In the operation of an imprest system of petty cash, the
A.petty cashier pays all expenses.
B.petty cashier pays money to the accountant.
C.petty cashier regularly begins each period with the same amount of money.
D.main cashier renders accounts to the petty cashier for some expenses made by him.
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Answer: C (petty cashier regularly begins each period with the same amount of money.)
Explanation
Under the imprest system the petty cashier is topped up at the end of each period by the amount spent, so every period starts with the same fixed float.
Which of the following transactions will result in disagreement between the cash book and the bank statement?
A.Selling of goods on credit to a customer
B.Withdrawal of goods by the proprietor for his personal use
C.Cheque paid directly into the bank account by a customer
D.Omission of purchases received from a supplier on credit
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Answer: C (Cheque paid directly into the bank account by a customer)
Explanation
A customer paying straight into the bank appears on the bank statement before the business records it in the cash book. The other items do not involve the bank at all.
Use the following information to answer questions 11 and 12. Cost of motor vehicle – 1/1/12: ₦85,000 Residual value: ₦5,000 Estimated useful lifespan 10 years The business makes use of the straight line method for providing depreciation. The annual depreciation is
A.₦9,000.
B.₦8,500.
C.₦8,000.
D.₦6,500.
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Answer: C (₦8,000.)
Explanation
Straight line: (cost − residual value) ÷ life = (85,000 − 5,000) ÷ 10 = ₦8,000 a year.
Use the following information to answer questions 11 and 12. Cost of motor vehicle – 1/1/12: ₦85,000 Residual value: ₦5,000 Estimated useful lifespan 10 years The business makes use of the straight line method for providing depreciation. The accumulated depreciation as at 31/12/2013 is
A.₦18,500.
B.₦17,000.
C.₦16,000.
D.₦8,000.
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Answer: C (₦16,000.)
Explanation
From 1/1/12 to 31/12/13 is two years: 2 × 8,000 = ₦16,000.
Which of the following accounts would appear in the nominal ledger? I. Sanison's account (a debtor) II. Motor vehicle account III. Sales account IV. Rent and rates account
A.I, II and III only
B.I, III and IV only
C.II, III and IV only
D.III and IV only
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Answer: D (III and IV only)
Explanation
Nominal accounts are those of incomes and expenses, such as sales and rent and rates. A debtor's account is personal and motor vehicle is a real account.
Use the following information to answer questions 21 and 22. The total sales of a business was GH¢ 2,160,000. The average mark-up for the year was 50%. The gross profit is
A.GH¢ 2,160,000.
B.GH¢ 1,440,000.
C.GH¢ 1,080,000.
D.GH¢ 720,000.
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Answer: D (GH¢ 720,000.)
Explanation
A 50% mark-up on cost means sales are 150% of cost, so gross profit is 50/150 = ⅓ of sales: 2,160,000 ÷ 3 = GH¢720,000.
Use the following information to answer questions 21 and 22. The total sales of a business was GH¢ 2,160,000. The average mark-up for the year was 50%. The cost of sales is
Use the following information to answer questions 32 to 34. Capital: Aye Le 20,000; Bee Le 30,000 Drawings: Aye Le 8,000; Bee Le 2,000 Profit for the year: Le 10,000 Interest on capital – 6% Interest on drawings – 10% Profit sharing is in the ratio of capital. The divisible profit is
A.Le 14,000.
B.Le 12,000.
C.Le 10,000.
D.Le 8,000.
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Answer: D (Le 8,000.)
Explanation
Interest on capital = 6% × 50,000 = 3,000 (deducted). Interest on drawings = 10% × 10,000 = 1,000 (added). Divisible profit = 10,000 − 3,000 + 1,000 = Le 8,000.
Use the following information to answer questions 32 to 34. Capital: Aye Le 20,000; Bee Le 30,000 Drawings: Aye Le 8,000; Bee Le 2,000 Profit for the year: Le 10,000 Interest on capital – 6% Interest on drawings – 10% Profit sharing is in the ratio of capital. Aye's share of profit is
A.Le 6,000.
