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(c) At 1 June 2006, Router held a 25% shareholding in a film distribution company, Wireless, a public limited

company. On 1 January 2007, Router sold a 15% holding in Wireless thus reducing its investment to a 10%

holding. Router no longer exercises significant influence over Wireless. Before the sale of the shares the net asset

value of Wireless on 1 January 2007 was $200 million and goodwill relating to the acquisition of Wireless was

$5 million. Router received $40 million for its sale of the 15% holding in Wireless. At 1 January 2007, the fair

value of the remaining investment in Wireless was $23 million and at 31 May 2007 the fair value was

$26 million. (6 marks)

Required:

Discuss how the above items should be dealt with in the group financial statements of Router for the year ended

31 May 2007.Required:

Discuss how the above items should be dealt with in the group financial statements of Router for the year ended

31 May 2007.

3 Spica, one of the director shareholders of Acrux Ltd, has been in dispute with the other shareholders over plans to

expand the company’s activities overseas. In order to resolve the position it has been agreed that Spica will sell her

shares back to the company. Once the purchase of her shares has taken place, the company intends to establish a

number of branches overseas and acquire a shareholding in a number of companies that are resident and trade in

overseas countries.

The following information has been obtained from client files and meetings with the parties involved.

Acrux Ltd:

– An unquoted UK resident company.

– Share capital consists of 50,000 ordinary shares issued at ￡1·90 per share in July 2000.

– None of the other shareholders has any connection with Spica.

The purchase of own shares:

– The company will purchase all of Spica’s shares for ￡8 per share.

– The transaction will take place by the end of 2008.

Spica:

– Purchased 8,000 shares in Acrux Ltd for ￡2 per share on 30 September 2003.

– Has no income in the tax year 2008/09.

– Has chargeable capital gains in the tax year 2008/09 of ￡3,800.

– Has houses in the UK and the country of Solaris and divides her time between them.

Investment in non-UK resident companies:

– Acrux Ltd will acquire between 15% and 20% of each of the non-UK resident companies.

– The companies will not be controlled foreign companies as the rates of tax in the overseas countries will be

between 23% and 42%.

– There may or may not be a double tax treaty between the UK and the overseas countries in which the companies

are resident. Where there is a treaty, it will be based on the OECD model treaty.

– None of the countries concerned levy withholding tax on dividends paid to UK companies.

– The directors of Acrux Ltd are concerned that the rate of tax suffered on the profits of the overseas companies

will be very high as they will be taxed in both the overseas country and in the UK.

Required:

(a) (i) Prepare detailed calculations to determine the most beneficial tax treatment of the payment Spica will

receive for her shares; (7 marks)

(c) Wader is reviewing the accounting treatment of its buildings. The company uses the ‘revaluation model’ for its

buildings. The buildings had originally cost $10 million on 1 June 2005 and had a useful economic life of

20 years. They are being depreciated on a straight line basis to a nil residual value. The buildings were revalued

downwards on 31 May 2006 to $8 million which was the buildings’ recoverable amount. At 31 May 2007 the

value of the buildings had risen to $11 million which is to be included in the financial statements. The company

is unsure how to treat the above events. (7 marks)

Required:

Discuss the accounting treatments of the above items in the financial statements for the year ended 31 May

2007.

Note: a discount rate of 5% should be used where necessary. Candidates should show suitable calculations where

necessary.