QUESTION 1 Berjasa Enterprise, a cleaning service company, commenced trading on 1 January...

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QUESTION 1
Berjasa Enterprise, a cleaning service company, commenced trading on 1 January 2013. During the three years to 31 December 2015, the company bought and sold motor vehicles for use in the business as follows:
\table[[\table[[Date of],[Purchase]],\table[[Registration],[Number]],Cost (RM),\table[[Date of],[Disposal]],\table[[Disposal],[Proceeds (RM)]]],[1 February 2013,J 548,12,000,12 April 2015,6,000],[4 May 2014,WGM 5835,14,000,,],[12 March 2015,DAJ 9429,16,000,,]]
The firm provides for depreciation of its motor vehicles at the rate of 20% per annum of the straight line basis, with no residual value.
A full year's depreciation is provided for motor vehicles bought before 1 July but no depreciation is provided in the year of disposal.
Required:
Prepared in the books of Berjasa Enterprise for the period 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2015, balancing the accounts each year, the following:
a) Using the straight line basis for depreciation:
(i) Motor Vehicles Account
(ii) Provision for Depreciation Account
(iii) Motor Vehicles Disposal Account
b) Using the reducing balance basis for depreciation at the rate of 25% per annum:
(i) Provision for Depreciation Account
(ii) Motor Vehicles Disposal Account
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