Diamond Ltd acquired an item of polishing equipment on 1 July 2015 for $440,000. The equipment is
expected to have a useful life of 10 years and the straight-line method of depreciation is to be used.
It has salvage value of $40,000. On 1 July 2017, the equipment is deemed to have a fair value of
$424,000 and revaluation is undertaken in accordance with the Diamond Ltd policy of measuring
property, plant and equipment at fair value. The asset is still usable for next 8 years but the salvage
value is determined to be zero. The asset is sold for $356,000 on 1 July 2019.
Required:
Provide the journal entries necessary at the following dates to account for the above transactions and
events. (Ignore narrations). Show your working. (10 marks)
• 01/07/2015
• 01/07/2017
• 01/07/2019

Diversified semiconductors sells perishable electronic components. some must be shipped and stored in reusable protective containers. customers pay a deposit for each container received. the deposit is equal to the container’s cost. they receive a refund when the container is returned. during 2018, deposits collected on containers shipped were $856,000. deposits are forfeited if containers are not returned within 18 months. containers held by customers at january 1, 2018, represented deposits of $587,000. in 2018, $811,000 was refunded and deposits forfeited were $41,000. required: 1. prepare the appropriate journal entries for the deposits received and returned during 2018. 2. determine the liability for refundable deposits to be reported on the december 31, 2018, balance sheet.

Nichols inc. manufactures remote controls. currently the company uses a plantminuswide rate for allocating manufacturing overhead. the plant manager is considering switchingminusover to abc costing system and has asked the accounting department to identify the primary production activities and their cost drivers which are as follows: activities cost driver allocation rate material handling number of parts $5 per part assembly labor hours $20 per hour inspection time at inspection station $10 per minute the current traditional cost method allocates overhead based on direct manufacturing labor hours using a rate of $20 per labor hour. what are the indirect manufacturing costs per remote control assuming an method is used and a batch of 10 remote controls are produced? the batch requires 100 parts, 5 direct manufacturing labor hours, and 3 minutes of inspection time.

Suppose that a firm is considering moving from a batch process to an assembly-line process to better meet evolving market needs. what concerns might the following functions have about this proposed process change: marketing, finance, human resources, accounting, and information systems?