
PREPARING FOR THE COMPUTER-BASED ASSESSMENTS (CBAs)
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FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
Question 20
On 31 December 20X5 the accounting records of JB were partly destroyed by fi re. Her
accountant has provided the following list of assets, liabilities and capital at 31 December
20X4:
$
Plant and machinery 128,000
O f fi ce equipment 45,000
Inventories 30,500
Receivables and prepayments 35,000
Payables and accruals 17,600
Bank overdraft 8,850
Loan (interest 10% per annum) 95,000
Capital 117,050
A summary of her receipts and payments during 20X5 can be extracted from the bank
statements as follows:
$
Receipts
Capital paid in 22,000
Received from receivables 427,500
Payments
Cash withdrawn 22,450
Loan repayments 20,000
Paid to payables 175,600
Rent paid 22,000
Wages 90,000
General expenses paid 12,500
The following additional information is obtained:
(i) On 31 December 20X4, the receivables fi gure included $2,500 for rent paid in
advance, and the payables fi gure included $4,300 for wages accrued for the last week
of 20X4.
(ii) The plant and machinery had been purchased for $200,000 in 20X3 and was being
depreciated at 20 per cent per annum on the reducing-balance basis.
The offi ce equipment was bought during 20X4 and was being depreciated over
10 years on the straight-line basis, with a full year’s depreciation in the year of purchase.
(iii) During 20X5, JB transferred a private motor vehicle worth $5,000 to her business.
It is to be depreciated over 4 years on the straight-line basis, with a full year’s depre-
ciation in the year of acquisition.
(iv) Of the cash withdrawn from the bank during 20X5, $6,750 was for wages, $4,200 was
for cash payments to suppliers, $2,600 was for printing of advertising leafl ets (of which
half are still to be distributed), and the remainder was taken by JB for her own use.
(v) The bank balance 31 December 20X5, according to the bank statement, after adjust-
ing for unpresented cheques, was $106,700. Any difference is assumed to be cash
sales banked, after deducting $30 per week wages paid to JB’s daughter, who assists in
the offi ce.
(vi) The loan repayments from the bank account include $9,500 interest.