Examiners Report and Model Answers for

Accounting

THIRD LEVEL
Series 2 (Code 3001) 2000

LCCI Examinations Board

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Accounting Third Level

Series 2 2000

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Accounting Third Level

Series 2 2000
GENERAL
The overall standard was lower than expected although the level of presentation had in general improved. There was some evidence that candidates were entering for the examination without making adequate preparation, and in some cases indicating a lack of knowledge which they should possess at Second Level. Although the percentage passing is probably about average the number of Distinctions is definitely fewer than normal. Once again the main problem was that candidates omitted either sections of questions or complete questions resulting in the need to attain a higher percentage in those parts tried.

Accounting Third Level Series 2 2000

QUESTION 1 Carriers Ltd is a small private company making deliveries. Its Trial Balance as at 31 December Year 9 was as follows: All figures in the Trial Balance are in 000. Sales Motor expenses Debtors and creditors Delivery vehicles Depreciation on delivery vehicles General expenses Wages Rent of property Directors' salaries Office equipment Depreciation on office equipment Retained profits Bank overdraft Ordinary Share Capital 195 30 15 90 52 48 8 24 30 6 5 2 30 297 5 54

___ 297

Notes (1) The three delivery vehicles are depreciated at 20% per annum on cost. 1 (2) Office equipment is depreciated at 33 3 % per annum using the reducing balance method. REQUIRED (a) Prepare for Carriers Ltd, using vertical layout, the Profit & Loss Account for the year ended 31 December Year 9 and the Balance Sheet as at 31 December Year 9. (12 marks) Stewarts plc is a manufacturing concern that uses Carriers Ltd both to collect its raw materials and deliver its finished goods. The Trial Balance of Stewarts plc at 1 January Year 10 was as follows: 000 Leasehold buildings at cost Accumulated depreciation on leasehold buildings Machinery at cost Accumulated depreciation on machinery Office equipment at cost Accumulated depreciation on office equipment Motor vehicles at cost Accumulated depreciation on motor vehicles Stock raw material Stock work in progress Stock finished goods Debtors and creditors Bank Share Capital 1 Ordinary Shares Retained profit 320 60 450 130 110 40 90 30 40 45 55 90 15 ____ 1,215 000

125 600 230 1,215

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QUESTION 1 CONTINUED On 1 January Year 10 Stewarts plc purchased all the shares in Carriers Ltd for 50,000. All the assets and liabilities were taken over at their net book value except the office equipment which was valued at 15,000. One of the three identical vehicles was immediately sold for 4,000 cash, which was immediately banked and Carriers Ltd's bank overdraft was paid off. At the time of the takeover Stewarts plc owed Carriers Ltd 10,000. REQUIRED (b) Prepare, in vertical format, the Consolidated Balance Sheet of Stewarts plc on 1 January Year 10 immediately after the above transactions were completed. Note the loss on disposal of the delivery vehicle is to be added to goodwill and the goodwill is to be immediately written off against retained earnings. (18 marks) Before taking over Carriers Ltd the directors of Stewarts plc made the following calculations in respect of Year 10: (1) The cost of delivery services provided by Carriers Ltd to Stewarts plc would have risen by 5% on the Year 9 figure of 120,000. (2) The sale of one delivery vehicle would reduce the drivers' wage bill by one-third. The wages expenses for Carriers Ltd in Year 9 included 6,000 for office staff who would now have to be paid 7,100 each year. The remaining wages in Year 9 were all for the vehicle drivers. (3) The cost of Carriers Ltd's motor expenses would be reduced by 25% and Stewarts plc would not carry goods for any other company. (4) The rent expense would cease as Stewarts plc already had the necessary office and garage space. General expenses would be reduced by 10,000 and the directors' salaries would cease. (5) Both the delivery vehicles and the office equipment would be depreciated on the same basis and at the same percentages as that used by Carriers Ltd. REQUIRED (c) Calculate the estimated net cost savings to Stewarts plc in Year 10 from taking over Carriers Ltd. (10 marks) (d) Calculate Stewarts plc return on its investment in the first year. (2 marks) (e) Assuming Stewarts plc aim for a minimum return of 20% on its initial investment, mention any two factors which might have influenced the decision other than the return on investment. (7 marks) (Total 49 marks)

Model Answer to Question (a)

Trading Profit & Loss Account for Carriers Ltd Year ending 31 December Year 9 000 Sales Less Petrol and parts General expenses Wages Directors' emoluments Rent Depreciation vehicles (9 x 2) Depreciation office equipment (30 - 6)/3 Net profit Brought forward Carried forward 30 52 48 24 8 18 8 000 195

