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AC1025 ZA
Principles of Accounting
For Sections B and C only, workings should be submitted for all questions requiring
calculations. Any necessary assumptions introduced in answering a question are to be
stated.
Extracts from compound interest tables are given after the final question on this paper.
8-column accounting paper is provided at the end of this question paper. If used, it
must be detached and fastened securely inside the answer book.
A handheld calculator may be used when answering questions on this paper and it
must comply in all respects with the specification given with your Admission Notice.
The make and type of machine must be clearly stated on the front cover of the answer
book.
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SECTION A: Multiple Choice Questions
Please mark the correct answer on the special multiple choice answer sheet
provided using a pencil.
Candidates should write their candidate number in the boxes and then mark up their
appropriate letter and numbers in the grid.
The date, candidate first name(s) and surnames should be written in the appropriate
space.
Candidates should use an eraser to remove any unwanted marks as fully as possible.
If an eraser is unavailable, please put a cross (X) through the incorrect mark.
The sheets should not be folded or creased in any way as this will make them
unreadable.
Candidates should not write anywhere else on the sheet other than to mark their
answers as shown on the sheet; any writing or marks in an inappropriate place could
make the sheet unreadable.
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SECTION A
 2. At 31 March 2019, the cash book of Company 2 showed a debit balance of £56.
    An examination of the bank statements and the accounting records of the
    company revealed the following:
     On 30 March 2019, the bank wrote to Company 2 stating that a cheque of £360
     received from a customer and banked on 25 March 2019 had bounced and had
     been dishonoured. This letter was only received by Company 2 on 2 April 2019.
     Bank charges of £460 appeared on the bank statement on 30 March 2019 but
     the company was unaware of this transaction. Receipts of £9,215 banked on
     31 March 2019 were not cleared through the banking system until April 2019,
     while payments totalling £19,401, issued by the company in March 2019 were
     also not cleared through the banking system until April 2019.
What was the balance appearing on the bank statement at 31 March 2019?
         A            £9,422
         B            £(10,950)
         C            £9,310
         D            £10,142
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    3. The selling price of the inventory of Company 3, a wholesaler of exotic fruit, at
       30 April 2019 is £89,000. The company sells its goods at a 45% margin. 25% of
       the inventory has reached its ‘sell-by’ date and will be sold for £9,500.
       Which of the following will be the correct value for closing inventory at that date
       appearing in the statement of financial position?
            A          £39,538
            B          £46,212
            C          £55,534
            D          £52,564
       What is (i) the value of inventory at 28 February 2019 and (ii) the cost of goods
       sold (COGS) for the month of February 2019 using the LIFO basis of
       accounting?
                           Inventory        COGS
                               £               £
                 A         1,895            5,532
                 B         1,856            5,571
                 C         1,706            5,721
                 D         1,878            5,549
5      A refund from a supplier of £1,500 was entered in the cash book as a receipt
       and treated as a receipt from a customer in the sales (receivables) ledger
       control account.
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 6. One of the non-current assets – a vehicle – owned by Company 6 was sold
    during the year for £2,000. The sum was received in cash. Instead of banking
    this sum, the finance director used this sum as a deposit for the purchase of a
    new van, the full cost of which is £16,000. The cost and accumulated
    depreciation of the vehicle sold has already been correctly accounted for.
    Depreciation at 25% on a straight-line basis of £3,500 has been accounted for.
                                       Company 7a           Company 7b
             Profit before tax          £7 million           £32 million
             Share price                  £5.70                £6.50
             Tax expense               £2.8 million         £4.8 million
             Number of shares           20 million           105 million
      Which company has the higher earnings per share (EPS) and which company
      is viewed by the market as having higher growth prospects?
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 8   A machine required for this project was acquired 5 years ago for an earlier
     project, at a cost of £25,000. It is being depreciated on a straight-line basis
     over ten years. There is no expected selling price at the end of its useful
     economic life. The machine has been locked in a warehouse for several
     months since it has had no alternative use. However, the company has just
     been offered an alternative contract, Project Z, using this machine which will
     generate a contribution of £4,500. The net realisable value of the machine is
     £5,600.
     The cost of keeping this machine in perfect working order is £900, payable
     immediately but if it is used in the project 8, the maintenance cost will be
     £1,300.
