Exercises: ACC

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Exercises: ACC

Exercise 1) Evaluation of Inventory:

A company has collected the following data from the purchase and use of heating fuel from

its Business Statistics department for inventory management of the previous year:

Date Amount purchased (liters) Purchase Price (EUR/liter)

12.1.2006 15000 0,80

14.2,2006 20000 0,75

25.3.2006

6000 0,81

28.6.2006 18000 0,90

29.8.2006 33000 0,76

Date Amount used/consumed

(liters)

30.9.2006 7000

31.10,2006 23000

30.11.2006 9000

31.12.2006 11000

a) Calculate the cost/use of material sold for the material(energy):

Based on the following evaluation methods:

– FIFO

– HIFO

– LIFO

– average price

b) Book the transaction for the consumption of the fuel at the 31.12.2006 (1.1.-31.12.2006)

correctly by using the FIFO-method and indicate the effect on the profit! (All the purchases of
the fuel have been recorded yet!)

Date Debit Credit Amount (EUR)

31.12.2006

Effect on the profit? …………………….

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Exercise 2) Depreciation:

The following data for a machinery is available:

Purchase price (incl. 20%VAT) 360 000 EUR

Salvage value (excl VAT) 10 000 EUR

useful life 7 years

(=estimated service life)

production capacity 580 000 hours

1
st
year: production (2006) 120 000 hours

2
nd

year: production (2007) 160 000 hours

3rd year: production (2008) 130 000 hours

4
th

year: production (2009) 80 000 hours

5
th

year: production (2010) 50 000 hours

6
th

year: production (2011) 40 000 hours

7
th

year: production (2012) 30 000 hours

a) Calculate the straight-line depreciation. (straight-line method)

b) Calculate the depreciation based on the activity method.

c) What other depreciation methods do you know?

d) Calculate the depreciation for 2006 and the book value (31.12.2006) in accordance with

the Austrian (taxation) regulations (straight-line) if the machinery has been purchased at 30

May 2006.

e) Calculate the depreciation for 2006 and the book value (31.12.2006) in accordance with

the Austrian (taxation) regulations (straight line) if the machinery has been purchased at 5

August 2006.

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