Question

Part A

On 30 June 2018, the statement of financial position of Koala Ltd showed the following non- current asset after charging depreciation:

Buildings	300,000
Accumulated Depreciation	100,000
Carrying Amount	200,000

The company adopted fair value for the valuation of its non-current assets. This has resulted in the recognition in previous periods of an asset revaluation surplus for the building of

$14,000. On 30 June 2019, an independent valuer assessed the fair value of the building to be $160,000.

Required

Prepare the journal entries to revalue the buildings as at 30 June 2019.

Note: Ignore tax effect for this question.

Part B

In accordance with AASB 116 Property Plant and Equipment (PPE) and entity has an option to elect the cost model or fair value (revaluation model) for subsequent measurement of PPE. Where an entity elects to use either cost or fair value as the basis for measuring property, plant and equipment, can it elect to switch to the other method at a later stage.

Discuss.

Answer 1

Date	General Journal	Debit	Credit
30-Jun-19	Accumulated  depreciation – Building	100,000
	Building		100,000
	(Writing down to carrying amount)
	Loss on revaluation of building (P&L)	26,000.00
	Revaluation surplus - Building (OCI)	14,000.00
	Building (200,000 - 160,000)		40,000.00
	(Revaluation downwards of building)