Accounting (0452) · Oct/Nov 2005 · Question paper 3

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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
International General Certificate of Secondary Education
ACCOUNTING

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Paper 3
October/November 2005
1 hour 45 minutes
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Maria van Zyl is a trader. Her financial year ends on 31 July. She provides the following
information.
$
Wages outstanding at 1 August 2004
200
Total wages paid during the year ended 31 July 2005
61 300
Wages outstanding at 31 July 2005
180
REQUIRED
(a) Write up the wages account as it would appear in Maria’s ledger for the year ended
31 July 2005. Show the amount transferred to the Profit and Loss Account.
Where a traditional ‘T’ account is used it should be balanced and the balance brought
down on 1 August 2005.
Where a three column running balance account is used the balance column should
be up-dated after each entry.
Maria van Zyl
Wages account

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Maria van Zyl maintains a provision for doubtful debts.
REQUIRED
(b) Name two accounting principles which Maria is applying by maintaining a provision for
doubtful debts.
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Maria van Zyl provides the following information.
$
33 000
30 000

Debtors at 1 August 2004
Debtors at 31 July 2005

Maria maintains a provision for doubtful debts at 3% of the debtors at the end of each
financial year.
REQUIRED
(c) Write up the provision for doubtful debts account in Maria’s ledger for the year ended
31 July 2005.
Where a traditional ‘T’ account is used it should be balanced and the balance brought
down on 1 August 2005.
Where a three column running balance account is used the balance column should
be up-dated after each entry.
Maria van Zyl
Provision for Doubtful Debts account

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Mark van Zyl, Maria’s brother, is also a trader. His financial year ends on 31 August. Maria
advises Mark to create a provision for doubtful debts.
REQUIRED
(d) State two ways in which Mark could decide on the amount of his provision for doubtful
debts.
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One of Mark’s debtors owes $2000. This has been outstanding since May 2002. Mark is
unable to trace this debtor.
REQUIRED
(e) Indicate how each of the following will be affected if Mark does not write off this debt.
Give a reason for your answers. The first one has been completed as an example.
1

Gross profit for the year ended 31 August 2005
Effect

Overstated/Understated/ No effect

Reason Bad debts are not entered in the Trading Account and so do not affect the
gross profit
2

Net profit for the year ended 31 August 2005
Effect

Overstated/Understated/No effect

Reason

3

Current assets at 31 August 2005
Effect

Overstated/Understated/No effect

Reason
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Abdul El Said is a retailer. His shop is divided into two departments. The total sales of
Department A are less than those of Department B, despite the fact that Department A
occupies 75% of the total floor space of the shop.
REQUIRED
(a) Give two reasons why it is useful for Abdul to know the results of each department
separately.
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Abdul El Said divides the general expenses equally between the two departments.
REQUIRED
(b) State two other ways in which Abdul could apportion the expenses between the two
departments.
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2 [2]
Abdul provides the following information for the year ended 30 September 2005.

Sales
Purchases
Carriage inwards
Returns inwards
Stock 1 October 2004
Stock 30 September 2005
Staff salaries
General expenses

Department
A
$
250 000
167 200
1 800
1 000
26 000
30 000
27 600
20 400

Department
B
$
375 000
320 200
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–
8 600
10 000
19 100
20 400

REQUIRED
(c) Prepare a columnar Trading and Profit and Loss Account for Abdul El Said for the year
ended 30 September 2005 to show the gross profit and net profit earned by each
department.
Total columns are not required.

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Abdul El Said
Departmental Trading and Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 30 September 2005

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Abdul El Said is anxious to compare the rate at which each department is selling goods.
REQUIRED
(d) Calculate, correct to two decimal places, the rate of stock turnover for each department.
Show your workings.
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Rate of stock turnover – Department A

2

Rate of stock turnover – Department B

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Abdul is disappointed with the rate of stock turnover in Department A.
REQUIRED
(e) Suggest two reasons for this lower rate.
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Rebecca Tan is a trader. Her financial year ends on 30 June. She does not keep many
financial records, but is able to provide the following information.
Assets and liabilities at 30 June 2005 were as follows.
$
13 900
7 500
5 200
4 800
7 250
250
122
146

Equipment at cost
Motor vehicle at cost
Debtors
Creditors
Stock
Bank overdraft
Prepaid expenses
Accrued expenses

The following adjustments should be made on 30 June 2005.
The motor vehicle should be depreciated by 20% on cost.
The equipment should be revalued at $12 700.
A provision for doubtful debts of 2% of the debtors should be created.

