i. A certain government agency has a widely published environmental policy in which it undertakes to clean up all contamination arising from its operations. The...

      

i. A certain government agency has a widely published environmental policy in which it undertakes to clean up all contamination arising from its operations. The government agency has a record of honoring agency operates. During the course of a naval exercise, a vessel was damaged and a substantial amount of oil leaked. The government agency agreed to pay for the costs of the immediate clean-up and the costs of monitoring and assisting marine animals and birds.

Required:

In the context of International Public Sector Accounting Standard Number 19 (Provisions, Contingent Liabilities, and Contingent Assets}, evaluate how the costs in the above, scenario would be accounted for.

ii. Mashinani City Council constructed a 20 storey office building for use by the council at a cost of Sh.800 million. This building came into use on 1 January 1996 and it was expected to have a useful life of 40 years. During the year 2010, National Safety Regulations required that owing to security concerns, the top 4 storeys of high-rise buildings should be left unoccupied for the foreseeable future. These regulations were to come into force on 31 December 2010. As at 31 December 2010, the building had a fair value less costs to sell of Sh.450 million. As at the same date, the replacement cost of a similar 20 storey building was Sh.850 million.
Required:

Using the service units approach, evaluate whether there is any impairment loss as at 31 December 2010 in accordance with the requirements of International Public Sector Accounting Standard Number 21 (Impairment of Non-Cash-Generating Assets).

  

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