Question 2b
Delta is an entity which prepares financial statements to 31 March each year. The functional currency of Delta is the $. During the year ended 31 March 2013 the following events occurred:
(b) On 1 April 2012, Delta began joint construction of a pipeline with another investor. Delta and the other investor have signed a contract that provides for joint operation and ownership of the pipeline. All of the ongoing expenditure, comprising maintenance plus borrowing costs, was to be shared equally. The pipeline was completed on 1 October 2012. It was first used on 1 January 2013, at which date its estimated useful economic life was 20 years. The total cash cost of constructing the pipeline was $40 million. This cost was partly financed by a loan of $10 million taken out on 1 April 2012. The loan carries interest at an annual rate of 10% with interest payable in arrears on 31 March each year. Between 1 January 2013 and 31 March 2013, it was necessary to spend $400,000 on maintenance costs. (7 marks)
Required:
Explain and show (where possible by quantifying amounts) how the three events would be reported in the financial statements of Delta for the year ended 31 March 2013.
Note: The mark allocation is shown against each of the three events above.