FOUNDATIONS IN ACCOUNTANCY

PAPER MA2
[Managing Costs & Finances]
Text Book Summary
Please read through the text book. Do depend on this summary as errors & omissions may
occur.

Done By
Tariq Suhail Al Shaibani

Part A: Chapter 1
Purpose of Management Information:
- Planning
- Control
- Decision-Making

*Read page 12 about the role of the trainee accountant

Cost unit is a unit of product or service which has costs attached to it.

Accurate
Complete
Cost-beneficial
User-targeted
Relevant
Authoritative
Timely
Easy to use

Type of Codes:
- Sequential (or progressive)
- Block (group classification)
- Mnemonic codes LAX, CAI, SIN
- Heretical codes first digit represents a classification and then next represents a subset
- Faceted codes
Main Features of a report:
- Title
- Who is it intended for?
- Who is the repot from?

Date
Subject
Appendix

Chapter 2
Advantage of computers
- Speed
- Accuracy
- Volume and complexity
- Access to information

Stages of Data input:

1) Origination of Data
2) Transcription of Data
3) Data Input

Graphical User Interfaces

- Windows
- Icons
- Mouse
- Pull-Down Menu

Automatic input devices:

- Magnetic ink character recognition (MICR)
used in banking industy
- Optical mark reading multiple choice answer
sheets
- Scanner
- Barcodes
- EFTPOS

*A VDU is a monitor.
Card Reading Devices are Magnetic Stripe card and Smart Card.
Data can be stored on disks, tape storage, CD-ROM, DVD, Memory stick (Pen drive)

A management information system is the hardware and software used to drive a database
system which provides useful information for management.
Chapter 3
*Just Read
Chapter 4
Cost behavior is the way in which costs are affected by changes in the volume of output
Cost Behavior Patterns are Fixed, Stepped-fixed, variable & semi-variable/fixed/mixed.
Other cost patterns are Maximum and minimum charge costs.
Cost Behavior is essential in budgeting, decision making and control accounting.
The high-low method =
Part B: Chapter 5
Purchase Requisition

Identify Supplier (Quotation)

Order Form

Dispatch Note

Delivery Note

Goods Received Note GRN

Just-in-time inventory is to have the inventory just in time of production & have no left over
after it.
Buffer Inventory is to have the inventory stored before the production. This where inventory
valuation arises (FIF, LIFO, Weight Average)

The Effect of Value of Issues & Closing Inventory in Rising Prices (Inflation)
Method
FIFO
LIFO
Cum. Weighted Average
Periodic Weighted Average

Value of issues (Prod Cost)

Lower than LIFO
Higher than FIFO
Lower than periodic average
Higher than weighted average

Value of closing inventory

Higher than LIFO
Lower than LIFO
Higher than periodic average
Lower than weighted average

*LIFO is not used anymore according to the Accounting Standards.

*Read Page 79 for inventory valuation
Perpetual Inventory System is the use of bin cards & stores ledger to ensure that every issue &
receipt of inventory as it occurs (control)
Periodic Stocktaking: to count the stock annually, on a specific date
Continuous Stocktaking: to always count and check the stock
Inventory discrepancies: is when the physical amount of the inventory and the one shown in
the records disagree.
Inventory Costs:
Ordering Costs
Holding Costs
Stockout Costs
Inventory control levels:
Reorder level = maximum usage x maximum lead time
Minimum level (Safety/Buffer) = reorder level (average x usage average led time)
Maximum level = reorder level + reorder quantity (minimum usage x minimum lead time)
Reorder quantity is the quantity which to be ordered when inventory reaches the reorder level
Average inventory = safety inventory + reorder quantity
Economic order quantity (EOQ) is the order quantity which minimizes the inventory costs.

