Non-Current Assets Questions
Non-Current Assets Questions
Non-Current Assets Questions
Question 1
Your boss has asked you to make some changes to a forecast model and to sanity check
the output once the changes are processed. She suggests you check the following line
items:
Predict what these numbers will be when you increase the warehouse depreciation expense
by 156:
Predict what these numbers will be when you increase the capital expenditure by 320 (paid
in cash). Assume the first change has not yet been made
Question 2
Harley Davidson had the following property, plant and equipment figures in their financial
statements:
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Gross property, plant & equipment 468,011
Less accumulated depreciation 183,236
Net property, plant & equipment 284,775
Using the following assumptions and BASE analysis, forecast the impact on Harley
Davidson’s PP&E accounts:
• Depreciation will remain as 15% of last year’s net PP&E
• Capital expenditure will remain as 8% of the same year sales
Gross PP&E
Accumulated depreciation
Question 3
The José Brothers purchased a large car manufacturing plant in New Jersey. They
estimated the factory had five more years of operating life left. They asked their new analyst
to prepare a depreciation schedule for the factory using three different methods; straight line,
sum-of-the-years’-digits (SYD), and double declining balance (DDB). They estimated the
factory would have a zero salvage value. Below are the schedules she prepared:
Excluding the impact of taxes, which depreciation method will save the most cash?
Which method will produce the highest charge to net income in year 1?
Which method will produce the highest charge to net income in year 4?
Which method gives the highest net book value at the end of year 3?
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Question 4
You purchase an ice cream making machine for your new ice cream making business. The
machine costs 7,500. You expect the machine to last you three years and depreciate fairly
evenly each year. At the end of three years you approximate the salvage value of the
machine to be 500. Complete the table:
Question 5
Question 6
Question 7
A building
A patent a company has purchased
Rights to a broadcasting license
Inventories ready to be sold
Orders from customers that have not been shipped
Question 8
Question 9
You purchase a patent for a special ice cream making recipe. The patent costs you 2,500
and lasts fifteen years. Fill out the following table: