9706_s16_qp_22
A paper of Accounting, 9706
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2016
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Jing is a sole trader. He does not maintain full accounting records. All sales and purchases are on credit. He provided the following information for the year ended 30 April 2015. $ Cheques received from credit customers 96 300 Cheques paid to credit suppliers 73 540 Rent paid 5 500 Electricity paid Carriage inwards Carriage outwards Other operating expenses Irrecoverable debts written off Purchases returns 2 480 Jing had the following assets and liabilities. At 30 April 2014 At 30 April 2015 $ $ Equipment ? ? Inventory 15 000 11 500 Trade receivables 3 750 2 250 Rent prepaid Electricity owing Trade payables 3 460 1 790 All equipment was originally purchased for $2700 on 1 May 2013. Jing depreciates his equipment using the reducing balance method at a rate of 10% per annum. REQUIRED Calculate the sales for the year ended 30 April 2015. Calculate the purchases for the year ended 30 April 2015. Prepare Jing’s income statement for the year ended 30 April 2015. Jing Income Statement for the year ended 30 April 2015 Additional information After preparing the financial statements, Jing remembered the following: He had paid his cleaner $60 cash, out of his own money, to clean the offices and his house. He agreed that this should be split in the ratio 3 : 2 respectively. REQUIRED Prepare the journal entry to record this transaction. A narrative is not required. State two types of entries, other than the correction of errors, which would usually be recorded in the general journal. Additional information Jing calculated the gross margin and the profit margin for his business. He discovered that the gross margin had decreased for the year ended 30 April 2015. For the same period the profit margin had increased. REQUIRED Assess the performance of the business for the year ended 30 April 2015. Suggest possible reasons for the changes. State three benefits to a business of using ratios.
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Colin, Darim and Emran are in partnership sharing profits and losses in the ratio 3 : 2 : 1. Their statement of financial position at 30 November 2015 was as follows: Additional information Darim retired on 1 December 2015. Colin and Emran continued in partnership sharing profits and losses in the ratio 2 : 1. Goodwill was valued at $48 000. It does not appear in the partnership’s financial statements. Darim took over one of the partnership motor vehicles at a net book value of $8000. The partners agreed to revalue some of the remaining assets as follows: $ Premises 180 000 Motor vehicles 25 000 Inventory 52 000 Trade receivables 46 000 Darim agreed to receive $50 000 as part of the amount owing to him on his retirement. The balance owing to him was to remain in the partnership as a loan to be repaid in 2018. $ Non-current assets (at net book value) Premises 135 000 Machinery 84 000 Motor vehicles 36 000 255 000 Current assets Inventory 56 000 Trade receivables 48 000 Bank 21 000 125 000 Total assets 380 000 Capital and liabilities Capital accounts Colin 120 000 Darim 80 000 Emran 40 000 240 000 Current accounts Colin 56 000 Darim 16 000 Emran 36 000 108 000 Current liabilities Trade payables 32 000 Total capital and liabilities 380 000 REQUIRED Prepare the revaluation account on Darim’s retirement on 1 December 2015. Revaluation account Additional information To help fund the payment to Darim on his retirement, Emran paid additional capital into the partnership bank account. After this payment had been made the balance on Emran’s capital account was $65 000. REQUIRED Prepare a statement to show how much cash Emran paid into the partnership bank account. State three advantages to a sole trader of forming a partnership. State three reasons why partnerships maintain separate capital accounts and current accounts for each partner.
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Bruna Limited is a manufacturing company. It operates three production departments and two service departments. The costs are allocated to each department as follows: Production departments Service departments Machining Assembly Finishing Stores Canteen $ $ $ $ $ Indirect labour 253 000 290 000 340 100 52 000 78 000 Other indirect overhead costs 205 000 90 000 225 000 88 000 92 000 The service departments costs are allocated to the production departments as follows: Stores in proportion to the number of stores requisitions Canteen in proportion to number of employees. The following information is available: Machining Assembly Finishing Direct labour hours 15 000 60 000 40 000 Machine hours 45 000 30 000 25 000 Number of employees Number of stores requisitions 6 300 4 500 7 200 REQUIRED Calculate, to two decimal places, a suitable overhead absorption rate for each of the three production departments. Additional information Bruna Limited has been approached by a customer to quote for one of their products. This will require the following: Direct materials 20 kilos at $5 per kilo Direct labour 10 hours at $9 per hour Direct labour hours and machine hours required in each department will be: Machining Assembly Finishing Direct labour hours Machine time 2 hours 30 minutes 20 minutes It is the company’s practice to achieve a gross margin of 40% on all its products. REQUIRED Calculate the total price to quote to the customer. Additional information The directors are considering changing from departmental overhead absorption rates to one factory-wide rate. REQUIRED Advise the directors whether or not they should make this change. Justify your answer. Explain how over absorption and under absorption of overheads can affect the profit of a manufacturing business.