EOQ =

CH = Cost of holding one unit of inventory of one time period

CO = Cost of ordering a consignment from a supplier
D = Demand during the time period

Annual cost of holding inventory = [buffer inventory + (EOQ/2)] x Annual holding cost per
component
Chapter 6
Incentives & bonuses:
Piece work
Time-saved bonus
Discretionary bonus if the boss feels like it
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Group bonus scheme

Profit-Sharing Scheme

Labor turnover rate =

x 100%

Labor Efficiency & Utilization:

Efficiency ratio

x 100%

Capacity utilization ration =

x 100%

Production volume ratio =

x 100%

Idle Time ratio =

x 100%

Chapter 7
Depreciation:
- The Straight line method equal amount every year
- Reducing balance method calculate a percentage from the NBV
- Machine hour method depends on expected hours of usage
Depreciation per unit =
(Product Unit Cost)

Part C: Chapter 8 + 9?
Marginal Costing
Sales
-COGS (Variable Cost)
Contribution
-FC
Profit

Absorption Costing
DM
DL
DE
PC
n
+Prod O/H
Factory cost
n
+Non-Prod O/H
Total Cost

The main reasons for using absorption costing are for inventory valuations and establishing the
profitability of different products
The Predetermined Absorption Rate =
The procedures are Allocation, Apportionment, Reapportionment and Absorption
Direct Method of reapportionment involves apportioning the costs of each service cost center to
production cost centers only

Step-down method of reapportionment recognizes the inter-service cost centers work. In this method,
each service cost centers costs are not only apportioned to production department but to some (but not
all) of other service cost centers that makes use of the service provided
*The service centers which would be reapportioned to first, depends on which one would cause a higher
Absorption rate.
Actual Absorbed = Positive/Negative
If the result is negative, there is over absorption
If the result is positive, there is under absorption

Chapter 10
They are two types of cost bookkeeping system:
1)

Interlocking System: require separate ledgers to be kept for the cost accounting function and
the financial accounting function, which means that the cost accounting profit and financial
profit have to be reconciled

2)

Integrated System: Combines the two functions in one set of ledger accounts

*Modern cost accounting systems (computerized) are integrated systems.

Costs are debited as normal into the appropriate expense accounts (the credit entry going to cash or
creditors):
Material
Cash/
X
Creditors

To WIP
X

Amounts are taken out

of each cost account and
put in to work in
progress accounts

From work in- progress,

items will be transferred
to finished goods

Finished goods are then

sold, forming the cost of
sales

Work-in-progress

Finished Goods

Profit & Loss

Account

To
profit
and loss

Labour
Cash/

Creditors

To WIP
X

Material
Labour
Overheads

To
finished
goods

From
workinprogress

account
(cost of
sales)

Cost of
Sales

Overheads
Cash/
X
To
Creditors WIP X

Advantages and Limitations of Interlocking & Integrated cost accounting systems

Advantages

Limitations

Interlocking
-Feature two ledgers each fulfill
different purposes

Integrated
- Saving in administration time &
costs

- It is less likely that any conflict

of needs will arise

- No need to reconcile the profits

of the separate cost & financial
accounts
- one set of accounts is expected
to fulfill two different purposes
(Cost for Management &
Financial for external reporting)s

- Profit of separate cost &

financial accounts must be
reconciled
- requires more administration
time
-More costly to run

Chapter 11
A job is a cost unit which consists of a single order or contract.
Cost plus pricing is when after you determine the cost, you add a percentage mark-up for profit.
A batch is a cost unit which consists of a separate, readily identifiable group of product units which
maintain their separate identity throughout the production process. (It is very similar to job costing but in
batches)

Chapter 12
Split-off point

Joint product A
Input
Raw materials

Process 1
Joint product B

By-product

No common cost
allocated cuz it
doesnt have a
significant sales
value

The problems in accounting for joint products:

a) How common costs should be apportioned between products, in order to put a value to
closing inventories and to the cost of sale (and profit) for each product
b) Whether it is more profitable to sell a joint product at one stage of processing, or to
process further and it at a later stage
Abnormal loss is a cost/expense Dr Income Statement
Abnormal gain is gain/revenue Dr Process Account Cr Income Statement
*Page 220 and 221
Part D: Chapter 13
Cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis is the study of the interrelationships between costs, volume and
profit at various levels of activity
The CVP analysis is done to know these two main points:

The breakeven point which is the activity level at which there is neither profit nor loss.
The amount by which actual sales can fall below anticipated sales, without a loss being
incurred

Breakeven point (BEP) =

= Number of units of sales required to break even.

