05 March 2011
on jan 1 year 1 an entity acquires for $ 100000 a new piece of machinery with an estimated useful life of 10 years. the machine has a drum must be replaced every 5 years & costs $ 20000 to replace. continued operation of the machine requires an inspection every 4 years after purchase. the inspection cost is $ 8000. the co. uses the SLM Method of depreciation. under IFRS what is the depreciation expense for the year 1 ?