Question

Carriage Transport Company purchased 5 trucks at the cost of Rs 2,00,000 each on April 1, 2001. The company writes off depreciation @ $20\%$ per annum on original cost and closes its books on December 31st, every year. On October 1, 2003, one of the trucks is involved in an accident and is completely destroyed. The insurance company has agreed to pay Rs 70,000 in full settlement of the claim. On the same date, the company purchased a second-hand truck for Rs 1,00,000 and spent Rs 20,000 on its overhauling. Prepare Truck account and Provision for depreciation account for the three years ended on December 31, 2003. Also, give Truck account if truck disposal account is prepared.

Answer 1

Dr Truck Account Cr
$\begin{array}{cccccccc}\text{Date}& \text{Particulars}& \text{JF}& \text{Amt.(Rs)}& \text{Date}& \text{Particulars}& \text{JF}& \text{Amt.(Rs)}\\ 2001& & & & 2001& & & \\ \text{Apr 1}& \text{Bank A/c}& & 10,00,000& \text{Dec 31}& \text{Balance c/d}& & 10,00,000\\ & & & \underset{–}{\overline{10,00,000}}& & & & \underset{–}{\overline{10,00,000}}\\ 2002& & & & 2002& & & \\ \text{Jan 1}& \text{Balance b/d}& & 10,00,000& \text{Dec 31}& \text{Balance c/d}& & 10,00,000\\ & & & \underset{–}{\overline{10,00,000}}& & & & \underset{–}{\overline{10,00,000}}\\ 2003& & & & 2003& & & \\ \text{Jan 1}& \text{Balance b/d}& & & \text{Oct 1}& \text{Truck}& & \\ & \left(T1\right)& & 10,00,000& & \text{Disposal A/c}& & 2,00,000\\ \text{Oct 1}& \text{Bank A/c}& & & \text{Dec 31}& \text{Balance c/d}& & 9,20,000\\ & \left(T2\right)& & 1,20,000& & & & \\ & & & \underset{–}{\overline{11,20,000}}& & & & \underset{–}{\overline{11,20,000}}\end{array}$

Dr Provision for Depreciation Account Cr
$\begin{array}{cccccccc}\text{Date}& \text{Particulars}& \text{JF}& \text{Amt.(Rs)}& \text{Date}& \text{Particulars}& \text{JF}& \text{Amt.(Rs)}\\ 2001& & & & 2001& & & \\ \text{Dec 31}& \text{Balance c/d}& & 1,50,000& \text{Dec 31}& \text{Depreciation}& & \\ & & & & & \text{A/c}& & 1,50,000\\ & & & \underset{–}{\overline{1,50,000}}& & & & \underset{–}{\overline{1,50,000}}\\ 2002& & & & 2002& & & \\ \text{Dec 31}& \text{Balance c/d}& & 3,50,000& \text{Jan 1}& \text{Balance b/d}& & 1,50,000\\ & & & & \text{Dec 31}& \text{Depreciation}& & \\ & & & & & \text{A/c}& & 2,00,000\\ & & & \underset{–}{\overline{3,50,000}}& & & & \underset{–}{\overline{3,50,000}}\\ 2003& & & & 2003& & & \\ \text{Oct 1}& \text{Truck}& & & \text{Jan 1}& \text{Balance b/d}& & 3,50,000\\ & \text{Disposal A/c}& & 1,00,000& \text{Oct 31}& \text{Depreciation}& & \\ \text{Dec 31}& \text{Balance c/d}& & 4,46,000& & \text{A/c (Dep till Oct}& & \\ & & & & & \text{9months)}& & 30,000\\ & & & & \text{Dec 31}& \text{Depreciation}& & \\ & & & & & \text{A/c}& & \\ & & & & & \text{(Old) (T1)}& & \\ & & & & & 1,60,000& & \\ & & & & & \text{(New) (T2)}\underset{–}{6,000}& & 1,66,000\\ & & & \underset{–}{\overline{5,46,000}}& & & & \underset{–}{\overline{5,46,000}}\end{array}$

Dr Truck Disposal Account Cr
$\begin{array}{cccccccc}\text{Date}& \text{Particulars}& \text{JF}& \text{Amt.(Rs)}& \text{Date}& \text{Particulars}& \text{JF}& \text{Amt.(Rs)}\\ 2003& & & & 2003& & & \\ \text{Oct 1}& \text{Truck A/c}& & 2,00,000& \text{Oct 1}& \text{Provision}& & \\ & & & & & \text{for Depreciation}& & \\ & & & & & \text{A/c}& & 1,00,000\\ & & & & \text{Oct 1}& \text{Insurance}& & \\ & & & & & \text{Co (Claim}& & \\ & & & & & \text{Amount)}& & 70,000\\ & & & & \text{Oct 1}& \text{Profit}\&& & \\ & & & & & \text{Loss A/c}& & \\ & & & & & \text{(Loss on Sale)}& & 30,000\\ & & & \underset{–}{\overline{2,00,000}}& & & & \underset{–}{\overline{2,00,000}}\end{array}$

Working Note

tal Depreciation Charged on Truck @ $20\%$

$\begin{array}{c}\text{Dec 2001}=30,000\\ \text{Dec 2002}=40,000\\ \text{Oct 2003}=30,000\\ \underset{–}{\overline{Rs.1,00,000}}\end{array}$

Cost of truck at disposal = 2,00,000 - 1,00,000 = Rs 1,00,000

Profit or Loss on sales of truck

=1,00,000 - 70,000 = Rs. 30,000 (Loss)