Alternative way to calculate BEP =

*Assume Contribution = Fixed Costs BUT only in BEP not in general because profit is 0 at BEP.
C/S ratio =

x 100%

The margin of safety is the difference in units between the expected sales volume and the breakeven
sales volume and it is sometimes expressed as a percentage of the expected sales volume

At the breakeven point, S = V + F

* S -V = F
The target profit is achieved when S = V + F + P
* S - V = F + P so, total contribution required = F + P

S = Sales
V = Total variable costs
F= Total fixed costs
P = Profit

*Subtracting V from each equations side will give you the total contribution = Fixed Costs
*CHECK CHANGES IN SELLING PRICE
Total profit is maximized when the total contribution at its maximum

They are two types of charts,

- Breakeven chart
- Profit/Volume Chart
Limitations of CVP analaysis
- It can only apply to a single product
- Time consuming
- Assumes fixed costs are constant
- Assumes variable costs are the same per unit at all levels of output
- Assumes that sales price are constant at all levels of output
- Assumes production and sales are the same (inventory levels are ignored)
- Its uses estimates (budgets)
*Check out the charts part advantage and limitations.

Chapter 14
Relevant cost (incremental) is a cost that will occur in the future from the result of a decision made now,
at present. Relevant costs are cash flows. So they do not reflect additional cash spending (Such as
depreciation and notional costs)
Past/Sunk Costs are costs that have been incurred in the past which are totally irrelevant to any decision
that is being made now
An opportunity cost is the value of the benefit sacrificed when one course of action is chosen, in
preference of alternative. It is it the cost of the other alternative that have not been chosen.
Unless stated otherwise, you should assume the following.
Variable costs will be relevant costs
Fixed costs are irrelevant to a decision
Non-Relevant variable costs are variable costs that may be irrelevant. For example, if you have raw
material that is no longer been used and has no scrap value. However, they can be used in a special job
which the company is trying to decide to undertake.
Attributable fixed costs are those costs which, although fixed within a relevant range of activity are
relevant to a decision for either of the following reasons:
a)

They could increase if extra activities were undertaken (STEPPED FIXED COSTS). For Example,
you will need to employ extra supervisors for ever y 10 units.
b) They would decrease or be eliminated entirely if a decision were taken either to reduce the
scales of operations or shut down entirely.
Absorbed overhead is a notional accounting cost and hence should be ignored in decision-making
purposes. It is overhead incurred which may be relevant to a decision.
A limiting factor is a factor which limits the organizations activities. It could be sales if there are
sufficient production resources to meet the sales demands, but any one of the organizations sources
(labor, materials and so on) may be insufficient to meet the level of production demands.
In a limiting factor situation, contribution will be maximized by earning the biggest possible
contribution per unit of limiting factor.
In a make/buy-in problem with no limiting factors, the relevant costs for the decision are the
differential costs between the two options.

(-)
=
(-)
=
(-)
=

Unit Variable cost of making

Unit variable cost of buying
Difference
Annual requirements (units)
Extra variable cost of buying (per annum)
Fixed Costs saved by buying
Extra total cost of buying

*CHECK with the limiting factor part

Chapter 15
Long term decisions generally involve looking at the options available when a company (or an
individual) puts money into an investment. Companies will need to consider the time value of
money (how much $5 that I have now will be worth in 5 years time?)
Interest is the amount of money which an investment earns over time
Simple interest is the interest which is earned in equal amounts every year assuming no
change in the interest rate, and which is given proportion of the original investment (the
principal)
P = the original sum of money
R = the interest rate
n = the number of periods (normally years)
S = P + nrP
S= the sum invested after n periods, consisting of the
original capital (P) plus interest earned (future value)
Compound interest is when the interest earned also earns interested itself in later periods

S = P(1+r)n
The Nominal rate is the interest rate expressed a per annum (the rate may per annum but it is
actually compounded over periods of less than one year)
Adjusted Nominal rate = Equivalent annual rate
Effective Annual Rate = equivalent annual rate (the rate per day or per month adjusted to a
given an annual rate)
Effective Annual rate = Annual Percentage Rate (APR) = Compound Annual Rate (CAR)
Effective Interest Rate = [(1 + r)12/n - 1] or [(1 + r)365/n - 1]
Present value means the cash equivalent now of a sum to be received or to be paid in the
future. (the value of an investment today at time)
The basic principle of discounting involves calculating the present value of an investment. It
starts with a future value and converts a future value to a present value.
The Future value an investment plus accumulated interest (compounding formula)