B.Le 4,800.
C.Le 4,000.
D.Le 3,200.
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Answer: D (Le 3,200.)
Explanation
Capital ratio 20,000 : 30,000 = 2 : 3. Aye gets 2/5 × 8,000 = Le 3,200.
Use the following information to answer questions 32 to 34. Capital: Aye Le 20,000; Bee Le 30,000 Drawings: Aye Le 8,000; Bee Le 2,000 Profit for the year: Le 10,000 Interest on capital – 6% Interest on drawings – 10% Profit sharing is in the ratio of capital. Bee's share of profit is
Use the following information to answer questions 42 and 43. Branch stock account (at selling price): D346,000 – debit Branch mark-up account: D62,000 – credit Calculate the stock figure to be included in the balance sheet at the year end.
A.D408,000
B.D346,000
C.D284,000
D.D62,000.
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Answer: C (D284,000)
Explanation
Stock must be shown at cost: selling price 346,000 − mark-up (unrealised profit) 62,000 = D284,000.
Use the following information to answer questions 42 and 43. Branch stock account (at selling price): D346,000 – debit Branch mark-up account: D62,000 – credit The concept applied in answering questions 42 above is
A.matching.
B.consistency.
C.prudence.
D.entity.
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Answer: C (prudence.)
Explanation
Stock is reduced to cost by removing the unrealised mark-up, so profit is not taken before the goods are sold. That is the prudence concept.
(a) What is a Cash Book? (b) State seven benefits of keeping accounting records in a business. (c) List five source documents used in preparing the cash book.
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(a) The cash book is a book of original entry (and also a ledger account) in which all cash and bank receipts are debited and all cash and bank payments are credited. (b) Any seven: shows profit or loss; shows the financial position (assets and liabilities); shows amounts owed by debtors and to creditors; helps management planning and decision making; provides evidence for tax assessment; helps to detect and prevent fraud; provides information for lenders and investors; allows comparison with past periods and other firms; serves as a permanent record for reference. (c) Any five: receipts; cheque counterfoils (stubs); paying-in slips; payment vouchers; bank statements; cash sales slips; petty cash vouchers.
Explanation
Source documents for the cash book are those that show money received or paid.
(a) Define and list two classification of each of the following: (i) assets; (ii) liabilities. (b) State and explain the factors to be considered in determining the annual depreciation charge for a fixed asset.
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(a)(i) Assets: resources owned or controlled by the business from which future benefits are expected. Classification: fixed (non-current) assets, e.g. land, machinery; current assets, e.g. stock, debtors, cash. (Tangible/intangible also accepted.) (ii) Liabilities: amounts the business owes to outsiders, to be settled in future. Classification: long-term (non-current) liabilities, e.g. debentures, long-term loans; current liabilities, e.g. creditors, accrued expenses, bank overdraft. (b) Factors: - Cost of the asset: purchase price plus costs of getting it ready for use (carriage, installation, legal fees). - Estimated useful life: number of years the business expects to use the asset. - Estimated residual (scrap) value: what the asset is expected to fetch at the end of its life. - Method of depreciation chosen (straight line, reducing balance etc.).
Explanation
Annual straight-line charge = (cost − residual value) ÷ useful life ties the three main factors together.
Describe three features of each of the following financial statements: (a) receipts and payments account; (b) income and expenditure account; (c) trading account; (d) profit and loss account; (e) appropriation account of a partnership.
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(a) Receipts and payments account (any three): summary of the cash book of a non-profit organisation; records only actual cash/bank receipts and payments; includes both capital and revenue items; starts with an opening balance and ends with a closing cash balance (asset); no adjustment for accruals or prepayments. (b) Income and expenditure account (any three): prepared by non-profit organisations; records only revenue income and expenditure of the period; adjusted for accruals, prepayments and depreciation; its balance is a surplus or deficit transferred to the accumulated fund. (c) Trading account (any three): compares net sales with cost of goods sold; includes opening and closing stock, purchases, returns and carriage inwards; its balance is gross profit or gross loss; prepared by trading businesses. (d) Profit and loss account (any three): starts with gross profit; adds other incomes (discounts received, rent received); deducts operating expenses (selling, administrative, financial); balance is net profit or net loss transferred to capital/appropriation; adjusted for accruals and prepayments. (e) Partnership appropriation account (any three): begins with net profit (or loss) from the profit and loss account; adds interest on drawings; deducts interest on capital, partners' salaries and commission; shares the residual profit or loss in the profit-sharing ratio.
