UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

General Certificate of Education

Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level

ACCOUNTING 9706/04
Paper 4 Problem Solving (Supplementary Topics) May/June 2008
2 hours
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1 Ahmed, Bola and Chaudhry have been in partnership for a number of years. The final accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2008 had been prepared by their new finance manager appointed in
late January 2008.

The profit and loss appropriation account showed that:

$
Ahmed had been credited with a partnership salary 14 000
Interest on capital had been credited at 8 % per annum: Ahmed 6 000
Bola 4 800
Chaudhry 5 040
Interest on drawings 1 340
Each partner’s share of residual profits was 38 500

Although the final accounts were numerically accurate the finance manager had not taken into
account the following:

1 A new partnership agreement was drawn up and took effect from 1 October 2007.

The new partnership agreement provided that:

Ahmed and Bola would be credited with an annual salary of $10 000 and $6000
respectively.

Interest on fixed capitals would be credited at 6 % per annum.

Residual profits would be shared in the ratio 3 : 2 : 1 respectively.

2 At 30 September 2007 the partners agreed that some assets be revalued at $8000 more
than their net book value whilst others were revalued at $2000 less than their net book value.
It was further agreed that goodwill would have a value of $72 000, but that goodwill would not
be shown in the accounts, but dealt with by adjustments through the partners’ capital
accounts.

Additional information

At 31 March 2008 the partners’ current accounts showed:

Balances Drawings for the year Interest charged on drawings

at 1 April 2007 April 2007 October 2007
- September 2007 - March 2008

$ $ $ $
Ahmed 13 020 cr 46 000 185 499
Bola 305 dr 44 000 210 294
Chaudhry 13 785 cr 31 000 105 47

Five twelfths ( 125 ) of the profits had accrued in the 6 months ended 30 September 2007 and
seven twelfths ( 127 ) of the profits had accrued between 1 October 2007 and 31 March 2008.

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REQUIRED

(a) Prepare detailed capital accounts at 31 March 2008. [11]

(b) Prepare a corrected profit and loss appropriation account for the year ended 31 March 2008.
[18]

(c) Prepare detailed current accounts at 31 March 2008. [11]

[Total: 40]

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2 Helen Tong is a manufacturer of one type of high quality office desk.

Helen provides the following information from her trial balance at 31 December 2007:

$
Sales 1 750 000
Purchases of raw materials 230 400
Factory overheads 215 000
Manufacturing royalties 17 500
Direct wages 358 210

Additional information:

1 4000 desks were manufactured during the year ended 31 December 2007.

2 Helen transferred the value of these desks during the year from her manufacturing account
to her trading account at a total price of $1 126 140. This represents a mark up over cost,
equivalent to the price Helen would have had to pay if she had purchased the desks from an
outside supplier.

3 Helen maintains stocks of raw materials at a constant value of $10 000 and stocks of work in
progress at a constant value of $12 500.

4 At 31 December 2006 completed goods had been transferred from the manufacturing
account to the trading account at cost plus 29 %. Stocks of finished goods were valued at
transfer price of $18 769 at 31 December 2007.

5 An extract from Helen’s balance sheet at 31 December 2006 shows:

$
Stocks at cost – Raw materials 10 000
Work in progress 12 500
Finished goods 12 300

6 At 31 December 2007:

Manufacturing royalties paid in advance amounted to $400.

Direct wages remaining unpaid amounted to $1290.

7 80 % of factory overheads are fixed costs; the remainder are variable costs.

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REQUIRED

(a) Prepare a manufacturing account for the year ended 31 December 2007. [6]

(b) Prepare a trading account for the year ended 31 December 2007. [9]

(c) Prepare a provision for unrealised profit account for the year ended 31 December 2007. [10]

(d) Calculate in units the margin of safety achieved by the factory in 2007. [9]

(e) Calculate the value of the goods transferred from the factory at the break-even level of
output. [3]

(f) Explain one reason why a manufacturing business might continue to manufacture goods
despite the fact that it may be cheaper to purchase the goods from an outside supplier. [3]

[Total: 40]

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3 The following budgeted information is provided for Notlimah Ltd, for the six months ending
30 November 2008. The business assembles cardboard boxes.

Month Sales Materials Wages Other overheads

$ $ $ $
June 46 000 15 000 10 000 24 000
July 47 000 15 600 10 000 24 000
August 48 000 16 000 10 100 26 000
September 52 000 17 000 10 600 24 500
October 56 000 18 600 10 750 24 750
November 60 000 21 000 11 500 26 200

Additional information:

1 It is estimated that the bank balance at 1 September will be $1350 overdrawn.

2 10 % of all sales are expected to be cash sales.

3 Customers who settle their accounts within one month will receive a 5 % discount. Settlement
after one month will be strictly net.

4 It is believed that half of all credit customers will settle their debts within one month and that
the remainder will pay the following month.

5 All materials will be paid for in the month following order, so that a cash discount of 2½ % can
be claimed.

6 Other overheads will be paid for in the month following supply.

7 The workforce was granted a 5 % pay increase which will come into force on 1 November
2008. The pay rise has not been included in the budgeted figures. Wages are paid in the
month following that in which they are earned.

8 The half-yearly interest on 400 000 6 % debentures of $1 each is due to be paid on

15 October 2008.

9 1 000 000 ordinary shares of $0.10 were issued in July 2007 at a price of $0.24 each. The
final call of 25 % is due on 1 November 2008.

10 A new folding machine costing $20 000 will be delivered on 1 September. It will be paid for in
two equal instalments on 1 December 2008 and 1 June 2009. It is expected that the machine
will be used continuously for the next four years.

11 It is estimated that stock at 1 September 2008 will have a value of $4700 and will rise by
$1000 at 30 November 2008.

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REQUIRED

(a) Prepare a cash budget for each of the three months ending 30 September, 31 October and
30 November 2008. [20]

(b) Prepare a forecast trading and profit and loss account for the three months ending
30 November 2008. [14]

(c) Explain two differences between a cash budget and a cash flow statement. [4]

(d) Explain one measure that the managers of a business might adopt if they are faced with a
cash deficit in one month of an annual cash budget. [2]

[Total: 40]

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