        A       £6,000
        B       £7,000
        C       £5,200
        D       £8,300
                                  W        B        A
                                  £        £        £
        Selling price            500      700      640
        Direct materials          85      200      120
        Direct labour            105      15        35
        Variable overheads        21       3        7
        Fixed overheads           30      40        15
        Total costs              241      258      177
        Profit per unit          259      442      463
     All three products use materials which cost £40 per kilogram but suitable
     material is in such short supply that the company cannot fulfil the demand for
     these three products in their entirety. In what order should these three
     products be produced if the company wishes to maximise its profit?
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10.   Company 10, a local road building contractor, had budgeted indirect costs for
      2019 of £600,000. Budgeted labour hours for the year were 12,500 costing
      £260,000 and budgeted machine hours were 14,000. The company marks-up
      the total cost of each job by 40% to determine selling price.
      The company has just completed a road repair for the local council. The
      direct costs and machine hours of this job were as follows:
      Materials: £32,100
      Labour:    305 hours
      Machining: 75 hours
      What is the total selling price of this job assuming the company allocates
      overheads on:
                                                      Budget            Actual
                                                        £                 £
             Materials                                  40               43
             Labour                                     27               26
             Variable overheads                         9                10
             Fixed overheads                            12               10
             Total cost                                 88               89
             Selling price                             130               127
             Profit                                     42               38
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      The sales price and sales volume contribution variance were which of the
      following:
 13. In 2018, Company 13 sold its only product for £575 per unit. Variable costs
     per unit were £180. Fixed costs were £550,000. In 2019, the selling price per
     unit is expected to fall by 9%, variable costs per unit are expected to rise by
     20%, while fixed costs are expected to rise by 3%. Since the company’s
     stated objective for 2019 is to make a profit before tax of £1 million, how many
     units must it sell?
          A            1,844
          B            3,814
          C            3,925
          D            5,099
         A     The difference between the NPV and the IRR in conditions of uncertainty
         B     A means of reconciling the value of inventory using absorption costing with
               its value using marginal costing
 .       C     A means of assessing which variables will have the greatest impact upon a
               management accounting decision
         D     The degree to which standard costing variances are interdependent
 15. Company 15 is considering replacing all its machinery. The financial controller
     has computed Net Present Value (NPV) of the project at two different discount
     rates. The NPV at a discount rate of 12% is £1,700 negative and at a discount
     rate of 5%, it is £340 negative. You are required to compute the Internal Rate of
     Return (IRR) using linear interpolation or extrapolation.
 .
    The Internal Rate of Return of this project is which of the following:
        A      6.8%
        B      3.3%
        C      3.8%
        D      10.3%
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SECTION B
Answer question 16 and not more than one further question from this section.
 16. Moore Ltd is a family business which buys fruit and vegetables in the open
     market and acts as a wholesaler and retailer of these goods. The company’s
     trial balance at 31 December 2018 before any adjustments have been made is
     as follows:
                                                         Dr               Cr
                                                         £                £
            Land                                       150,000
            Plant & equipment at cost                  360,000
            Plant & equipment, accumulated
            depreciation at 1 January 2018                              108,000
            Delivery vans at cost                        86,000
            Delivery vans, accumulated
            depreciation at 1 January 2018                              44,000
            Inventory at 1 January 2018                123,000
            Trade receivables                          183,000
            Provision for bad debts at 1 January
            2018                                                         10,000
            Prepaid insurance at 1 January 2018           3,000
            Accrued interest at 1 January 2018                            4,000
            Accrued electricity at 1 January 2018                         8,000
            Bank balance                                                 18,000
            Trade payables                                              111,000
            10% debenture loan repayable in                              80,000
            2021
            Ordinary share capital of 600,000
            shares of 50p each                                          300,000
            Retained profits at 1 January 2018                           60,000
            Sales revenue                                             2,049,000
            Returns inward                               88,000
            Purchases                                 1,391,000
            Insurance                                    17,000
            Interim dividend paid                        28,000
            Distribution costs                          327,000
            Advertising                                  15,000
            Electricity                                  20,000
            Interest paid                                 6,000
            Suspense account                                              5,000
            Total                                     2,797,000       2,797,000
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       The following additional information is available:
  i.   On 1 June 2018, the company paid building insurance on one of its warehouses
       of £6,000 for the twelve months ended 31 May 2019.
 ii.   Provision for any unpaid interest is to be made. An electricity invoice of £9,000
       for the three months ended 31 January 2019 was received by the company on
       6 February 2019. The directors propose to pay a dividend of £12,000 on 31
       March 2019.
iii.   In December 2018, the company sold a delivery van for £20,000. This sum was
       received in cash and was not banked until 5 January 2019. The van which was
       sold had been purchased in 2017 for £40,000. Neither the sale, nor the
       proceeds of sale, have been accounted for in the accounting records of the
       company.
