The salvage value of an asset is:A . The value of the scrap metal if a new asset were taken to a scrap yard.B . The value that an asset has on the books after one year of depreciation.C . The costs that have been sunk into the project to date.D . The expe

5 Ambush, a public limited company, is assessing the impact of implementing the revised IAS39 ‘Financial Instruments:

Recognition and Measurement’. The directors realise that significant changes may occur in their accounting treatment

of financial instruments and they understand that on initial recognition any financial asset or liability can be

designated as one to be measured at fair value through profit or loss (the fair value option). However, there are certain

issues that they wish to have explained and these are set out below.

Required:

(a) Outline in a report to the directors of Ambush the following information:

(i) how financial assets and liabilities are measured and classified, briefly setting out the accounting

method used for each category. (Hedging relationships can be ignored.) (10 marks)

听力原文： It's no secret that throughout history common stock has outperformed most financial instruments. If an investor plans to have an investment for a long period of time, then their portfolio should be comprised mostly of stocks ; however, investors who don't have this kind of time should diversify their portfolios. For this reason, the concept of "asset allocation" was developed. Asset allocation is an investment portfolio technique that aims to balance risk and create diversification by dividing assets among major categories. The underlying principle of asset allocation is that the older a person gets, the less risk he or she should face. After you retire you may have to depend on your savings as your only source of income.

28. Throughout history, what kind of stock has outperformed most financial instruments?

29.What is the purpose of asset allocation?

30.What is the principle underlying the concept of asset allocation?

(28)

A．preferred stock

B．common stock

C．concept stock

D．cynical stock

听力原文： Currency options may have two kinds of value, intrinsic value and time value. If and to the extent that an option would currently be profitable to exercise, it is said to have intrinsic value. In the case of a call, if the spot price is higher than the option exercise price, the option has intrinsic value. In the case of a put, if the spot price is less than the option exercise price, the option has intrinsic value. Such options are said to bein-the-money'. If the opposite is true of either calls or puts, they have no intrinsic value and said to be out-of-the-money'.

28. What are the two kinds of value do currency options have?

29.When does a call option have intrinsic value?

30.What is the option said to be if it has intrinsic value?

(28)

A．Intrinsic value and time value.

B．Internal value and external value.

C．Exchange value and time value.

D．Real value and stated value.

A fixed asset impairments occurs when the fair value of a fixed asset falls below its book value and is not expected to recover.()

Accordiiig to the passage, which of the following is NOT true? ( )

A. Some Americans would not accept the value of conservation and environment protection, because this value would probably make them unemployed.

B. Many Americans have been used to wasting, so it will be difficult for them to accept the new value of conservation.

C. Some old values are still having a strong influence on American people, although they are harmful in this new age.

D. Most Americans have fully realized the need to protect the environment, so they have taken measures to recycle junked goods.

Where there has been delay in carrying goods， the measure of damages ________ generally the difference between the market value of the goods at the time when they ought to have been delivered and the time when they were in fact delivered．

A.have

B.has

C.are

D.is

(b) (i) Calculate the inheritance tax (IHT) that will be payable if Debbie were to die today (8 June 2005).

Assume that no tax planning measures are taken and that there has been no change in the value of any

of the assets since David’s death. (4 marks)

If the value of the pledged asset is greater than the amount of the loan , ______ is entitled to have the excess.

A．the lending bank

B．the borrower

C．the guarantor

D．the guarantee

A.Contra asset, debit

B.Contra asset, credit

C.Asset, debit

D.Asset, credit

The book value of a fixed asset reported on the balance sheet represents its market value on that date.()

(a) An assistant of yours has been criticised over a piece of assessed work that he produced for his study course for giving the definition of a non-current asset as ‘a physical asset of substantial cost, owned by the company, which will last longer than one year’.

Required:

Provide an explanation to your assistant of the weaknesses in his definition of non-current assets when

compared to the International Accounting Standards Board’s (IASB) view of assets. (4 marks)

(b) The same assistant has encountered the following matters during the preparation of the draft financial statements of Darby for the year ending 30 September 2009. He has given an explanation of his treatment of them.

(i) Darby spent $200,000 sending its staff on training courses during the year. This has already led to an

improvement in the company’s efficiency and resulted in cost savings. The organiser of the course has stated that the benefits from the training should last for a minimum of four years. The assistant has therefore treated the cost of the training as an intangible asset and charged six months’ amortisation based on the average date during the year on which the training courses were completed. (3 marks)

(ii) During the year the company started research work with a view to the eventual development of a new

processor chip. By 30 September 2009 it had spent $1·6 million on this project. Darby has a past history

of being particularly successful in bringing similar projects to a profitable conclusion. As a consequence the

assistant has treated the expenditure to date on this project as an asset in the statement of financial position.

Darby was also commissioned by a customer to research and, if feasible, produce a computer system to

install in motor vehicles that can automatically stop the vehicle if it is about to be involved in a collision. At

30 September 2009, Darby had spent $2·4 million on this project, but at this date it was uncertain as to

whether the project would be successful. As a consequence the assistant has treated the $2·4 million as an

expense in the income statement. (4 marks)

(iii) Darby signed a contract (for an initial three years) in August 2009 with a company called Media Today to

install a satellite dish and cabling system to a newly built group of residential apartments. Media Today will

provide telephone and television services to the residents of the apartments via the satellite system and pay

Darby $50,000 per annum commencing in December 2009. Work on the installation commenced on

1 September 2009 and the expenditure to 30 September 2009 was $58,000. The installation is expected

to be completed by 31 October 2009. Previous experience with similar contracts indicates that Darby will

make a total profit of $40,000 over the three years on this initial contract. The assistant correctly recorded

the costs to 30 September 2009 of $58,000 as a non-current asset, but then wrote this amount down to

$40,000 (the expected total profit) because he believed the asset to be impaired.

The contract is not a finance lease. Ignore discounting. (4 marks)

Required:

For each of the above items (i) to (iii) comment on the assistant’s treatment of them in the financial

statements for the year ended 30 September 2009 and advise him how they should be treated under

International Financial Reporting Standards.

Note: the mark allocation is shown against each of the three items above.