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FV = PV (1 + r)n
FV is the future value of the investment with interest
PV is the initial or present value of the investment
r is the compound rate of return per time period, expressed a proportion
(interest)
n I the number of time periods

The discounting formula is

PV = S (or FV) x

)n

*S is the sum to be received after n time periods. This equation is the rearrangement of the equation
above.
An annuity is a constant sum of money received or paid each year for a given number of years.
Present value of an annuity = Annuity x annuity factor
Perpetuity is an annuity which lasts forever
The present value of a perpetuity =
Net profit measure how much of the capital has increased over a period of time by applying the
matching concept.
Net cash flow measure the difference in the payments leaving an organizations bank account and the
receipts that are paid into the bank account.
Reasons why net profit and net cash flow differ are mainly due to timing differences
1. Purchase of non-current assets
2. Sale of non-current assets
3. Matching receipts from receivables and sales invoices raised
4. Matching payments to payable and cost of sales
Discounting cash flow involves discounting future cash flows from a project in order to decide whether
to the project will earn a satisfactory rate of return.
The Net Present Value (NPV) method calculates the present values of all times of income & expenditure
related to an investment at a given rate of return, and then calculates a net total. If it is positive, the
investment is considered to be acceptable.
The cost of capital has two aspects to it
a) It is the cost of funds that a company raises and uses
b) The minimum return that a company should makes from its own investments, to earn the cash
flows out of which investors can be paid their return.
*Page 271 question 6.3 and 6.4
The Internal Rate of Return (IRR) method determines the rate of interest (internal rate of return) at
which the NPV=0. The internal rate of return is therefore the rate of return on an investment.

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It can be calculated either by a graphical method or by a technique called as the interpolation method
IRR = a % + *

)+ %

*The negative sign shouldnt be shown. The answer should be

somewhere between the two rates.

a is one interest rate

b is the other interest rate
NPVa is the NPV at rate a
NPVb is the NPV rate at b

The payback period is the time that is required for the cash inflows from a capital investment project to
equal the cash outflows. It is to measure of how long it will take to recover the initial cash spending on an
investment.
The discounted payback period is the time it take before a projects cumulative NPV turns from being
negative to being positive.

Part E: Chapter 16
For management purposes cash includes petty cash, bank account balances, marketable secuirities and
the un-used portion of any overdraft facility.
Cash flow is the movement of funds into and out of a business. A business which runs out of cash even if
profitable, will fail.
Working capital is the net differences between current assets and current liabilities. The working capital
cycle measures the period of time between cash outflows for materials and cash inflow from customers.
Types of cash transactions:
1.

Capital - increase capital, non-current assets

2.

Revenue day-day operations, overdraft interest

3.

Exceptional unusual such as closing down part of a business

4.

Unexceptional -

5.

Regular at predictable intervals, salary, rent, etc

6.

Irregular not at predictable intervals, such as buying new machine, disaster recover expense

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RAW MATERIALS
Payables
Payments
for suppliers

WORK IN PROGESS
CASH CYCLE
OR
OPERATING CYCLE

Cash Outflows
1) Suppliers
FINISHES
GOODS
2) Employees
3) Government Taxes
4) Dividends
5) Interest
6) Drawings
7) Purchase of non current assets
8) New business or takeover of companiesRAW
(capital)
MATERIALS
IN financial investments
9)PROFIT
Short-term
10) Purchase of foreign currency for trading overseas

Cash

Received for
goods sold

Cash inflows
1) Cash received from sales credit + cash
2) Long-term grants from government institutions
3) Equity share capital invested
4) Long-term loans provided by banks, etc.
5) Sale of non-current assets
6) Liquidation (conversion into cash) of short-term investments
Differences between trading profits and cash flows
Cash may be obtained from a transaction which has nothing to do with profit or loss Ex. issue
of shares
Cash may be paid for the purchase of non-current assets
When a non-current asset is sold there is a profit/loss from the NBV only
Profit is sales minus COGS. The cash may not be received or paid yet due to the matching
concept. Ex Payables & Receivables
Operational Cash flow = Cash in - Cash out
Cash in = sales + opening receivables closing receivables
Cash out = Purchases + opening payables closing payables
Causes of Negative Cash flows
Spend cash on non-current assets
High inflation rates may cause the business to increase its funding
Dividends may exceed cash surpluses for the year. happens in recession to encourage investors
Debt Repayment
Negative cash flows from operations would be an indicator of financial distress, unless the company is
in a period of rapid (and profitable) growth and is having to invest heavily in additional working capital.

