9706_s19_qp_23
A paper of Accounting, 9706
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2019
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D Limited is a retailer of sports equipment. The following balances have been extracted from the books of account at 31 December 2018. Debit $000 Credit $000 8% Debentures (2021–23) 10% Bank loan Administrative expenses Bank overdraft Carriage inwards Carriage outwards Distribution costs Dividends paid Land and buildings at 1 January 2018 Cost 2 100 Provision for depreciation Fixtures and fittings at 1 January 2018 Cost Provision for depreciation Motor vehicles at 1 January 2018 Cost Provision for depreciation Interest paid Inventory at 1 January 2018 Property costs Purchases 2 502 Retained earnings Returns outwards Revenue 5 120 Share capital – ordinary shares of $0.50 each 1 200 Share premium Trade payables Trade receivables The following information is also available. Revenue included goods that had been sold to a customer on a sale or return basis on 28 December 2018. The selling price of the goods was $40 000 and they were sold at a mark-up of 25%. The directors were unsure whether or not the goods would be returned. Inventory on D Limited’s premises at 31 December 2018 had been counted and valued at a cost of $585 000. Included in distribution costs is $24 000 in respect of delivery van licenses for the year ended 31 March 2019. REQUIRED Prepare the income statement for the year ended 31 December 2018. Use the space on the next page for your workings. D Limited Income statement for the year ended 31 December 2018 $000 Revenue Cost of sales Gross profit Administrative expenses Distribution costs Property costs Profit from operations Finance costs Profit for the year Prepare an extract showing the current assets section only of the statement of financial position at 31 December 2018. D Limited Extract from the statement of financial position at 31 December 2018 Current assets Prepare a statement for the directors to show the total value of equity at 31 December 2018. Additional information The directors wish to raise additional finance for expansion. They are considering two options. Issue 5% preference shares of $1 each to raise $300 000. Obtain an 8% bank loan to raise $300 000. REQUIRED Advise the directors which option they should choose. Justify your answer. Explain two differences between a bonus issue of shares and a rights issue of shares.
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Cheng, a sole trader, maintains control accounts. REQUIRED Explain two benefits to a business of maintaining control accounts. Additional information At 31 December 2018, Cheng’s bookkeeper prepared a purchases ledger control account and a sales ledger control account. However, the balances of the control accounts did not agree with the total of the individual balances recorded in the relevant ledgers. The details were as follows: $ Purchases ledger Total of ledger accounts 18 496 Control account balance 18 981 Sales ledger Total of ledger accounts 11 117 Control account balance 12 385 Cheng’s bookkeeper has discovered the following: Cash sales of $480 had been recorded in the sales ledger control account. A credit note for $228 had been recorded as $282 in both the purchases returns journal and the supplier’s account. The account of a customer with a balance of $485 had been set off against his account in the purchases ledger. No record of this transaction had been made in the purchases ledger control account. Interest of $67 charged by a trade supplier on an overdue account had not been recorded in the books of account. A dishonoured cheque of $394 had been correctly recorded in the cash book but had been posted to the credit side of the customer’s account. REQUIRED Prepare a corrected: Purchases ledger control account $ $ Balance b/d 18 981 Sales ledger control account $ $ Balance b/d 12 385 Calculate amended totals for the: purchases ledger accounts sales ledger accounts.
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