188 7 5 12

Balance Sheet of Carriers Ltd as at 31 December Year 9 Tangible Fixed Assets Vehicles Office equipment 000 90 30 120 000 (54 + 18) 72 (6 + 8) 14 86 000 18 16 34

Current assets Debtors Liabilities due within 1 year Creditors Bank overdraft

15 5 2

8 42

Financed by Capital Retained profit

30 12 42

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Model Answer to Question 1 continued (b) Stewarts plc Consolidated Balance Sheet as at 31 December Year 9 000 Cost or valuation 320 450 125 102 997 000 Depreciation 000 Net

Tangible fixed assets

Leasehold and buildings Machinery Office equipment (110 + 15) Vehicles (90 + (2/3 x 18))

60 130 40 30 260

260 320 85 72 737

Current assets Stock raw material Stock work-in-progress Stock finished goods Debtors (90 + 15 - 10) Liabilities due within one year Bank overdraft (15 - 50 + 4 - 2) Creditors (125 + 5 - 10)

40 45 55 95 33 120

235

153

82 819

Issued capital Ordinary Shares 1 Profit & Loss Account (230 - 11)

600 219 819 = 9,000 = 2,000 11,000 000 000 126

Calculations Goodwill (50,000 - 42,000 + (16,000 - 15,000)) Add loss on vehicle (18,000/3 - 4,000) (c) Net cost savings in Year 10

Cost saved on delivery service (120 x 1.05) Less Drivers' wages 2/3 (48 6) 28 Office wages 7.1 Petrol and repairs (30 x .75) 22.5 General expenses (52 10) 42 Depreciation vehicles (2/3 x 18 x 0.2) 2.4 Office equipment 1/3 x 15 5 Net savings (d) Return on investment 19/50 x 100 = 38%.

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(e) It gives Stewarts plc control of carriage operations and costs. There will be quicker delivery and collection The 2 old vehicles will need replacement soon so further capital costs involved.

Examiners Report on Question 1 Part (a) was a standard Trading, Profit & Loss Account and Balance Sheet. In general there were few problems but a significant number of scripts showed a lack of awareness of the term profits brought forward and endeavoured to make the current years profits equal to the balance for previous years. Layout was in general good, though there were scripts where the candidates ignored the requirement for vertical presentation. Part (b) required a Consolidated Balance sheet and only a minority managed to get this correct. The calculation of Goodwill often missed the revaluation of office equipment, and some candidates calculated a minority interest even though Stewarts owned all the shares. Less than half the candidates were able to deal with the inter company debt correctly and a number made errors on the number of shares issued, adding the capital of the subsidiary to that of the parent. Finally some 20% of candidates produced a Balance Sheet for Stewarts with no attempt at Consolidation at all. Part (c) was for the most part omitted as were parts (d) and (e). Those that did attempt part (c), in general made the error of adding revenue and cost together rather than looking at the net cost incurred. About half of those that tried part (c) also tried part (d) and using their figures in general calculated the return on investment, however some candidates confused the investment in Carriers Ltd with the share holding of the parent company and in consequence lost marks they really should have had. Finally the answers to part (e) ranged from excellent to non existent. The main fault among those attempting this part lay in giving reasons that were linked to the return on investment, rather than other factors. One point of possible significance was that failure to answer this part seemed to run in centres. At other centres no candidate made any attempt which could indicate that candidates from those centres had not been properly prepared in the area of written comment.

QUESTION 2 Ardvak plc had the following information in the "Share Capital and Reserves" section of its most recent Balance Sheet: Authorised Capital 5,100,000 0.50 Ordinary Shares 200,000 9% 2 Preference Shares 2,550,000 400,000 2,950,000

Issued Capital 3,750,000 0.50 Ordinary Shares 100,000 9% 2 Preference Shares

1,875,000 200,000 2,075,000

Reserves Share Premium Account Revaluation Reserve General Reserve Retained Earnings

100,000 100,000 350,000 400,000 950,000

Ardvak plc also had 300,000 of 10% Debentures. The Directors of Ardvak plc have now made the following decisions: (1) To issue the remaining Preference Shares at par, 1.20 per share payable on application and 0.80 per share payable subsequently on allotment. (2) To redeem the Debentures at a premium of 5%. (3) To make a rights issue of two Ordinary Shares for every fifteen Ordinary Shares held at a premium of 0.25 each. All money to be paid on application. (4) To make a capitalisation issue of one Ordinary Share for every five Ordinary Shares held (including those issued under (3) above). The Directors also decided to make maximum use of the non-distributable reserves when recording the above transactions. Applications were received for 150,000 Preference Shares, so each applicant was allotted two-thirds of the shares they had requested. The additional money received on application was set against the amount payable on allotment. All Ordinary shareholders took up their rights. REQUIRED Prepare Journal entries without narratives to record all the above transactions for Ardvak plc. (17 marks)

