
PREPARING FOR THE COMPUTER-BASED ASSESSMENTS (CBAs)
REVISION QUESTIONS C2
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Question 27
Robert Costello is a sole trader. His business mainly involves the sale of computer systems
to small businesses and home users, including hardware and pre-loaded software. He also
sells individual items of equipment from his shop. At 30 September 20X9, he extracts the
following trial balance from his accounting records:
Debit Credit
$ $
Capital at 1 October 20X8 26,600
Loan from bank 40,000
Loan repayments made 12,600
Inventories at 1 October 20X8 42,500
Sales of computer systems 305,000
Other sales 5,500
Purchases 180,300
General offi ce expenses 8,800
Car insurance 400
Shop rental 24,000
Local business tax 3,500
Heating and lighting 2,400
Wages 18,500
Fixtures and fi ttings – cost 10,000
Fixtures and fi ttings – acc. depreciation 1 October 20X8 3,600
Motor vehicle – cost 21,000
Motor vehicle – acc. depreciation 1 October 20X8 5,000
Receivables 62,900
Payables 15,200
Sales tax 4,500
Bank balance 18,500
405,400 405,400
You are given the following information at 30 September 20X9:
(i) Closing inventories of hardware and software were $45,200.
(ii) The fi gure in the accounts for shop rental includes $6,000 for the period from
1 October 20X9 to 31 December 20X9.
(iii) Local business tax for the year ending 31 March 20Y0 has been paid in full, amount-
ing to $2,400.
(iv) Heating and lighting to be accrued is $350.
(v) The wages total recorded in the books consists of $15,000 that Robert paid to him-
self, and $3,500 paid to his father for assistance with bookkeeping.
(vi) During the year, sales of sundry items amounting to $5,640 (including sales tax at
17.5 per cent) were made for cash, and have not been recorded in the books. The
cash was used to pay for stationery ($470 including sales tax), shop assistant’s wages
($3,760) and petrol ($1,410 including sales tax).
(vii) During the year, a motor vehicle that had cost $8,000, and on which the accumu-
lated depreciation was $5,000, was given in part exchange for a new vehicle costing
$15,000. The part-exchange valuation was $2,000. The ledger accounts in the above
trial balance contain the cost and accumulative depreciation of the disposed vehicle,
and the balance paid by cheque for the new vehicle.