        Land                                nil
        Equipment                           20% per year on a straight line basis
        Delivery vans                       40% per year on a reducing balance basis
 v.    The inventory was counted on 31 December 2018 and valued at its selling price
       of £196,000. Goods are marked-up by 40%.
vi.    Corporation tax for the year ended 31 December 2018 is estimated to be
       £19,000 and is to be paid on 1 October 2019.
vii.   The company’s bookkeeper is new to the job and is not sure how to deal with
       the following items:
       (i) The sum of £14,000 was received as a direct payment into the company’s
       bank account in December 2018 from a customer but it was unclear to her
       which customer had sent this money.
       (ii) The company’s corporation tax liability for the year ended 31 December
       2017 had been estimated to be £60,000. However, the UK tax authority (known
       as HMRC) had advised the company that, in fact, £69,000 was to be paid.
       She has therefore credited the £14,000 and debited the remaining balance on
       the taxation account respectively to a suspense account in the trial balance.
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viii.   A customer owing £9,000 has recently been declared bankrupt. The company
        does not expect to recover any of this. A provision for bad debts of 5% of
        remaining trade receivables is to be provided.
Required:
    (a) Prepare an income statement for Moore Ltd for the year ended 31 December
        2018, a statement of financial position at 31 December 2018 and statement of
        changes in equity for the year ended 31 December 2018 in a form suitable for
        presentation to the directors.
(26 marks)
    (b) Prepare an answer to the following email you have recently received from the
        company’s sales director:
(4 marks)
(Total 30 marks)
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17. The statements of financial position of Stiles Limited as at 31 December 2018
    and 2017 and a summary of the income statement for the year ended 31
    December 2018 appear below:
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    Summary Income Statement for the Year Ended 31 December 2018
                                               £000
            Operating profit                    170
            Preference share dividend           (10)
            Interest expense                    (18)
            Profit before tax                   142
            Tax                                 (26)
            Profit after tax                    116
    (i)     The company’s depreciation policy is not to depreciate the land but to
            depreciate the plant and machinery.
    (ii)    During the year items of plant machinery were sold at a profit of £7,000.
            These machines had a net book value of £20,000.
(iii) Plant and machinery was acquired during the year at a cost of £17,000.
    (iv)    The new 10% convertible loan stock was issued on 1 January 2018 at
            par.
(vi) A dividend on the ordinary shares was paid during the year.
Required:
 (a) Prepare a cash flow statement, together with the reconciliation statements of
     operating profit and cash balance, for Stiles Limited for the year ended 31
     December 2018.
                                                                            (16 marks)
(Total: 20 marks)
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  18.   The Chief Executive Officer of Charlton plc, a large, diversified multinational
        company, has asked you to examine the accounts of two other companies,
        Cohen Limited and Wilson Limited. These two companies have been
        identified by the chief accountant of Charlton plc as promising takeover
        targets.
                                                          Cohen            Wilson
                                                             Ltd              Ltd
            Income statements for the year
            ended 31 December 2018                          £000             £000
             Sales revenue                                11,360            5,622
             Cost of goods sold                            7,950            4,225
             Gross profit                                  3,410            1,397
             Operating expenses                            1,422              795
             Operating profit                              1,988              602
             Interest expense                                402               28
             Profit before tax                             1,586              574
             Taxation                                        492              202
             Profit after tax                              1,094              372
                                                            £000             £000
            Statements of financial position at
            31 December 2018
             Non-current assets                            6,990            2,246
             Current assets
             Inventory                                     2,820              720
             Trade receivables                             1,352              828
             Cash at bank                                  1,910            1,423
                                                           6,082            2,971
            Total assets                                  13,072            5,217
            Current liabilities
            Trade payables                                 1,425            1,109
            Taxation                                         690              296
            Overdrafts and short-term loans                3,424              637
                                                           5,539            2,042
            Non-current liabilities: long-term             1,255              500
            Loans
            Total liabilities                              6,794            2,542
            Equity
            Share capital (£1 shares)                      2,530            1,520
            Share premium                                  2,040                -
            Revaluation reserve                                -              800
            Retained profits                               1,708              355
            Total equity                                   6,278            2,675
            Total liabilities and equity                  13,072            5,217
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    Other information which has been provided:
                                                            Cohen          Wilson
                                                              Ltd           Ltd
                                                             £000          £000
             (i)         Operating expenses include          382            195
                         depreciation
             (ii)        Expenditure on non-current          1,572           186
                         assets in 2018
             (iii)       Retained profits at 31
                         December 2017                       1,134            23
    (iv) The market value of shares in these two companies at 31 December 2018
    was as follows:
    (v) The long-terms loans of these companies are secured debenture loans
    repayable as follows:
Required:
 (a) Compute the following ratios for these two companies to 1 decimal place, using
     in each case, the appropriate notation:
(10 marks)
 (b) Prepare notes for the board meeting at which these two companies will be
     considered. Your notes should provide a comparison of the ratios you have
     computed and any other factors you think should be brought to the attention of
     the board using the information which has been provided, above.
