From the previous syllabus. Asks where payments received in advance from customers are included.
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Every objective and theory question in this paper, and the topic notes to revise each one.
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6 objective and 6 theory| No. | Section | Marks | Covers |
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| Q1 | 20 | From the previous syllabus. Asks you to explain inventory (3 marks), then to find the cost and net realisable value o... | |
| Q2 | 10 | From the previous syllabus. Asks for the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income of a company, wit... | |
| Q3 | 20 | From the previous syllabus. Asks you to define depreciation, depreciable amount, useful life and residual value (6 ma... | |
| Q4 | 20 | From the previous syllabus. A company’s bank statement shows an overdraft that does not agree with the cash book. Ask... | |
| Q5 | 20 | From the previous syllabus. Gives the statement of profit or loss and financial position of a company and asks, in ac... | |
| Q6 | 12 | From the previous syllabus. Asks, in tabular form, for three sources of information and the records they come from fo... |
Objective questions Section A
From the previous syllabus. Asks which two characteristics are fundamental.
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IASB Conceptual Framework and qualitative characteristics › Qualitative characteristics of useful informationFrom the previous syllabus. Both ask in which record or book a trade discount is recorded.
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Books of prime entry, sales and purchases › Discounts: trade and settlementFrom the previous syllabus. Asks what the excess of expenditure over income is called, where the excess of income over expenditure is added, what represents members’ interest in a club, and what the difference between assets and liabilities of a not-for-profit organisation is called.
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Not-for-profit accounts: receipts and payments, income and expenditure › Not-for-profit organisationsFrom the previous syllabus. Asks for the sales from a gross margin of 40%, the profit on a sale at a 20% mark-up, and the gross profit from a profit margin of 5%.
From the previous syllabus. A handset is sold for ₦250,000 at cost plus a mark-up of 20%, and the question asks for the profit.
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Incomplete records: margins, control accounts and missing figures › Margin, mark-up and cost structuresRatio analysis: profitability and efficiency › Margin and mark-upFrom the previous syllabus. Asks for the equation that calculates a sole trader’s profit, and, in the repeated item, the profit when opening capital is ₦225,000, closing capital ₦260,000 and drawings ₦10,000.
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Incomplete records: statement of affairs and the capital method › The accounting equation and profitTheory questions Written questions
From the previous syllabus. Asks you to explain inventory (3 marks), then to find the cost and net realisable value of four used cars with reconditioning costs, further costs and selling expenses of 5% of price, and the value of each (17 marks).
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Inventory valuation (IAS 2): FIFO, weighted average and NRV › Net realisable valueFrom the previous syllabus. Asks for the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income of a company, with a credit sale to be treated correctly, an inventory write-down, carriage inwards, six months of unpaid loan interest, depreciation at 10% and accrued distribution expenses.
From the previous syllabus. Asks for the statement of financial position of a company with a bank loan, share premium, an inventory write-down to net realisable value and unpaid loan interest.
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Company statement of profit or loss and income tax (IAS 12) › The layout, with expenses by functionCompany statement of financial position › Current and non-current itemsFrom the previous syllabus. Asks you to define depreciation, depreciable amount, useful life and residual value (6 marks), and to calculate five years’ charges on a straight-line basis (2 marks) and on a diminishing balance at 54% (12 marks).
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Depreciation: straight-line and reducing balance › What depreciation isFrom the previous syllabus. A company’s bank statement shows an overdraft that does not agree with the cash book. Asks for an adjusted cash book (10 marks) and a reconciliation statement (10 marks).
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Bank reconciliation statement and the adjusted cash book › Reconciliation when the account is overdrawnFrom the previous syllabus. Gives the statement of profit or loss and financial position of a company and asks, in accordance with IAS 7, for the statement of cash flows by the indirect method.
From the previous syllabus. Each asks for a full statement of cash flows by the indirect method, so you must also find purchases and proceeds of non-current assets, share issues, loan movements and dividends paid for the investing and financing sections.
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Statement of cash flows (IAS 7): format and indirect method › Tax paid and interest paidStatement of cash flows: direct method, investing and financing › Investing activitiesFrom the previous syllabus. Asks, in tabular form, for three sources of information and the records they come from for each of the receivables and payables control accounts.
