Example
Vehicle is sold for R40 000 cash.
Cost price of vehicle: R100 000
Accumulated depreciation: R 90 000
Carrying value = R 10 000
Depreciation is calculated at 20% on Cost price

  • Additional depreciation: 100 000 × 20% = R20 000
  • The carrying value is already R10 000 and that means that depreciation can only be R10 000.
  • A fixed asset cannot be depreciated less than the cost price of the vehicle. (And not R9 999!)
ASSET DISPOSAL    
Vehicle
Profit on sale of asset

100 000
40 000
(Because the principle of R1 is not applied, the profit is R40 000)
140 000 

Accum. depreciation
Bank 
100 000 
40 000
140 000

Example 2 on note 3 in the Financial Statements
REQUIRED:
Complete Note 3 of the Balance sheet
INFORMATION:
Make use of the format and complete Note 3 from the financial Statements.
Name of Company _________________________________
BALANCE SHEET AT ________________________________

  Notes 
ASSETS   
Non-current assets  
Property, plant and equipment   


NOTES TO THE BALANCE SHEET

3. Property, plant and equipment   Vehicles 
Cost Price   
Accumulated Depreciation  
Carrying value on the last day of the previous year   
Movements:   
Additions at cost   
Disposals at carrying value (book value)  
Depreciation for the year   
Carrying value on the last day of current year  
Cost Price  
Accumulated Depreciation  
Carrying value on the last day of current year  


Memorandum of example 1
Calculation of Depreciation and cost price and carrying value

SCHIE TRADERS NO.1
Asset register

Percentage Depreciation: 20 % p.a. at cost price/straight line method
Details of depreciation    

Details   Annual depreciation Calculations Accumulated depreciation  Book value or known as “Carrying value” 
End of first year  80 000 × 20%= 16 000  16 000 64 000
(80 000 – 16 000)
End of second year 80 000 × 20%= 16 000 32 000 (80 000 – 32 000) 48 000
End of third year  80 000 × 20%= 16 000  48 000  32 000 
End of fourth year  80 000 × 20%= 16 000  64 000 16 000
End of fifth year 80 000 × 20%= 16 000
15 999
(Cannot depreciate R16 000, because of the scrap value of R1. Therefore can only depreciate R15 999)
(64 000 + 15 999)
79 999
(80 000 – 79 999)
R1

 

SCHIE TRADERS NO.2
Asset register

Percentage Depreciation: 10 % p.a. at carrying value/ book value or
called diminishing value
Details of depreciation  

Details   Annual depreciation Calculations Accumulated depreciation  Book value or known as “Carrying value” 
Cost price R20 000 End of first year 20 000 × 10% × 6/12
= 1 000
1 000 19 000
End of second year 19 000 × 10% = 1 900 (2 000 + 1 900)
2 900
(20 000 – 2 900)
17 100
End of third year  17 100 × 10% = 1 710 4 610 15 390
End of fourth year  15 390 × 10% = 1 539 6 149 13 851
End of fifth year 13 851 × 10% –
1 385, 10
7 534,10 12 465,90


Memorandum of example 2
REQUIRED:
Complete the note to the financial statements by using the given ledger accounts
Name of Company _________________________________
BALANCE SHEET AT ________________________________

  Notes   
ASSETS     
Non-current assets     230 000 
Property, plant and equipment (at carrying value)   230 000


NOTES TO THE BALANCE SHEET

3. Property, plant and equipment   Vehicles
Cost Price  180 000
Accumulated Depreciation   (60 000)
Carrying value on the last day of the previous year  120 000
Movements:  
Additions at cost (150 000 + 50 000)   200 000
Disposals at carrying value (100 000 – 25000) (75 000)
 Depreciation for the year (5 000 + 10 000) (15 000)
Carrying value on the last day of current year 230 000
Cost Price 280 000
Accumulated Depreciation (50 000)
Carrying value on the last day of current year 230 000