                                                                        (10 marks)
(Total: 20 marks)
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  SECTION C
     Answer ONE question from this section and ONE further question from either
     Section B or Section C.
19. Peters Limited manufactures casings for toy drones. The standard cost of this
    product is as follows:
                                                                            £
            Material X                8kg             at £4/kg             32.00
            Material Y                4kg             at £7/kg             28.00
            Labour                    3 hours         at £17/hour          51.00
            Variable overheads        3 hours         at £13/hour          39.00
            Fixed overheads                                                12.50
            Total Cost                                                    162.50
     Variable overheads are absorbed on a labour hour basis. The standard selling
     price is £199 and budgeted production and sales for April 2019 was 120,000
     units. In this month, actual sales and production were 124,500 units and sales
     revenue totalled £23,779,500.
                                                                 £
            Material X                 809,250 kg             3,358,388
            Material Y                 529,125 kg             3,677,419
            Labour                    423,300 hours           6,561,150
            Variable overheads                                5,756,880
            Fixed overheads                                   1,560,000
            Total Costs                                      20,913,837
Required:
 (a) Produce a performance report reconciling the actual profit to the budgeted profit
     for the year, using the contribution approach showing both efficiency/usage and
     price/rate variances.
                                                                           (14 marks)
 (b) Write a brief report for the directors of the company to explain possible causes
     for each variance and drawing attention to any possible interdependence
     between any of these variances.
                                                                              (6 marks)
(Total 20 marks)
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  20. Hunt Chemicals is preparing a cash budget for June and July 2019. At the end
      of July 2019, the company has undertaken to repay a £100,000 loan to their
      bank which had been borrowed in February 2019 to enable the business to
      survive during the seasonal peak in the second quarter of the calendar year,
      April to June. The bank balance at 1 June 2019 is expected to be £17,500.
Additional information:
(i)        70% of sales revenue is expected in the month of sales, subject to a 2% prompt
           payment discount. 20% of sales revenue is expected in the month following
           sales. 7% of sales revenue is expected to be received two months after sale
           and the remainder of sales revenue is expected to be uncollectable.
(ii)       The average selling price per unit is £100 and the average cost price is £75.
           50% of the purchase price of goods is expected to be paid in the month of
           purchase and 50% in the following month.
(iii)      Target closing inventory is equal to the cost of goods sold in the following
           month plus 25%.
(iv)       Budgeted annual overheads are £800,000 which includes £300,000 of fixed
           costs of which £60,000 is depreciation. The remainder of the overheads are
           variable costs which vary with sales revenue and are paid in the month in which
           they occurred. The budgeted sales revenue for 2019 is £3 million.
(v)        A dividend of £40,000 will be paid and non-current assets costing £50,000 will
           be purchased and paid for in June while corporation tax of £75,000 will be paid
           in July.
Required:
        (a) Produce a cash budget for each of the months June and July 2019, in columnar
            form.
                                                                              (15 marks)
        (b) Present a brief report to the directors of Hunt Chemicals, advising them on
            steps which could be taken to improve the cash position of the business and
            how they could seek to avoid a cash crisis when the next seasonal peak arises
            in April to June 2020.