Explanation
Give three distinct points for each statement; one line each is enough.
Classify the following: (i) Purchase of land (ii) Purchase of motor vehicle (iii) Rent received (iv) Repairs to motor vehicle (v) Fuel cost for running the vehicle (vi) Sale of land previously bought (vii) Interest on loan to purchase land (viii) Wages of cleaner (ix) Payments for carriage inwards on machine bought (x) Installation cost of machine (xi) Cost of repairs to a factory building (xii) Cost of papers used in the accounts department (xiii) Proceeds from disposal of motor vehicle (xiv) Commission received from a transaction (xv) Legal fees paid in buying a land into: (a) capital expenditure; (b) revenue expenditure; (c) capital receipts; (d) revenue receipts.
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(a) Capital expenditure: (i) purchase of land; (ii) purchase of motor vehicle; (ix) carriage inwards on machine; (x) installation cost of machine; (xv) legal fees on buying land. (b) Revenue expenditure: (iv) repairs to motor vehicle; (v) fuel; (vii) interest on loan; (viii) wages of cleaner; (xi) repairs to factory building; (xii) cost of papers. (c) Capital receipts: (vi) sale of land; (xiii) proceeds from disposal of motor vehicle. (d) Revenue receipts: (iii) rent received; (xiv) commission received.
Explanation
Costs of buying an asset and getting it ready for use are capital; running and financing costs are revenue.
Alex Co. Limited is a manufacturing company. The following balances were extracted from its books on 30th September, 2012: Stock – 30/10/2011: Raw materials Le 9,600; Work-in-progress Le 13,000; Finished goods Le 11,200 Sales: Le 190,000 Carriage on raw materials: Le 490 General expenses: Le 8,400 Selling expenses: Le 17,280 Discounts allowed: Le 480 Discounts received: Le 640 Carriage outwards: Le 760 Production wages: Le 42,000 Office salaries: Le 1,620 Purchase of raw materials: Le 56,000 Returns inwards: Le 3,000 Factory rent: Le 13,600 Office insurance: Le 9,600 Depreciation of plant and machinery: Le 1,640 Stock – 30/09/2012: Raw materials Le 11,800; Work-in-progress Le 13,040; Finished goods Le 14,400 Additional information: Goods manufactured during the year are to be transferred to the Trading Account at Le 130,000. You are required to prepare the necessary accounts to show the following: (a) Cost of raw materials used; (b) Prime cost; (c) Cost of production; (d) Gross manufacturing profit; (e) Gross profit on sales; (f) Net profit.
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Manufacturing Account for the year ended 30/9/2012 (a) Raw materials used: 9,600 + 56,000 + 490 − 11,800 = Le 54,290 (b) Prime cost: 54,290 + production wages 42,000 = Le 96,290 Factory overheads: rent 13,600 + depreciation 1,640 = 15,240 → 111,530 Add opening WIP 13,000, less closing WIP 13,040 (c) Cost of production Le 111,490 (d) Manufacturing profit: transfer value 130,000 − 111,490 = Le 18,510 Trading Account Sales 190,000 − returns inwards 3,000 = 187,000 Cost of sales: 11,200 + 130,000 − 14,400 = 126,800 (e) Gross profit on sales Le 60,200 Profit and Loss Account Gross profit 60,200 + manufacturing profit 18,510 + discounts received 640 = 79,350 Less: general expenses 8,400; selling expenses 17,280; discounts allowed 480; carriage outwards 760; office salaries 1,620; office insurance 9,600 = 38,140 (f) Net profit Le 41,210
Explanation
Goods are transferred at Le 130,000, so the manufacturing account shows a profit as well as the trading account.