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Cash budgets are not prepared according to the accruals concepts, which tries to ensure income and
expenditure are matched. Instead they are prepared on a cash (receipts and payments) basis.
*Read Page 294
The accruals concept basis of accounting is a way of letting investors knows how much profit has made
by the matching Income and expenses. It has no relevance whatsoever to day to day cash management.
Advantages of cash flow
Business ability to repay
Helps management on which decisions should be taken
Can provide a satisfactory basis for stewardship accounting
Cash flow management or liquidity management includes the management of inventory levels,
receivables and payables, to ensure that the working capital cycle does not become too long.

Chapter 17
Treasury management is the corporate handing of all financial matters, the generation of external and
internal funds for business, the management of currencies and cash flows, and the complex strategies,
policies and procedures of corporate finance.

The role of the teasurer

1) Corporate financial objectives
2) Liquidity management
3) Funding Management
4) Currency management
5) Corporate finance
6) Related subjects
Cash handling procedures relating to receipts include:
Proper post-opening arrangements
Prompt recording
Prompt banking
Reconciliation of records of cash received and banked
Cash handling procedures over payments include:
-

Restriction of access to cash and cheques

Procedures for preparation and authorization of payments

Major factors in the financial enviorement are the level of interest rates and the relative ease or

difficulty in borrowing or raising capital.

Chapter 18
Cash flow forecasts provide an early warning of liquidity problems, by estimating:
- How much is required
- When it is required
- How long it is required for
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Whether it will be available from anticipated sources

A cash budget is a detailed forecast of cash receipts, payments and balances over a planning
period. It is formally adopted as part of the business plan or master budget for the period.
Cash flow based forecasts (receipts and payments) are forecasts of the amount and timing of
cash receipts and payments, net cash flow and changes in cash balances, for each time period
covered by the forecast. Cash flow based forecasts include cash budgets up to a year or so
ahead and short-term forecasts of just a few days.
A rolling forecast is a forecast that is continually updates.
Cash flow problems can arise in various ways:
a) Making losses
b) Inflation
c) Growth
d) Seasonal business
e) One-off items of expenditure
Controlling the working capital cycle: short-term deficiencies
a) Short-term borrowing
b) Sale of short-term investment
c) Raising share capital
d) The nature and timing of discretionary flows might alter
e) Different sources of finance
f) Leading and lagging Effectively means shortening the working the cycle by obtaining
money from customers as soon as possible, and taking as much credit as possible.
When a company is in need for cash, those steps are taken:
1) Postponing capital expenditure
2) Accelerating cash inflows which would otherwise be expected in a later period
3) Reversing past investment decision by selling assets previously acquired
4) Negotiating a reduction in cash outflows, so as to postpone or even reduce payments
An index is a measure over a period of time of the average changes in prices of items or a group
of items
A quantity index is measures the change in the non-monetary values of a group of items over
a group of time. A price index is the same but in monetary value.
Index numbers can be used for:
- To predict future cash inflows
- Estimated future price index
- Need for increased borrowing limits
A time series is simply a record of figures that have occurred over a past period of time.
A moving average is an average value that is revised as new information is received. (Middle of
three numbers). It is often used to compute forecasts as it represent the most recent available.
Seasonal variations
Trend general long-term movement
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Cyclical variation long-term variation due to general economic conditions

Seasonal variation
Random variation variation in the figures due to unexplained or random events