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Model Answer to Question 2 Ardvak plc

Journal Entries 000 Dr bank (150,000 x 1.2) Cr Application Account (100,000 x 1.2) Cr Allotment Account (50,000 x 1.2) Dr Bank (100,000 x 0.8) - 60,000 Cr Allotment Account Dr Application Account Dr Allotment Account Cr Preference Share Capital Dr Debentures Dr Share Premium Account (300,000 x .05) Cr Bank 180 120 60 20 20 120 80 200 300 15 315 000

Dr Bank (3,750,000 x 2/15 x (0.50 + 0.25) 375 Cr Ordinary Share Capital (3,750,000/15) x 2 x .5 Cr Share Premium Account Dr Share Premium (100,000 - 15,000 + 125,000) 210 Dr Revaluation reserve 100 Dr General reserve 115 Cr Ordinary Share Capital (3,750,000 + 500)/5 x 0.5

250 125

425

Examiners Report on Question 2 Journal entries relating to issue of shares and redemption of a debenture. In general well handled although a few candidates made the entries in the ledger and not in the Journal, and a few confused debits and credits. The only real problem lay in the last section in the calculation of the bonus shares and the use of non distributable reserves. Overall reasonably well handled.

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QUESTION 3 The Vanguard Sports Club started on 1 January Year 8 with eighty members. During its first three years of operation no new members were accepted and no members resigned. Any member paying the following year's subscription before 30 September in the current year was allowed to pay at the current year's rate. Any member not paying the year's subscription by 31 January in the year following that when it was due was excluded from membership. Such subscriptions were written off as bad debts. During Year 8 the subscription rate was 80 per member. Seventy-five members paid this amount and another two members paid for Year 8 and in advance for Year 9 before 30 September. During Year 9 the subscription rate was 90 per member. Two members paid in respect of Year 8 and also paid their Year 9 subscription before 31 January. Seventy-two members paid 90, and another two members paid for Year 9 and in advance for Year 10 before 30 September. The loss of subscription income in respect of the two members who had paid in advance for Year 9 was treated as a discount in the subscription account. This policy was to continue for future years. During Year 10 the subscription rate was 95 per member and all members paid all subscriptions due so that at 31 December there were neither subscriptions in arrears nor subscriptions in advance. REQUIRED Show the Subscription Account of the Vanguard Sports Club for each of Years 8, 9 and 10. You should show clearly the annual transfers to Income and Expenditure Account and the balances both prepaid and accrued at the end of each year. (17 marks)

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Model Answer to Question 3 Vanguard Sports Club

Subscriptions Account Year 8 Income & expenditure (80 x 80) 6,400 Prepaid (2 x 80) 160 6,560 Year 9 Balance 240 Income & expenditure (79 x 90) 7,110

Bank (75 + 4) x 80 due (3 x 80)

6,320 240 6,560

Prepaid (2 x 90)

180 7,530

Balance Bank (2 x 80) + (2 x 90) Income & expenditure (bad debt) Bank (72 x 90) Bank (4 x 90) Income & expenditure (discount) Due (1 x 90)

160 340 80 6,480 360 20 90 7,530 180 90 7,315 10 7,595

Year 10 Balance 90 Income & expenditure (79 x 95) 7,505 _____ 7,595

Balance Bank Bank (77 x 95) Income & expenditure (discount)

Examiners Report on Question 3 This required the entries in the subscription account over a period of three years. Apart from several candidates who had the entries on the wrong side, the main problem lay in the calculation of the prepaid and accrued subscriptions with the balances often being inaccurate, and even more often being entered on the wrong side of the account. It was apparent that too many candidates had leant by rote that prepayments are debit balances and could not adjust to the fact that on an income account they are credit balances. The bad debt was also frequently put on the wrong side of the account as was the discount when it was included at all. Entries were also made in the incorrect year. However on the plus side a significant number obtained full marks.

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QUESTION 4 John intends setting up in business as a retailer and has provided you with the following information. (1) He has arranged a loan with the bank of 4,000 at 10% interest per year which is to be repaid at the rate of 1,000 per year at the end of each year. (2) He will introduce his own car as capital. The car is worth 6,000 and will last the business for a further four years and then be sold for 1,000. It will be depreciated on a straight line basis. (3) He can rent premises for 150 per month but must maintain a deposit of 450 with his landlord. (4) Shop fittings will cost 2,500 and will last the business ten years and then be sold for 250. These will also be depreciated on a straight line basis. (5) The first year's sales revenue all received in cash is expected to be 91,000. His prices will be based on a mark up on cost of 40%. Revenue is expected to be spread evenly over the year. (6) He will purchase an initial stock of 4,000 and aims to maintain it at this level by regular purchases. These will be made on a credit of 1.5 months. (7) Power and other expenses are expected to amount to 580 each month. (8) He intends to take 900 per month out of the business for his own use. REQUIRED Prepare for John in relation to his first year of operating: (a) a budgeted Trading, Profit & Loss Account (6 marks) (b) a budgeted Bank Account (6 marks) (c) a budgeted Balance Sheet as at the end of the year. (5 marks) (Total 17 marks)