Johnson's cash book showed an overdrawn balance of ₦3,000 on 31st December, 2012 on his current account, while the balance as per the bank statement was an overdrawn balance of ₦800. Further investigation showed the following: (i) Cheque drawn amounting to ₦5,000 had not been presented for payment. (ii) Cheques amounting to ₦2,500 entered in the cash book as paid into the bank had not yet been cleared by the bank. (iii) A cheque book costing ₦400 had been charged in the bank statement but not entered in the cash book. (iv) A dividend of ₦400 paid direct to the bank had not been recorded in the cash book. (v) A cheque for ₦1,200 drawn on his current account had been charged by the bank to his deposit account. (vi) A cheque for ₦500 paid into the bank had been dishonoured and shown as such by the bank, but no entry had been made in the cash book. (vii) The payment side of the cash book had been undercast by ₦700. (viii) Bank charges of ₦300 entered in the bank statement had not been entered in the cash book. You are required to prepare: (i) Adjusted Cash Book; (ii) Bank Reconciliation Statement.
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(i) Adjusted Cash Book (bank column) Dr: dividend received 400; balance c/d (overdraft) 4,500 = 4,900 Cr: balance b/d (overdraft) 3,000; cheque book 400; dishonoured cheque 500; undercast payments 700; bank charges 300 = 4,900 Corrected balance: overdraft ₦4,500 (credit b/d) (ii) Bank Reconciliation Statement at 31/12/2012 Overdraft per adjusted cash book (4,500) Add unpresented cheques 5,000 → 500 Less uncredited cheques (2,500) → (2,000) Add bank error: cheque wrongly charged to deposit account 1,200 → (800) Overdraft per bank statement ₦800 ✓
Explanation
Items the bank knows but Johnson didn't go in the cash book; timing differences and bank errors go in the reconciliation.
The trial balance of Ewan as at December 2010, is as follows: Share capital: Cr D100,000 Motor van (at cost): Dr D120,000 Provision for depreciation: Motor van 1/1/2010: Cr D44,000 Sales and purchases: Dr D389,814; Cr D538,266 Returns inwards and outwards: Dr D526; Cr D165 Rents and rates: Dr D7,500 Insurance: Dr D8,000 General expenses: Dr D9,000 Salaries and wages: Dr D59,628 Interest: Dr D5,000 Debtors and creditors: Dr D50,820; Cr D13,512 Bad debts: Dr D1,629 Provision for doubtful debts - 1/1/2010: Cr D2,053 Directors' salaries: Dr D28,000 Stock - 1/1/2010: Dr D85,716 Profit and Loss Account 1/1/2010: Cr D87,400 12% Debentures: Cr D50,000 Bank: Dr D69,763 Totals: Dr D835,396; Cr D835,396 Additional information: (i) Unpaid salaries and wages at 31st December, 2010 — D7,000. (ii) The provision for doubtful debts is to be made on debtors at 10%. (iii) Rents and rates owing at 31st December, 2010 — D4,000. (iv) Depreciation on motor van is to be charged at 20% per annum on cost. (v) Insurance paid in advance at 31st December 2010 — D2,800. (vi) Stock at 31st December, 2010 — D95,000. (vii) 10% dividend is proposed for 2010. You are required to prepare: (a) Trading and Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 31st December, 2010. (b) Profit and Loss Appropriation Account for the year ended 31st December, 2010.
