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The following information relates to a single asset:
*Original cost of $186,000
*Estimated residual value of $6,000
*Expected useful life of 10 years
*Accumulated depreciation at 31 December 20X5 of $66,960
*Annual depreciation rate of 20% on a reducing balance basis
Calculate the amount of depreciation that should be charged to profit or loss for the year ended 31 December 20X6.
Give your answer to the nearest whole number.
BCD's financial statements for the year ending 30 November 20X3 include the following:
Inventory at 30 November 20X2 was $220,000.
What is BCD's average inventory holding period for the year ended 30 November 20X3?
The following information is extracted from QQ's statement of financial position at 31 March:
Included in other payables is interest payable of $80,000 at 31 March 20X2 and $73,000 at 31 March 20X1.
The following information if included within QQ's statement of profit or loss for the year ended 31 March 20X2.
Included within finance cost is $124,000 which relates to interest paid on a finance lease. QQ includes finance lease interest within financing activities on its statement of cash flows.
What cash outflow figure should be included as interest paid within the net cash flow from operating activities for QQ for the year ended 20X2?
Give your answer to the nearest $000.
030d49a3-3c4c-45ad-9aee-710302f219f1: Entities normally pay taxation on their worldwide income in the country in which they are deemed to be resident.
Residency is determined by the
Entity RH has an recognised a taxable profit of $1.Smillion for 20X1'. In Entity RH's resident country. Country M, depreciation charges and entertaining expenses are disallowed expenses. Below is some information on
Entitry RH's outgoings for the period:
Depreciation charged on PPE: $450,000
Political donations: $155,000
Staff parties: $3,200
Cost of updating assets: $10,000
Other expenses: $83,500
In Country M, there is a standard corporation tax of 12% charged on all corporation profits. What is Entity RH's total tax liability for this period?
For an incorporated business, the taxation of trading income is a form of direct taxation which is based on:
LM received notification on 10 November 20X4 from one of its customers stating they had ceased trading as they had gone into liquidation. The balance outstanding at 31 October 20X4 was $150,000.
In accordance with IAS 10 Events after the Reporting Date this event will be treated as:
The development of an international financial reporting standard generally goes through a number of stages.
Which of the following is NOT a stage of development?
Which of the following would be capitalized as an intangible asset in accordance with IAS 38 Intangible Assets?
AA manufactures computers. These are sold to BB at $100 a computer plus a 5% sales tax. BB subsequently sells the computers to CC for $200 a computer plus a 5% sales tax. C sells the computers to customers at $300 a computer plus a 5% sales tax.
The total tax received by the tax authority is $30.
Which type of tax is described above?
On 31 July 20X8, CDE's directors decided to sell an asset with a carrying amount of $26,000. On that date it ceased to be used in readiness for its sale.
There is an active second-hand market for this type of asset and it has been advertised at its market value of $24,000 When a seller is found, the asset will need to be dismantled at a cost of $1,000
What is the amount to be recognised as an asset held for sale on 31 July 20X8?
Give your answer to the nearest $.
It costs PWR £7.50 to produce product H, per product. Product H is typically sold for £89.99. It costs £5.00 to package product H and £15 to deliver product H to customers.
PWR is currently selling faulty versions of product H from a defunct batch, (let's call this version product I), for 25% of the original price.
Which of the below options represent the correct inventory price for product I?
The following information has been extracted from GHI's statement of financial position:
Which of the following is the total cash flow for working capital changes to be recorded in GHI's statement of cash flows for the year ended 31 December 20X5?
During the year a piece of equipment that originally cost $96,000, with accumulated depreciation of $39,000, met the criteria of IFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations to be classified as held for sale.
The equipment is being advertised for sale at $46,000 and costs of $1,000 will be incurred to enable the sale to be completed.
At what value should the equipment be included in the statement of financial position at the year end assuming that it remains unsold?
Give your answer to the nearest whole number.
BCD owns an item of plant which cost $20,000 and at the time of purchase was assessed to have a useful economic life of 8 years and a residual value of $2,000
The carrying amount of the plant at 1 January 20X8 is $11,000. On that date BCD's directors estimate that the plant's remaining useful life is now 6 years The residual value remains unchanged at $2,000
What is the depreciation charge for this plant for the year ended 31 December 20X8?
