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Shvan maintains a petty cash book using the imprest system. The imprest amount, which is $200, is restored every Wednesday. All payments of less than $75 are made from petty cash. All cash receipts of less than $75 are paid into petty cash. On 1 March 2023 Shvan had $61 in his petty cash box. He provided the following information for the first week in March 2023. March Restored petty cash imprest from the business bank account Paid $55 to Giles, a trade payable Paid taxi fare, $21 Paid $18 for notepads and pens Received cash, $25, from Mitchell, a trade receivable Paid $30 for office cleaning REQUIRED Prepare Shvan’s petty cash book for the first week of March 2023, on the page opposite. Balance the petty cash book at 7 March 2023 and bring down the balance at 8 March 2023. Shvan makes payments to Giles from his bank account as well as by cash. He provided the following information. March Owed Giles, $165, from February Paid Giles the amount outstanding on his account, by cheque Purchased goods on credit from Giles, list price $150, subject to a trade discount of 4% Prepare the account for Giles as it would appear in the books of Shvan. Balance the account at 31 March 2023 and bring down the balance at 1 April 2023. Shvan Giles account Date Details $ Date Details $ Shvan is considering whether to stop keeping cash at his business premises. He would require all customers to transfer payment directly into his bank account and he would make all business payments from his bank account. REQUIRED State one way Shvan could pay his suppliers, from his bank account, other than by cheque. Advise Shvan whether he should stop using cash. Justify your answer by providing two advantages and two disadvantages of stopping using cash.

2. Sources and recording of data → 2.3. Books of prime entry

4. Accounting procedures → 4.1. Capital and revenue expenditure and receipts

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Stalla is a sole trader who sells on credit. She maintains a provision for doubtful debts at 4% of trade receivables. Stalla’s trade receivables were: $ At 31 December 2021 75 000 At 31 December 2022 77 000 REQUIRED Prepare Stalla’s provision for doubtful debts account for the year ended 31 December 2022. Balance the account at 31 December 2022 and bring down the balance at 1 January 2023. Stalla Provision for doubtful debts account Date Details $ Date Details $ State two reasons why Stalla maintains a provision for doubtful debts. Stalla charges depreciation at 25% per annum, using the reducing balance method. She charges a full year’s depreciation in the year a vehicle is purchased and none in the year it is sold. On 31 December 2022, Stalla sold a vehicle for $9500. The vehicle had cost $16 000 on 1 September 2020. REQUIRED Calculate the gain or loss on disposal of the vehicle. The balances on Stalla’s ledger accounts at 1 January 2022 included the following. $ Motor vehicles 48 000 Provision for depreciation on motor vehicles 21 000 Prepare Stalla’s motor vehicles account for the year ended 31 December 2022. Balance the account at 31 December 2022 and bring down the balance at 1 January 2023. Stalla Motor vehicles account Date Details $ Date Details $ Prepare Stalla’s provision for depreciation on motor vehicles account for the year ended 31 December 2022. Balance the account at 31 December 2022 and bring down the balance at 1 January 2023. Stalla Provision for depreciation on motor vehicles account Date Details $ Date Details $ Stalla had an extension to her retail premises built during 2023. The extension will be used as an office. REQUIRED Place a tick (3) in the correct box below to indicate whether each cost is capital expenditure or revenue expenditure. Capital expenditure Revenue expenditure Legal fees for obtaining permission to build the extension Building costs for the extension Insurance for the office Painting the office extension Office calendar for 2023 Purchase of office equipment Installation of office equipment Stationery for office

