17 A business income statement for the year ended 31 December 2004 showed a net profit of $83,600. It was laterfound that $18,000 paid for the purchase of a motor van had been debited to motor expenses account. It is thecompany’s policy to depreciate moto

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17 A business income statement for the year ended 31 December 2004 showed a net profit of $83,600. It was later

found that $18,000 paid for the purchase of a motor van had been debited to motor expenses account. It is the

company’s policy to depreciate motor vans at 25 per cent per year, with a full year’s charge in the year of acquisition.

What would the net profit be after adjusting for this error?

A $106,100

B $70,100

C $97,100

D $101,600

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3 (a) Leigh, a public limited company, purchased the whole of the share capital of Hash, a limited company, on 1 June2006. The whole of the share capital of Hash was formerly owned by the five directors of Hash and under theterms of the purchase agreement, the five directors were to receive a total of three million ordinary shares of $1of Leigh on 1 June 2006 (market value $6 million) and a further 5,000 shares per director on 31 May 2007,if they were still employed by Leigh on that date. All of the directors were still employed by Leigh at 31 May2007.Leigh granted and issued fully paid shares to its own employees on 31 May 2007. Normally share options issuedto employees would vest over a three year period, but these shares were given as a bonus because of thecompany’s exceptional performance over the period. The shares in Leigh had a market value of $3 million(one million ordinary shares of $1 at $3 per share) on 31 May 2007 and an average fair value of$2·5 million (one million ordinary shares of $1 at $2·50 per share) for the year ended 31 May 2007. It isexpected that Leigh’s share price will rise to $6 per share over the next three years. (10 marks)Required:Discuss with suitable computations how the above share based transactions should be accounted for in thefinancial statements of Leigh for the year ended 31 May 2007.

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(b) One of the hotels owned by Norman is a hotel complex which includes a theme park, a casino and a golf course,as well as a hotel. The theme park, casino, and hotel were sold in the year ended 31 May 2008 to Conquest, apublic limited company, for $200 million but the sale agreement stated that Norman would continue to operateand manage the three businesses for their remaining useful life of 15 years. The residual interest in the businessreverts back to Norman after the 15 year period. Norman would receive 75% of the net profit of the businessesas operator fees and Conquest would receive the remaining 25%. Norman has guaranteed to Conquest that thenet minimum profit paid to Conquest would not be less than $15 million. (4 marks)Norman has recently started issuing vouchers to customers when they stay in its hotels. The vouchers entitle thecustomers to a $30 discount on a subsequent room booking within three months of their stay. Historicalexperience has shown that only one in five vouchers are redeemed by the customer. At the company’s year endof 31 May 2008, it is estimated that there are vouchers worth $20 million which are eligible for discount. Theincome from room sales for the year is $300 million and Norman is unsure how to report the income from roomsales in the financial statements. (4 marks)Norman has obtained a significant amount of grant income for the development of hotels in Europe. The grantshave been received from government bodies and relate to the size of the hotel which has been built by the grantassistance. The intention of the grant income was to create jobs in areas where there was significantunemployment. The grants received of $70 million will have to be repaid if the cost of building the hotels is lessthan $500 million. (4 marks)Appropriateness and quality of discussion (2 marks)Required:Discuss how the above income would be treated in the financial statements of Norman for the year ended31 May 2008.

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8 P and Q are in partnership, sharing profits in the ratio 2:1. On 1 July 2004 they admitted P’s son R as a partner. Pguaranteed that R’s profit share would not be less than $25,000 for the six months to 31 December 2004. The profitsharingarrangements after R’s admission were P 50%, Q 30%, R 20%. The profit for the year ended 31 December2004 is $240,000, accruing evenly over the year.What should P’s final profit share be for the year ended 31 December 2004?A $140,000B $139,000C $114,000D $139,375

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18 How should interest charged on partners’ drawings appear in partnership financial statements?A As income in the income statementB Added to net profit and charged to partners in the division of profitC Deducted from net profit and charged to partners in the division of profitD Deducted from net profit in the division of profit and credited to partners

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2 The draft financial statements of Choctaw, a limited liability company, for the year ended 31 December 2004 showeda profit of $86,400. The trial balance did not balance, and a suspense account with a credit balance of $3,310 wasincluded in the balance sheet.In subsequent checking the following errors were found:(a) Depreciation of motor vehicles at 25 per cent was calculated for the year ended 31 December 2004 on thereducing balance basis, and should have been calculated on the straight-line basis at 25 per cent.Relevant figures:Cost of motor vehicles $120,000, net book value at 1 January 2004, $88,000(b) Rent received from subletting part of the office accommodation $1,200 had been put into the petty cash box.No receivable balance had been recognised when the rent fell due and no entries had been made in the pettycash book or elsewhere for it. The petty cash float in the trial balance is the amount according to the records,which is $1,200 less than the actual balance in the box.(c) Bad debts totalling $8,400 are to be written off.(d) The opening accrual on the motor repairs account of $3,400, representing repair bills due but not paid at31 December 2003, had not been brought down at 1 January 2004.(e) The cash discount totals for December 2004 had not been posted to the discount accounts in the nominal ledger.The figures were:$Discount allowed 380Discount received 290After the necessary entries, the suspense account balanced.Required:Prepare journal entries, with narratives, to correct the errors found, and prepare a statement showing thenecessary adjustments to the profit.(10 marks)

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The following information is relevant for questions 9 and 10A company’s draft financial statements for 2005 showed a profit of $630,000. However, the trial balance did not agree,and a suspense account appeared in the company’s draft balance sheet.Subsequent checking revealed the following errors:(1) The cost of an item of plant $48,000 had been entered in the cash book and in the plant account as $4,800.Depreciation at the rate of 10% per year ($480) had been charged.(2) Bank charges of $440 appeared in the bank statement in December 2005 but had not been entered in thecompany’s records.(3) One of the directors of the company paid $800 due to a supplier in the company’s payables ledger by a personalcheque. The bookkeeper recorded a debit in the supplier’s ledger account but did not complete the double entryfor the transaction. (The company does not maintain a payables ledger control account).(4) The payments side of the cash book had been understated by $10,000.9 Which of the above items would require an entry to the suspense account in correcting them?A All four itemsB 3 and 4 onlyC 2 and 3 onlyD 1, 2 and 4 only

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13 At 1 January 2005 a company had an allowance for receivables of $18,000At 31 December 2005 the company’s trade receivables were $458,000.It was decided:(a) To write off debts totalling $28,000 as irrecoverable;(b) To adjust the allowance for receivables to the equivalent of 5% of the remaining receivables based on pastexperience.What figure should appear in the company’s income statement for the total of debts written off as irrecoverableand the movement in the allowance for receivables for the year ended 31 December 2005?A $49,500B $31,500C $32,900D $50,900

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17 A business income statement for the year ended 31 December 2004 showed a net profit of $83,600. It was laterfound that $18,000 paid for the purchase of a motor van had been debited to motor expenses account. It is thecompany’s policy to depreciate moto

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