Sara Ltd has a machine that originally cost $20 000 and has accumulated depreciation of $5000. The useful remaining life is assessed to be 5 years with no salvage value. The directors of Sara Ltd decide on 1 July 2003 to revalue the machine. They are unable to find market information on a machine in a similar state to theirs, so the market value of a new machine of the same type, $30 000, is used as a basis. What is/are the appropriate journal entry /ies using the gross method to record the revaluation?

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Sara Ltd has a machine that originally cost $20 000 and has accumulated depreciation of $5000. The useful remaining life is assessed to be 5 years with no salvage value. The directors of Sara Ltd decide on 1 July 2003 to revalue the machine. They are unable to find market information on a machine in a similar state to theirs, so the market value of a new machine of the same type, $30 000, is used as a basis. What is/are the appropriate journal entry /ies using the gross method to record the revaluation?

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