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REQUIRED
(a) Draw up a Statement of Affairs for Rebecca Tan at 30 June 2005 showing the total
capital at that date.
Candidates who are not familiar with a Statement of Affairs may present their answer in
the form of a Balance Sheet as at 30 June 2005 showing the total capital at that date.
Rebecca Tan
Statement of Affairs at 30 June 2005

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On 1 July 2004 Rebecca Tan’s capital was $27 000.
On 2 July 2004 she introduced a further $5000 as capital.
During the year ended 30 June 2005 Rebecca made the following drawings.

Cash
Goods

$
3150
1250

REQUIRED
(b) Using the capital you calculated in (a) and the information provided above calculate
Rebecca Tan’s net profit (or net loss) for the year ended 30 June 2005.
Your answer may be in the form of either a capital account or an arithmetic calculation.

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Franz Fischer is a sole trader. His accountant has prepared a set of final accounts. The
following people are interested in the accounts of Franz Fischer’s business.

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Franz Fischer (Owner)
Trade creditor
Loan creditor
Bank manager
Potential partner
REQUIRED
(a) Complete the following table to show which people would be especially interested in the
different aspects of Franz Fischer’s accounts.
The first one has been completed as an example.
Each of the five people listed above should not appear more than twice in Column B.
Column A

Column B

Whether interest can be paid when due

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Bank manager

2

Loan creditor

The profitability of the business
1
2
The market value of the fixed assets
owned by the business

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2

The liquidity position of the business
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2
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The quality of the information in a set of final accounts determines how useful those
accounts are.
REQUIRED
(b) State four ways in which the quality of information in Franz Fischer’s final accounts can
be measured.
The first one has been completed as an example.
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Reliability

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3

4

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E Zwink is one of Franz Fischer’s suppliers, but he is also a customer. Franz maintains two
accounts for E Zwink – one in the purchases ledger and one in the sales ledger.
The following account appears in Franz Fischer’s purchases ledger.
E Zwink account
2005
August 12 Returns
16 Bank
28 Transfer to sales ledger
31 Balance c/d

$
50
400
250
300
1000

2005
August 4 Purchases
4 Carriage

$
990
10

1000

2005
September

1 Balance b/d

300

For candidates who are not familiar with the layout of the account shown above, an
alternative presentation is provided.
E Zwink account

2005
August 4 Purchases
Carriage
12 Returns
16 Bank
28 Transfer to sales ledger

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$

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Credit
$
990
10

Balance
$
990
1000
950
550
300

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REQUIRED
(c) Explain each entry in E Zwink’s account as it appears in Franz Fischer’s purchases
ledger. State where the double entry for each transaction would be made.
The first one has been completed as an example.
August 4

Purchases
Explanation This is the value of goods Fischer purchased on credit from
Zwink.
Double entry Debit Purchases account

August 4

Carriage
Explanation

Double entry

August 12 Returns
Explanation

Double entry
August 16 Bank
Explanation

Double entry
August 28 Transfer to sales ledger
Explanation

Double entry [8]
Explain the significance of the $300 shown at the end of the account.

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Ebor and Olicana are in partnership trading in sports goods. Their financial year ends on
31 July. After the preparation of their Trading and Profit and Loss Account for the year ended
31 July 2005 the following errors were discovered.
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2
3
4

Olicana had taken goods costing $500 for her own use. This had not been recorded.
$15 paid for carriage inwards had been debited to the carriage outwards account.
The purchase of computer paper, $30, had been debited to the purchases account.
Motor vehicle repairs of $200 had been debited to the motor vehicles account. Motor
vehicles are depreciated by 25% on the cost of motors held at the end of each financial
year.

REQUIRED
(a) Complete the following table to show the effect of correcting the errors on the gross
profit and the net profit. If the correction of the error does not affect the profit write ‘no
effect’.
The first one has been completed as an example.
Error
Effect of correcting the error
on the gross profit
on the net profit

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+$500

+$500

2
3
4
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You may use the space below for your workings.

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Ebor and Olicana maintain a full set of books of account.
The following transactions took place on 31 August 2005.
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2
3

Olicana took further goods costing $400 for her own use.
Ebor brought his own computer, valued at $900, into the business.
Ebor’s current account showed a credit balance of $10 000. It was agreed that he
should transfer half of this to his capital account.

REQUIRED
(b) Prepare the necessary journal entries to record the above transactions.
Narratives are required.
Ebor and Olicana
Journal
Debit
$

Credit
$

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Ebor and Olicana have invited Lindum to join the partnership and have given him their final
accounts for the year ended 31 July 2005.
Lindum is aware that these final accounts will not provide all the relevant information he
needs.
REQUIRED
(c) State and explain two limitations Lindum should be aware of when he is studying the
set of final accounts Ebor and Olicana have provided.
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2

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