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Peters Ltd Has a Machine That Originally Cost $20 000

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Peters Ltd has a machine that originally cost $20 000 and has accumulated depreciation of $5000.Its remaining life is assessed to be 5 years with no salvage value.The directors of Peters Ltd decide on 1 July 2003 to revalue the machine.They are unable to find market information on a machine in a similar state to theirs,so the market value of a new machine of the same type,$30 000,is used as a basis.What is/are the appropriate journal entry(ies) using the gross method to record the revaluation?


A)
Dr Accumulated depreciation-machine 5000Cr Machine 5000Dr Machine 15000Cr Asset revaluation reserve 15000\begin{array} { | l | l | r | r | } \hline \mathrm { Dr } & \text { Accumulated depreciation-machine } & 5000 & \\\hline \mathrm { Cr } & \text { Machine } & & 5000 \\\hline & & & \\\hline \mathrm { Dr } & \text { Machine } & 15000 & \\\hline \mathrm { Cr } & \text { Asset revaluation reserve } & & 15000 \\\hline\end{array}
B)
Dr Machine 15000Cr Accumulated depreciation 5000Cr Asset revaluation reserve 10000\begin{array} { | l | l | r | r | } \hline \mathrm { Dr } & \text { Machine } & 15000 & \\\hline \mathrm { Cr } & \text { Accumulated depreciation } & & 5000 \\\hline \mathrm { Cr } & \text { Asset revaluation reserve } & & 10000 \\\hline\end{array}
C)
Dr Machine 10000Cr Accumulated depreciation 2500Cr Asset revaluation reserve 7500\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | } \hline \mathrm { Dr } & \text { Machine } & 10000 & \\\hline \mathrm { Cr } & \text { Accumulated depreciation } & & 2500 \\\hline \mathrm { Cr } & \text { Asset revaluation reserve } & & 7500 \\\hline\end{array}
D)
Dr Accumulated depreciation-machine 5000Cr Asset revaluation reserve 5000Dr Machine 15000Cr Asset revaluation reserve 15000\begin{array} { | l | l | r | r | } \hline \mathrm { Dr } & \text { Accumulated depreciation-machine } & 5000 & \\\hline \mathrm { Cr } & \text { Asset revaluation reserve } & & 5000 \\\hline & & & \\\hline \mathrm { Dr } & \text { Machine } & 15000 & \\\hline \mathrm { Cr } & \text { Asset revaluation reserve } & & 15000 \\\hline\end{array}

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