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Control accounts and supplier statements › Information needed to prepare themNovember 2019 diet
8 objective and 5 theory| No. | Section | Marks | Covers |
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| Q1 | 20 | From the previous syllabus. Asks you to explain the term trial balance (2 marks), to set out four errors that do not ... | |
| Q2 | 20 | From the previous syllabus. Asks for the requirements of IAS 16 on initial recognition (3 marks), the treatment of la... | |
| Q3 | 20 | From the previous syllabus. Asks you to explain the difference between a bank statement and a bank reconciliation sta... | |
| Q5 | 20 | From the previous syllabus. Asks for the sharing of profit where a partner receives commission, a salary and interest... | |
| Q6 | 20 | From the previous syllabus. Asks for the double entries for six disposal events, including sale on credit and sale to... |
Objective questions Section A
From the previous syllabus. Question 1 asks which document a supplier sends when an invoice was understated. Question 12 asks which item is not a book of prime entry.
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Books of prime entry, sales and purchases › Source documentsFrom the previous syllabus. Both ask in which record or book a trade discount is recorded.
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Books of prime entry, sales and purchases › Discounts: trade and settlementFrom the previous syllabus. Asks which change in method does not give rise to a change in accounting policy. The answer is the change in depreciation from straight line to the sum-of-digits method, which is a change in estimate.
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IAS 8: accounting policies, estimates and prior-year errors › Accounting estimatesFrom the previous syllabus. Asks the order of the three activity groups, which item may not be classified as investing, and which information a statement of cash flows cannot reveal.
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Statement of cash flows (IAS 7): format and indirect method › The IAS 7 formatFrom the previous syllabus. Asks for current assets and for working capital from given figures.
From the previous syllabus. Gives cash, inventory, receivables and payables of a business and asks for the amount of the current assets and for the working capital.
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The accounting equation and business transactions › The accounting equationLiquidity and gearing ratios and comparative analysis › Liquidity ratiosFrom the previous syllabus. Asks which mistake could explain a trial balance in which the debit side exceeds the credit side by ₦30,000.
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Trial balance: preparation, uses and limitations › The ideas in more depthFrom the previous syllabus. Asks what the excess of expenditure over income is called, where the excess of income over expenditure is added, what represents members’ interest in a club, and what the difference between assets and liabilities of a not-for-profit organisation is called.
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Not-for-profit accounts: receipts and payments, income and expenditure › Not-for-profit organisationsFrom the previous syllabus. Gives partners’ capital contributions, a profit-sharing ratio after salaries and interest on capital, or equal sharing with opening balances, and asks for a partner’s share of profit and the balance on a current account.
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Partnership accounts: profit sharing, capital and current accounts › Sharing the profitTheory questions Written questions
From the previous syllabus. Asks you to explain the term trial balance (2 marks), to set out four errors that do not affect it and four that do in a two-column table (8 marks), and to extract a trial balance from a company’s balances (10 marks).
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Trial balance: preparation, uses and limitations › Limitations: errors the trial balance cannot revealFrom the previous syllabus. Asks for the requirements of IAS 16 on initial recognition (3 marks), the treatment of later spending (3 marks) and a classification of plant costs into capital and revenue (14 marks).
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Property, plant and equipment (IAS 16): cost and the assets register › Capital and revenue expenditure after acquisitionFrom the previous syllabus. Asks you to explain the difference between a bank statement and a bank reconciliation statement (2 marks), then to prepare an adjusted cash book (11 marks) and a reconciliation statement starting from the statement balance (7 marks).
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Bank reconciliation statement and the adjusted cash book › The bank reconciliation statementFrom the previous syllabus. Asks for the sharing of profit where a partner receives commission, a salary and interest on fixed capital, and, in the larger question, the statement of profit or loss and statement of financial position of the partnership.
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Partnership accounts: profit sharing, capital and current accounts › Profits, drawings and current accountsFrom the previous syllabus. Asks for the double entries for six disposal events, including sale on credit and sale to staff (7 marks), then the plant, provision for depreciation and plant disposal accounts for three plants (13 marks).