4. Accounting procedures → 4.1. Capital and revenue expenditure and receipts

5. Preparation of financial statements → 5.1. Sole traders

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Eshe is a trader. She has prepared a trial balance at 31 March 2023. The totals did not agree and the difference was placed in a suspense account. Eshe later discovered the errors shown in the following table. REQUIRED Complete the table to show the entries required to correct each error. The first one has been completed as an example. Error Entries required to correct the error Debit Credit Account $ Account $ A payment for rent, $300, had been debited to the insurance account. Credit sales to Raymond of $105 had been debited to the sales account and credited to Raymond’s account. Eshe’s total drawings from the bank for her own use, $9500, had been debited to the cash account. A purchases invoice from Danika for $137 had been recorded in her account and in the purchases journal as $173. Returns inwards, $44, had not been recorded in the returns inwards account. The motor expenses account had been overcast by $100. Rent paid Insurance Prepare the suspense account. Include the balancing figure as the original difference on the trial balance. Eshe Suspense account Date Details $ Date Details $ Eshe’s capital at 1 April 2022 was $31 000. Her draft profit for the year ended 31 March 2023 before correction of the errors was $15 600. REQUIRED Calculate Eshe’s capital at 31 March 2023 after the errors have been corrected.

3. Verification of accounting records → 3.2. Correction of errors

3. Verification of accounting records → 3.1. The trial balance

4. Accounting procedures → 4.1. Capital and revenue expenditure and receipts

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Salman owns a footwear factory. He sells to all of the three local shoe shops. Salman prepares his financial statements to 30 April each year. At 30 April 2023, Salman’s ledger account balances included the following. $ Inventory at 1 May 2022 Raw materials 8 190 Work in progress 15 200 Finished goods 23 860 Purchases of raw materials 78 420 Purchases of finished goods 90 144 Wages Factory supervisor 27 500 Factory operatives 52 396 Rates and insurance 17 528 Factory electricity 11 442 General factory expenses 8 244 Factory equipment – at cost 90 000 Factory equipment – provision for depreciation 43 920 Balance at bank 31 000 debit Additional information Inventory at 30 April 2023 Raw material 8 000 Work in progress 16 100 Finished goods 24 590 Salman applies a mark-up of 50% to his cost of sales. Rates and insurance are to be apportioned three quarters to the factory and one quarter to the office. At 30 April 2023, factory electricity of $1048 was unpaid. Factory equipment is depreciated at 20% per annum using the reducing balance method. REQUIRED Prepare Salman’s manufacturing account for the year ended 30 April 2023. Salman Manufacturing Account for the year ended 30 April 2023 $ $ Prepare the trading section of Salman’s income statement for the year ended 30 April 2023. Salman Income Statement (trading section) for the year ended 30 April 2023 $ $ Salman is considering converting some of his office space into additional factory capacity. Advise Salman whether he should convert some of his premises from office use to factory use. Justify your answer by providing arguments for and against this conversion of office space into additional factory capacity.

5. Preparation of financial statements → 5.5. Manufacturing accounts

4. Accounting procedures → 4.5. Valuation of inventory

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Q Limited prepares its financial statements to 31 March each year. The company’s retained earnings at 1 April 2022 were $16 250. During the year ended 31 March 2023, the company made a profit of $43 500 (after charging all expenses and interest). The total dividends of $39 000 for the year were paid by 31 March 2023. The following balances were extracted from the company’s ledger accounts after the income statement had been prepared. $ Fittings and equipment at cost 150 000 Provision for depreciation of fittings and equipment 40 650 Motor vehicles at cost 72 000 Provision for depreciation of motor vehicles 31 125 Inventory 51 790 Balance at bank 1 076 debit Trade receivables 19 700 Provision for doubtful debts Trade payables 31 450 5% Debentures (repayable 2029) 40 000 Bank loan (repayable 2027) 10 000 Ordinary share capital 120 000 REQUIRED Calculate the retained earnings of Q Limited at 31 March 2023. Prepare the statement of financial position for Q Limited at 31 March 2023. Q Limited Statement of Financial Position at 31 March 2023 $ $ $ Calculate the liquid (acid test) ratio to two decimal places. The directors (who are also the shareholders) would like to expand the company and wish to borrow $50 000 to fund the expansion. They are considering whether to issue further ordinary shares or to request another long-term bank loan. REQUIRED Suggest two reasons why although the company has made a profit, there is little cash available in the bank account to fund the expansion. Advise the directors whether they should fund the expansion by issuing ordinary shares or requesting a bank loan. Justify your answer.

6. Analysis and interpretation → 6.2. Interpretation of accounting ratios

5. Preparation of financial statements → 5.3. Limited companies

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