                                                                                   (5 marks)
(Total: 20 marks)
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21. The professional football club, Hurst Academicals, is considering acquiring a
    highly successful German international footballer. The transfer fee will be £42m,
    half of which is payable immediately and the other half payable in one year’s
    time. His annual salary during his 4-year contract will be £15.5 million. At the
    end of his contract, the player will have no resale value to the club. The club’s
    sponsor has agreed to increase the annual sponsorship fee from £4m to £16m,
    payable in advance. Annual income from gate money is expected to rise by
    £6m in year 1 and increase by 10% each year, thereafter. Merchandising
    income, from the sale of club shirts emblazoned with the player’s name is
    expected to be £1m in year 1, rising by 5% each year. The player has a poor
    injury record and the club will pay an initial insurance premium of 10% of the
    transfer fee, payable in advance to protect the club against the risk of his
    contract coming to an early end as a result of this problem. As a consequence
    of this transfer, the club will be able to loan two other players to an inferior
    team, elsewhere in north London, thereby making annual salary savings of £9
    million.
     Assume that all transactions are in cash and arise at the end of the year
     concerned except where indicated above. The company’s cost of capital is
     12%.
Required:
 (b) Calculate the Accounting Rate of Return (ARR) using the average investment
     method and assuming the company uses the straight line basis of depreciation.
                                                                        (4 marks)
 (c) Advise the company’s directors whether or not they should proceed with this
     acquisition, giving the reasons for your recommendation.
                                                                         (2 marks)
 (d) What other facts should be taken into consideration in a decision of this nature?
                                                                            (2 marks)
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 (e) The company’s financial advisor has suggested that instead of buying the
     player outright and in the two instalments referred to above, that instead, the
     player is acquired by the payment of 4 equal annual payments. At what annual
     cost payment would the club be indifferent between the original payment of £42
     million in two instalments and
    (i)     Four equal annual instalments, payable annually, the first instalment to
            be paid in one year?
                                                                            (2 marks)
    (ii)    Four equal annual instalments, payable annually, the first instalment
            being paid immediately?
                                                                             (2 marks)
(Total: 20 marks)
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      Extracts from Compound Interest Tables are attached on the following page.
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    Extracts from compound interest tables
    Present value of £1
    P
    %
    R           1       2      3       4       5       6        7       8      9       10
    Period
    1        0.990   0.980   0.971   0.962   0.952   0.943   0.935   0.926   0.917   0.909
    2        0.980   0.961   0.943   0.925   0.907   0.890   0.873   0.857   0.842   0.826
    3        0.971   0.942   0.915   0.889   0.864   0.840   0.816   0.794   0.772   0.751
    4        0.961   0.924   0.888   0.855   0.823   0.792   0.763   0.735   0.708   0.683
    5        0.951   0.906   0.863   0.822   0.784   0.747   0.713   0.681   0.650   0.621
    %
    "          11      12      13      14      15      16      17      18      19      20
    Period
    1        0.901   0.893   0.885   0.877   0.870   0.862   0.855   0.847   0.840   0.833
    2        0.812   0.797   0.783   0.769   0.756   0.743   0.731   0.718   0.706   0.694
    3        0.731   0.712   0.693   0.675   0.658   0.641   0.624   0.609   0.593   0.579
    4        0.659   0.636   0.613   0.592   0.572   0.552   0.534   0.516   0.499   0.482
    5        0.593   0.567   0.543   0.519   0.497   0.476   0.456   0.437   0.419   0.402
Annuity of £1
    %           1       2      3       4       5       6        7       8      9       10
    Period
    1        0.990   0.980   0.971   0.962   0.952   0.943   0.935   0.926   0.917   0.909
    2        1.970   1.942   1.913   1.886   1.859   1.833   1.808   1.783   1.759   1.736
    3        2.941   2.884   2.829   2.775   2.723   2.673   2.624   2.577   2.531   2.487
    4        3.902   3.808   3.717   3.630   3.546   3.465   3.387   3.312   3.240   3.170
    5        4.853   4.713   4.580   4.452   4.329   4.212   4.100   3.993   3.890   3.791
    %          11      12      13      14      15      16      17      18      19      20
    Period
    1        0.901   0.893   0.885   0.877   0.870   0.862   0.855   0.847   0.840   0.833
    2        1.713   1.690   1.668   1.647   1.626   1.605   1.585   1.566   1.547   1.528
    3        2.444   2.402   2.361   2.322   2.283   2.246   2.210   2.174   2.140   2.106
    4        3.102   3.037   2.974   2.914   2.855   2.798   2.743   2.690   2.639   2.589
    5        3.696   3.605   3.517   3.433   3.352   3.274   3.199   3.127   3.058   2.991
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