At year-end, an entity has a machinery with the following cost and accumulated depreciation:
Machinery 5M
Accumulated Depreciation (2M)
Carrying amount 3M
Due to obsolence and physical damage, the machinery is found to be impaired
The entity has determined the following information with respect to machinery at year-end:
Fair value less cost of disposal 2,400,000
Value in use 2,200,000
JOURNAL ENTRIES
Impairment loss 600,000
Accumulated Depreciation 600,000
SOLUTION
CARRYING AMOUNT 3,000,000
RECOVERABLE AMOUNT 2,400,000
IMPAIRMENT LOSS 600,000
REVERSAL OF IMPAIRMENT LOSS
On December 31, 2019, the statement of financial position shows the following balances:
Machinery 8M
Accumulated Depreciation ( 10 year life, 2 yrs expired) 1.6M
CARRYING AMOUNT 6.4 M
On the same date, the recoverable amount of the machinery is determined to be the fair value less cost
of disposal of 5,200,000.
JOURNAL ENTRIES
Impairment loss 1 200 000
Accumulated Depreciation 1,200,000
(6 400 000 - 5 200 000)
On December 31, 2020, the recoverable amount of the machinery is determined to be 6 000 00
indicating a reversal in the impairment.
DECEMBER 31, 2020 (if impairment didn't happened)
Machinery 8M
Accumulated depreciation (8M/10x3) 2.4M
CA DEC. 31, 2019 ( no impairment) 5.6M
CARRYING AMOUNT WITH IMPAIRMENT ON DECEMBER 31,2020
Machinery 8M
Accumulated depreciation - December 31, 2019 2.8 M
(1600,000 + 1,200,000)
Adjustedd carrying amount- Dec. 31, 2019 5,200, 000
Deprecaition for 2020 (5.2 M / 8) 650 000
CARRYING AMOUNT- Dec. 31, 2020 4 550 000
with impairment
JOURNAL ENTRIES
Depreciation 650,000
Accumulated Depreciation 650 000
Accumulated Depreciation 1,050,000
Gain on reversal of impairment 1,050,000
carrying amount- no impairment 5 600 000
carrying amount- with impairment 4 550 000
Gain on revrsal of impairment 1 050 000