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(a) Trading Account Sales 538,266 − returns inwards 526 = 537,740 Cost of sales: opening stock 85,716 + purchases (389,814 − 165) 389,649 = 475,365 − closing stock 95,000 = 380,365 Gross profit D157,375 Profit and Loss Account: expenses Insurance (8,000 − 2,800) 5,200; general expenses 9,000; salaries and wages (59,628 + 7,000) 66,628; debenture interest (12% × 50,000; 5,000 paid + 1,000 owing) 6,000; bad debts 1,629; increase in provision (10% × 50,820 = 5,082 − 2,053) 3,029; directors' salaries 28,000; rent and rates (7,500 + 4,000) 11,500; depreciation of van (20% × 120,000) 24,000 Total expenses 154,986 Net profit D2,389 (b) Appropriation Account Net profit 2,389 + balance b/f 87,400 = 89,789 Less proposed dividend (10% × 100,000) 10,000 Retained profit c/f D79,789
Explanation
The interest in the trial balance is debenture interest: a full year at 12% is D6,000, so D1,000 is still owing.
The trial balance of Asibi as at December 31, 2010 failed to agree. A Suspense Account was opened for the difference. Draft final accounts were prepared which showed a net profit of GH¢4,000 for the year to December 31, 2010. The following errors were subsequently discovered: (i) The Purchases Day Book total of GH¢8,000 had been posted to the ledger as GH¢16,000. (ii) The Sales Account had been undercast by GH¢12,000. (iii) Discounts received of GH¢700 had been debited to discounts allowed account. (iv) An accrued telephone charge of GH¢600 was omitted. (v) Loose tools bought for GH¢400 had been debited to purchases account. (vi) Purchase of stock for GH¢7,000 had not been posted to the ledger. (vii) Bad debts of GH¢950 written off in the debtor's account had not been treated in the expense account. (viii) Asibi had withdrawn goods to the value of GH¢300 for her personal use. No entries had been made in the books. You are required to prepare a Statement showing the effect of the errors on the draft net profit and the corrected net profit for the year.
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Statement of corrected net profit (GH¢) Net profit per draft accounts 4,000 Add (errors that understated profit): (i) purchases overstated (16,000 − 8,000) 8,000 (ii) sales undercast 12,000 (iii) discount received wrongly debited to discounts allowed (700 × 2) 1,400 (v) loose tools charged to purchases 400 (viii) goods withdrawn, purchases to be reduced 300 Total added 22,100 → 26,100 Less (errors that overstated profit): (iv) accrued telephone omitted 600 (vi) purchases not posted 7,000 (vii) bad debts not charged 950 Total deducted 8,550 Corrected net profit GH¢17,550
Explanation
Ask for each error: did it make expenses too high or income too low (add back), or the opposite (deduct)?
The following balances were extracted from the books of Duru Stores Limited on September 30, 2012: Ordinary share capital: ₦150,000 6% Debentures: ₦45,000 Freehold premises (at cost): ₦127,500 Plant and machinery at cost: ₦105,900 Retained profits: ₦65,883 Provision for depreciation - plant and machinery: ₦38,100 Debtors: ₦31,664 Creditors: ₦34,730 Accrued rent: ₦2,440 Bank and cash balances: ₦22,890 Stock: ₦48,219 You are required to: (a) Prepare a Balance Sheet as at September 30, 2012. (b) Calculate the following: (i) Acid test ratio; (ii) Capital employed; (iii) Working capital; (iv) Current ratio.
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(a) Balance Sheet as at 30/9/2012 Fixed assets: freehold premises 127,500; plant and machinery 105,900 − 38,100 = 67,800; total 195,300 Current assets: stock 48,219; debtors 31,664; bank and cash 22,890 = 102,773 Less current liabilities: creditors 34,730; accrued rent 2,440 = 37,170 Working capital 65,603 Net assets 260,903 Financed by: ordinary share capital 150,000; retained profits 65,883 = 215,883; 6% debentures 45,000 = 260,883 (The printed balances leave a difference of ₦20, shown as a suspense balance to make the two sides agree.) (b)(i) Acid test ratio = (102,773 − 48,219) : 37,170 = 54,554 : 37,170 = 1.47 : 1 (ii) Capital employed = fixed assets + working capital = 195,300 + 65,603 = ₦260,903 (iii) Working capital = 102,773 − 37,170 = ₦65,603 (iv) Current ratio = 102,773 : 37,170 = 2.76 : 1
Explanation
Acid test leaves out stock; current ratio includes it.