The additive model is A = T + S

A= Actual figure
T = trend figure
S = Seasonal variation

The multiplicative model is A = T x S

So seasonal variation may be calculated by either
S = A - T or S =

Disadvantages of using time series for forecasting

- The less historic data available the less reliable the results will be
- The further into the future we forecast the less reliable the results will be
- There is an assumption that the trend and seasonal variation from the past will continue
in the future
- Cyclical and random variation have been ignored
Chapter 19
A cash deficit is a shortage of available funds to satisfy current obligations. It may arise for the
following reasons current funding arrangements, seasonal factors, companies who are
reliant on one or two large customers (if they fail to pay in time).
A cash surplus is the value of cash over and above what is required to satisfy current
obligations.
The choice of investing cash surplus is determined by considerations of profitability, liquidity
and safety. Cash must be kept as safety buffer to cover unforeseen expenses. Many business
do not hold on cash surplus as an asset, they invest in it.
1) Transaction motive - the need for a business to meet its regular commitment of
covering its expenses, taxes, dividends, etc.
2) Precautionary motive to keep cash to cover unforeseen contingencies, safety!
3) Speculative motive Cash is not kept as a an asset in hope for interest rates will rise.
Interest bearing accounts are accounts for a fixed period of time. Withdrawals may not be
permitted and the principal dos not decline in monetary value.
Compound Annual Rate of interest (CAR) = *(

+ x 100

Money-market deposit account (MMDA) is a deposit account offered by a bank which invests in stocks
and bonds. The money is deposited for a fix period or a notice period. The interest rate is paid based on
current interest rates in the money markets.
The risks and returns is that the business can retain their money in a few business days. Minimum
deposits are as high as 50K, deposit rates are variable (you wont know how much will you be getting in

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return), over the long time, inflation can eat away at returns.

A certificate of deposit (CD) is a certificate indicating that a sum of money have been deposited with a
bank and will be repaid at a later date with interest. They can be bought and sold, so they are liquid type
of investment.
CDs have one major advantage over a money-market fixed deposit which is namely is liquidity. They
can be easily converted to cash by buying & selling them.

Gilts (gilt-edged) are securities issued by the UK government which are basically stocks. Although, they
have a small face value (usually $100) they dominate the fixed interest market.
*Government stocks are about as safe as an investment you can get. However, returns are relatively low.
Local authority stocks may be issued by any size of authority. They are not considered as safe as the
central government stocks. However, they are usually tend to be obtained by few institutions.
*The return on local authority stocks tend to be rather higher than on glits
Yearlings: bonds issues by local authorities which are redeemable in a year or two.
Investments are rated according their return and risk. Diversification across a range of separate
investments can reduce risk for the investor.

Chapter 20
Companies often rely on bank finance. They are three aspects to the maintenance of liquidity:
a) The firm needs enough money to function operationally
b) The firm also needs to minimize the risk
c) The firm also need to provide against the contingency of any sudden movements in cash
(safety)
Bank borrowing can be obtained in the following ways

Overdraft repayable on demand

Term loan : customer borrows a fixed amount & pays it back with interest over a period or at the
end of it
Committed facility: the bank undertake to make a stipulated amount available to a borrower,
on demand
A revolving facility: is a facility that is renewed after a set period. You can renew (re-borrow)
only after you have paid the full amount.
Uncommitted facility: the banks will give you if it feels like it, by the condition that all
paperwork is done upfront. It has no obligation to give you this loan.
Bankers acceptance facilities: The bank agrees to make payments on your bills. It will have a
legal agreement to do so; theyll also charge interest on it. Ex.Bank Mandate

THEBANKCUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP
Debtor/creditor when you open a bank account.
Mortgagor/mortgage when you secure a loan over an asset such as property

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Fiduciary The law superior party (which is the bank) to act in good faith

The banks rights

Charges and commissions
Overdrawn balances
The banks duties
Honor customers cheques
Receipt of customers funds
Comply with customers instructions
Provide a statement

Confidentiality
Advice of forgery
Care and skill
Closure of accounts

Borrowers duties
Duty of care
Advice of forgery

CAMPARI Lending Criteria

Character of the customer
Ability to borrow and repay
Margin of profit
Purpose of the borrowing
Amount of borrowing
Repayment terms
Insurance against the possibility of non-payment
Discretionary rates: the bank will decide on the return (interest return) which it requires from the
lending. This will apply on a risky venture such as a new business.
The bank would give a loan to a borrower that is willing to pay a certain up front amount. For example,
a bank may be willing to lend $2 million to help a company to buy new premises, but only if the customer
will contribute $1 million of its own money.
Banks have to take securities when lending, those securities should have the following characteristics:
a) Easy to take
b) Easy to value
c) Easy to realise (to be converted to cash)
Overdraft considerations:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)

