

Q2 At what amount should this asset be carried on the balance sheet at year end, on 30 June 20X5?

 

 

Q3 Prepare the journal entry to record depreciation in the current period.

 

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