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Consider a company which purchases a machine for 35000. The machine can be used to produce a good for 5 years. After 5 years, it has a disposal or resell value of x which is subject to taxation. The company operates in a country where the tax code allows for a 20% Writing Down Allowance (WDA) on capital expenditures. Which of the following statements is not correct?
a) The Written Down Value at the end of Year 1 is 28000, with a Writing Down Allowance in Year 1 of 7000.
b) The Written Down Value at the end of Year 5 is 11468.80.
c) If we have for the resell value x that x= 20000, the company is liable for a balancing charge
in Year 5.
d) If we have for the resell value x that x= 15000, the company is liable for a balancing allowance in Year 5.
e) The Writing Down Allowance in Year 2 is 5600.
The following statement is incorrect.
d) If we have for the resell value x that x= 15000, the company is liable for a balancing allowance in Year 5.
If resell value is greater than the written down value at the end of life of the machine, the company is liable for a balancing charge. If the resell value is lesser than the written down value at the end of life of the machine, the company is liable for a balancing allowance. In this case, at a resell value of 15000, the company will be liable for a balancing charge in year 5 since the written down value at the end of year 5 (11468.8) is lesser than the resell value (15000).
Statement a, b, c and e are correct. Justification follows:
Year | Written down value at the beginning of the year | Depreciation @ 20% of written down value | Written down value at the end of the year |
1 | 35000 | 7000 | 28000 |
2 | 28000 | 5600 | 22400 |
3 | 22400 | 4480 | 17920 |
4 | 17920 | 3584 | 14336 |
5 | 14336 | 2867.2 | 11468.8 |
As can be seen from the table above, statements a, b, c and e are correct.