Amount
Margin interest is charged on an amount overdrawn, usually as a margin over base rate.
Purpose
Repayment On demand
Security may be required
Benefits flexible

When a business customer has an overdraft facility, and the account is always in overdraft, then it has
solid core (or hard core) instead of swing. If this continues, the bank may ask the customer to change the
overdraft loan to a long-term loan.

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An overdraft facility for day-today should be to either increase total current assets or to reduce other
current liabilities
Loan repayment profiles
Bullet: you do not pay the principal until at end of the period
Baloon: Some of the loan principal is repaid during the term of the loan. At maturity, however,
there is still a substantial proportion of loan outstanding, which is then repaid.
Amortising or straight repayment loan: the loan principal is repaid gradually over the term of
the loan. At the final loan payment, the outstanding loan will be zero. Ex. Mortgage
Loan interest may be fixed or variable (depending on money markets)
Covenants are the obligations for the borrower:
a) Positive covenants require the borrower to do something
b) Negative or restrictive covenants are promises by a borrower not to do something (Ex. Borrow
more money)
c) Quantitative covenants set limitation on the borrowers financial position. Ex. Loan does not
exceed 100% of shareholders funds.

Advantages

Overdraft

Medium-term loan

Only pays interest when overdrawn

Flexibility for the bank to review the loan
conditions
Can do the same job as medium-term loan

- Both bank & borrower know what amount,

how much interest and when will the loan be
repaid
- Borrower does not have to worry about the
bank to reduce the facility
- They normally carry a facility letter setting out
the precise terms of agreement

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Advantages

Disadvantages

- Easy to learn & use

- Can make calculation & manipulation of data
easier and quicker
- They enable the analysis, reporting and
sharing of financial information
- They enable what-if Analysis very quickly

- is only as its original design, garbage in =

garbage out
- formulae are hidden from sight
- spreadsheet presentation may make reports
appear infallible
- Research says that high proportion of large
models contain critical errors
- Database is more suitable for large volumes of
data
- Can easily get corrupted & difficult to find
errors in large models

Numbers can be formatted into several ways. Ex. Commas, percentages, currency, etc.
Cell contents may be text, values, and formulae.
Error Value

Explanation

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#DIV/0!

Dividing a number by zero

#VALUE!

Due to one of the cells contain text. It is a data type

error. SUM ignore texts.

#NULL

A formula is not separated correctly

#REF!

Invalid cell reference. The cell may have been

deleted.

Relative cell references (B3) change when you copy formulae to other locations or move data from place
to another. Absolute cell references ($B$3) stay the same.
IF Statement follow the following structure (or syntax).
=IF(logical_test,value_if_true,value_if_false)
Bar Chart is a char which data is shown in a form of a bar. It is used to show the magnitude of the
corresponding data item
Component Bar Chart(stacked bar chart) is a bar that shows component information in each bar on a
percentage basis.
Line Graphs are often used in commercial contexts. They are useful for demonstrating trends. X is the
dependent variable. Y is the independent variable.
Pie Charts it is in the shape of a pie. To show percentage figures. One of the main disadvantage is
without showing figures on it, it is difficult to compare.
Scatter Diagram are graphs that exhibit data, rather than equations in order to compare the way in
which to variables very with each other. The points may not follow a trend. However, if a trend is noticed
in a scatter diagram, a trend line is drawn.
Freezing titles is to always keep the titles visible to the user even when scrolling down. It can be done by
the excel menu Window>Freeze Panes (you have to select the column or rows you want to freeze first)
Referring to a different spreadsheet file = SUM(C:\Sales\[Annual.xls]Jan!$C$10:$C$25)

iPhone= Eye Phone= Illuminati Phone. Siri spelled backwards is Iris, that's a part of the Eye.
Apple is Illuminati. They are Watching You.

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