A business statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income for the year ended 31 December 20X4 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?
Where a transaction is entered into the correct ledger accounts, but the wrong amount is used, what is the error known as?
Alpha is a sole trader who does not keep proper accounting records.
Alpha,s first year of trading was 20X4. From reviewing Alpha,s bank statements and the incomplete records relating to cash
maintained, the following summary has been compiled
ank and cash summary, Alpha, 20X4
$
Cash received from credit customers and paid into the bank 381,600
Expenses paid out of cash received from credit customers before banking 6,800
Cash sales 112,900
Other information, Alpha, 20X4
Irrecoverable debts written off 7,200
Discounts allowed to credit customers 9,400
Closing balance of Trade receivables 0
Which of the following correctly represents Alpha's sales figure for 20X4?
A sole trader who does not keep full accounting records wishes to calculate her sales revenue for the year.The information available is:
1 Opening inventory $17,000
2 Closing inventory $24,000
3 Purchases $91,000
4 Standard gross profit percentage on sales revenue 40%
Which of the following is the sales figure for the year calculated from these figures?
On 31 December 20X0 the inventory of V was completely destroyed by fire. The following information is available:
1 Inventory at 1 December 20X0 at cost $28,400
2 Purchases for December 20X0 $49,600
3 Sales for December 20X0 $64,800
4 Standard gross profit percentage on sales revenue 30% Based on this information,
which of the following is the amount of inventory destroyed?
The following information is available for the year ended 31 December 20X4 for a keep proper accounting records:
Inventories at 1 January 20X4 Inventories at 31 December 20X4 Purchases
Gross profit percentage on sales = 30%
Based on this information, what was the trader's sales figure for the year?
Wanda keeps no accounting records. The following information is available about her position and transactions for the year
ended 31 December 20X4:
$
Net assets at 1 January 20X4 210,000
Drawings during 20X4 48,000
Capital introduced during 20X4 100,000
Net assets at 31 December 20X4 400,000
Based on this information, what was Wanda's profit for 20X4?
The debit side of a trial balance totals $800 more than the credit side.Which one of the following errors would fully account for
the difference?
A company's trial balance failed to agree, the totals being:Debit $815,602Credit $808,420Which one of the following errors
could fully account for the difference?
The debit side of a trial balance totals $50 more than the credit side. Which one of the following could this be due to?