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Model Answer to Question 4 (a) Budgeted Trading, Profit & Loss Account for John Sales Less cost of sales (100/140 x 91,000) Gross profit (40/140 x 91,000) Less Rent (12 x 150) Power, etc (12 x 580) Loan interest (4,000 x 0.1) Depreciation Fittings (2,500 - 250)/10 Car (6,000 - 1,000)/4 Net profit 91,000 65,000 26,000

1,800 6,960 400 225 1,250

10,635 15,365

(b) Bank balance Loan Sales Less rent (1,800 + 450) Fittings Purchases (65,000/12 x 10.5 + 4,000) Power, etc Drawings (12 x 900) Loan interest Loan repayment Balance at year end (c)

Budgeted Bank Account 4,000 91,000 95,000 2,250 2,500 60,875 6,960 10,800 400 1,000

84,785 10,215

Budgeted Balance Sheet at end of first year Cost 6,000 2,500 8,500 Depreciation 1,250 225 1,475 Net 4,750 2,275 7,025

Tangible Fixed Assets Car Fittings

Current Assets Stock 4,000 Prepaid rent 450 Bank 10,215 Less Liabilities due within one year Creditors (65,000 12 x 1.5) 8,125 Bank loan 1,000 Less bank loan Capital Plus retained profit Less Drawings

14,665

9,125

5,540 12,565 2,000 10,565 6,000 15,365 21,365 10,800 10,565

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Examiners Report on Question 4 In general a reasonable standard was obtained for most candidates with the major problem being the allocation of the loan into current and long term liabilities, but there were a significant number of papers where the bank figures replicated the Profit and Loss account, making no adjustment for creditors, nor for the deposit on the rent. In too many cases depreciation was included as an expense on the bank account as well as in the profit and loss. Most candidates passed on this question but very few obtained full marks.

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QUESTION 5 The trial balances of Peters plc were as follows: 31 December Year 5 000 000 Freehold land and buildings Machinery at cost Accumulated depreciation on machinery Stock at cost Debtors Creditors Proposed dividend Bank Share capital Retained earnings 300 500 235 75 90 60 10 15 ___ 980 600 75 980 ____ 1,131 80 86 58 13 20 670 90 1,131 31 December Year 6 000 000 400 565 280

The summarised Trading, Profit & Loss and Appropriation Account of Peters plc for the year ended 31 December Year 6 was as follows: 000 Sales Cost of sales Selling expenses General expenses Depreciation on machinery Profit on sale of machine* Salaries Proposed dividend Addition to retained earnings * Note: the machine sold cost originally 65,000 REQUIRED (a) Prepare for Peters plc for Year 6 a reconciliation of operating profit to net cash flow from operating activities. (5 marks) (b) Prepare for Peters plc a cash flow statement in the format laid down in Financial Reporting Standard (FRS) 1 as revised. (12 marks) (Total 17 marks) 950 10 152 75 (5) 110 13 000 1,320

1,305 15

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Model Answer to Question 5 Peters plc (a) Reconciliation of Operating Profit to Net Cash Flow from operating activities for Year 6 000 Operating profit (15 + 13) Add back depreciation Less profit on sale Increase in stocks (75 - 80) Decrease in debtors (90 - 86) Decrease in creditors (60 - 58) Net cash inflow from operating activities 28 75 (5) 98 (5) 4 (2) 95

(b)

Peters plc Cash Flow Statement for Year 6 000 000 95 (10) 130 100 (40) 190 (105) 70 35 65 30 35 5 40

Net cash inflow from operating activities Net cash outflow from returns on investment and servicing of finance - Dividend paid Investing activities Purchase of machinery (565 - 500 + 65) Purchase of land and building (400 - 300) Receipt from sale of machine* Net cash outflow from investing activities Net cash outflow before financing Net cash inflow from financing Ordinary Shares issued Decrease in cash and equivalents (15 + 20) * Cost of machine sold * Depreciation (235 + 75 - 280) Profit on sale Sale proceeds

Examiners Report on Question 5 Rather surprisingly this was the question with the best overall level of answers. Though layout was at times not totally clear the underlying principles appeared to be understood, and the majority of papers were Credit to Distinction level on this question. The major error was in the calculation of the amount received from sale of assets, and the amount spent on new fixed assets, but overall well handled.

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