From the previous syllabus. Asks which measurement basis applies when a company is not a going concern.
Financial Accounting · May 2023
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May 2023 diet
11 objective and 6 theory| No. | Section | Marks | Covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | 20 | Asks you to post and balance the trade receivables account (8 marks), the bad debts account (3 marks) and the allowan... | |
| Q2 | 20 | From the previous syllabus. Gives the statements of a listed company with a plant sold at a loss, a share issue, part... | |
| Q3 | 8 | From the previous syllabus. Asks you to define an accounting policy and a change in accounting estimates with two exa... | |
| Q4 | Asks for the profit or loss appropriation account, the partners’ current and capital accounts and a statement of fina... | ||
| Q5 | 10 | From the previous syllabus. Asks you to write up a two-column cash book of cash and bank, with a loan received and re... | |
| Q6 | 8 | From the previous syllabus. Asks for the elements of the cost of an item of PPE under IAS 16 with four examples of di... |
Objective questions Section A
From the previous syllabus. Asks how the double entry rule is expressed.
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Double entry bookkeeping, journal entries and ledger accounts › The rules of debit and creditFrom 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 profitFrom the previous syllabus. These ask for the charge or allowance in the statement of profit or loss from receivables figures and a percentage.
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Bad debts and the allowance for doubtful debts › Bad and doubtful debts togetherFrom the previous syllabus. These ask how depreciation differs from other expenses, what is not considered in the useful life, and when depreciation starts under IAS 16.
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Depreciation: straight-line and reducing balance › IAS 16 requirements on depreciationFrom the previous syllabus. Gives a partnership profit shared in a ratio, and a minimum profit share guaranteed to one partner by the others. Asks for a partner’s share after the guarantee.
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Partnership accounts: profit sharing, capital and current accounts › Sharing the profitFrom the previous syllabus. Asks for the journal entries needed to remove goodwill recognised on the admission of a new partner.
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Changes in partnership: admission, retirement and goodwill › The standard entriesFrom 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 organisationsQuestion 14 of May 2023 asks for the cost of sales from a 10% mark-up. Question 7 of May 2024 asks how much inventory the owner withdrew. Question 15 of November 2023 asks for the accounting equation after the owner takes cash and inventory.
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Inventory: year-end adjustments, periodic and perpetual systems › The ideas in more depthFrom the previous syllabus for the first three. Each asks which fundamental accounting concept is complied with when adjustments are made for prepaid and accrued expenses. The answer is the accruals concept.
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Accrued expenses and accrued income › The accruals conceptFrom the previous syllabus. Question 17 of May 2021 asks what is not disclosed when expenses are analysed by nature (gross profit). Question 19 of May 2023 asks for the tax charge from an opening liability, current tax, an under-estimate and tax paid.
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Company statement of profit or loss and income tax (IAS 12) › The ideas in more depthTheory questions Written questions
Asks you to post and balance the trade receivables account (8 marks), the bad debts account (3 marks) and the allowance account (6 marks), and to extract the statement of financial position at each year end (3 marks), for a company with a customer unable to pay in full.
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Bad debts and the allowance for doubtful debts › The allowance for doubtful debtsFrom the previous syllabus. Gives the statements of a listed company with a plant sold at a loss, a share issue, part redemption of loan notes and a dividend, and asks 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 › The indirect method step by stepStatement of cash flows: direct method, investing and financing › Investing activitiesFrom the previous syllabus. Asks you to define an accounting policy and a change in accounting estimates with two examples each (6 marks), and to outline the treatment of changes in estimates (2 marks).
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IAS 8: accounting policies, estimates and prior-year errors › Accounting estimatesAsks for the profit or loss appropriation account, the partners’ current and capital accounts and a statement of financial position extract, and, in the later question, how profit is shared between partners, the partners’ initial capital and the capital and current accounts.
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Partnership accounts: profit sharing, capital and current accounts › Profits, drawings and current accountsFrom the previous syllabus. Asks you to write up a two-column cash book of cash and bank, with a loan received and repaid by cheque, and to balance it off. Part (b) belongs to the double entry topic.
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Cash book and banking procedures › Two-column and three-column cash booksFrom the previous syllabus. Asks for the elements of the cost of an item of PPE under IAS 16 with four examples of directly attributable costs.
From the previous syllabus. Asks for the disposal of cars from a carrying amount and accumulated depreciation, with the gain or loss and the ledger accounts. Part (a) belongs to the cost topic.