9706_w16_qp_22
A paper of Accounting, 9706
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4
Year:
2016
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Tom and Jerry are in partnership. They do not have a formal partnership agreement. The following information is available for the partnership for the year ended 30 November 2015: $ Capital account balances at 30 November 2015 Tom 90 000 Jerry 54 000 Current account balances at 1 December 2014 Tom 18 000 Credit Jerry 10 800 Debit Drawings for the year Tom 8 000 Jerry 2 800 Profit from operations 12 600 Loan from partner account Tom 24 000 Tom made the loan to the partnership on 1 December 2014. Profits had accrued evenly and drawings had been taken evenly throughout the year. Additional information Tom and Jerry prepared a formal partnership agreement to take effect from 1 September 2015. The terms of the agreement were: Interest on capital was to be at a rate of 8% per annum. Interest on drawings was to be at a rate of 3% per annum based on the annual drawings. Tom was to be paid a salary of $16 216 per annum. Profits and losses were to be shared in the ratio 3 : 2 respectively. Loan interest was to be paid at a rate of 4% per annum. REQUIRED Calculate the profit before appropriation for the nine months ended 31 August 2015 and the three months ended 30 November 2015. Prepare the appropriation account for the nine months ended 31 August 2015 and the three months ended 30 November 2015. Appropriation Account 9 months 3 months $ $ Prepare the current accounts for Tom and Jerry for the year ended 30 November 2015. Additional information The partnership is considering expansion and will need to purchase additional non-current assets at a cost of $60 000. REQUIRED State the difference between capital and revenue expenditure. Identify and explain one accounting concept relating to depreciation. Discuss two possible sources of finance which could be used to fund the purchase of the additional non-current assets. Recommend the most appropriate source of finance for the partnership. Justify your answer.
3. Financial accounting (A Level)  →  3.1. Preparation of financial statements
1. Financial accounting (AS Level)  →  1.5. Preparation of financial statements
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The directors of Rebuild Limited are preparing the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2015. The equity section of the statement of financial position at 31 December 2014 was as follows: $ Ordinary shares of $2 each, fully paid 240 000 Share premium 8 000 General reserve 40 000 Retained earnings 75 500 363 500 During the year ended 31 December 2015, the following transactions took place: March 1 Issued 10 000 ordinary shares at $2.10 each March 31 Paid final dividend of 3% on all shares in issue at 31 December 2014 December 31 The directors revalued the company premises upwards by $20 000 The profit for the year ended 31 December 2015 was $47 100. REQUIRED Prepare the statement of changes in equity for the year ended 31 December 2015. Additional information The directors of Rebuild Limited made a bonus issue of ordinary shares on 30 June 2016. The basis of the issue was one ordinary share for every twenty-five ordinary shares held. The company policy is to leave reserves in their most flexible form. The profit for the 6 months ended 30 June 2016 was $25 000. REQUIRED Prepare the statement of changes in equity for the 6 months ended 30 June 2016. State two differences between ordinary shares and debentures. Additional information The following item appears on the statement of financial position of Rebuild Limited at 31 December 2015: 6% debentures (2018–2020) $60 000 REQUIRED State the significance of (2018–2020). State why an issue of debentures does not appear in the statement of changes in equity.
1. Financial accounting (AS Level)  →  1.5. Preparation of financial statements
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Contador, a sole trader, has provided the following extract from the trial balance for the year ended 31 March 2015. He does not maintain control accounts as part of his accounting records. $ Debit balances 112 375 Credit balances 120 835 REQUIRED State the use of a suspense account. State three advantages to a business of maintaining a sales ledger control account. Additional information The following errors have been identified: The sales journal had been overcast by $26 350. Motor expenses of $5270 had been posted to the motor vehicles account. Motor vehicles had been depreciated at 20% per annum. Interest received of $8945 had been debited to both the bank account and the interest received account. REQUIRED Prepare journal entries to correct all of the errors identified. Narratives are not required. Assess the effect of these errors on the profit for the year.
1. Financial accounting (AS Level)  →  1.4. Reconciliation and verification
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Rodriguez Limited is a manufacturing business producing two products, Product X and Product Y. The following budgeted information is available for the next month: Product X Product Y Budgeted production 5000 Costs per unit: $ $ Materials 12.50 10.75 Labour 18.40 27.60 Variable overheads 9.10 6.65 Fixed overheads 5.75 4.80 Additional information Both products are sold with a 20% mark-up on marginal cost. Direct labour is paid at a rate of $4.60 per hour. REQUIRED Calculate for each product unit contribution in dollars, total direct labour hours required to meet budgeted production. Additional information The business only has a total of 59 000 direct labour hours available. REQUIRED Calculate the maximum profit that can be achieved from the total direct labour hours available. Additional information The company has two possible options to enable it to achieve the budgeted production. Option 1 Pay existing staff overtime. This will be paid at a rate of $5.75 per hour. Option 2 Buy in the required products from an external supplier at a cost of $50 per unit. REQUIRED Evaluate the options available to the company to achieve the budgeted production. Support your answers with calculations. Option 1 Option 2 Recommend which option the company should choose. Justify your answer. State three advantages of budgetary control. State three disadvantages of budgetary control.
4. Cost and management accounting (A Level)  →  4.3. Budgeting and budgetary control
2. Cost and management accounting (AS Level)  →  2.2. Traditional costing methods
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