Give your answer to the nearest $.
TUV owns property that has a carrying amount greater than its original cost due to a revaluation 2 years ago. The property continues to be used by TUV up lo the date of its disposal and is sold for more than its carrying amount.
Which THREE of the following correctly describe the accounting treatment for the disposal of the property?
The statement of profit or loss for PQ, ST and AB for the year ended 31 December 20X0 are shown below:
1. PQ acquired 80% of its subsidiary, ST, on 1 January 20X0 and 40% of its associate, AB, on 1 September 20X0.
2. Since acquistion PQ has sold goods to ST and AB for $20,000 and $30,000 respectively. At the year end both ST and AB have 50% of these goods remaining in inventory. PQ uses a mark-up of 20% on all of its sales.
3. Since acquisition the goodwill in respect of ST has been impaired by $8,000 and the investment in AB has been impaired by $2,000.
4. PQ uses the fair value method for non-controlling interest at acquisition.
What is the value of the unrealized profit in inventory adjustment required to inventory in PQ's consolidated statement of financial position at 31 December 20X0?
An entity has a number of subsidiary and associate investments.
Which of the following must be disclosed in the entity's separate financial statements if it is exempt from presenting consolidated financial statements?
The following data relates to Company AB.
Statement of Profit or Loss for the year ended 30 June 20X4:
During the year ending 30 June 20X4, which was not a leap year, the average stock holding period was 102 days.
Calculate the working capital cycle in days.
Give your answer to the nearest full day.
LM is preparing its cash forecast for the next three months.
Which of the following items should be left out of its calculations?
In accordance with the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting, which TWO of the following qualitative characteristics of useful financial information should be considered when selecting a measurement basis?
CDO is an entity that is preparing to apply to its local stock market for a listing. CDO is currently run by a board of ten directors, each of whom manages a department of CDO. The board is chaired by Ms E who is also CDO's Chief Executive Officer.
Which TWO of the following actions would assist CDO to meet corporate governance regulations?
Which of the following does the phrase 'events after the reporting period' refer to?
The United Kingdom (UK) uses a principle based approach to corporate governance which means:
XY purchased a building on 1 April 20X1 for $300,000 with a useful economic life of 30 years. On 1 April 20X7 the building was revalued at $525,000.
What will the new depreciation charge be following the revaluation?
Give your answer as a whole number.
Company RET's financing activities are exactly 35% of their operating activities expenses each month. Below is a list of Company RET's total expenses for this month:
Inventory supplies purchased: £145,000
Employee wages: £65,000
Purchase of a shop: £105,000
Dividend payments: ??
Cash repayments on loan: £61,000
What is company RET's total dividends payment for this month?
In accordance with IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements, which of the following will be shown in the statement of changes in equity?
XY is an entity incorporated in Country B but operates in several countries. Monthly management meetings to decide on strategic matters take place in Country A, where the majority of its production happens. XY sells most of its goods to Country C.
In accordance with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) rules on corporate residence which of the following statements is true?
Which THREE of the following are conditions that must be met to allow an asset to be categorised as held for sale?
EF has been offering its customers a 60 day credit period, but now wants to improve its cash flow.
EF is proposing to offer a 2% discount for payment in 15 days.
Assume a 365 day year and an invoice value of $100.
Which of the following is the effective annual interest rate EF will incur for this action?
RST operates in Country X where the tax rules state entertaining costs and accounting depreciation are disallowable for tax purposes.
In year ending 31 May 20X4, XYZ made an accounting profit of $480,000.
Profit included $16,300 of entertaining costs and $15,150 of income exempt from taxation.
XYZ has plant and machinery with accounting depreciation amounting to $24,200 and tax depreciation amounting to $45,200.
Calculate the tax charge for the year ended 31 May 20X4 assuming all profits are taxed at 25%.
XY acquired 75% of the equity shares of CD on 1 January 20X2 for $230,000.
On 1 January 20X2 CD had the following balances:
XY uses the proportionate share of net assets method to value non controlling interest at acquisition.
Calculate the goodwill arising on the acquisition of CD.
Give your answer to nearest whole number.
OP has five main geographic segments and reports segmental information in accordance with IFRS 8 Operating Segments.
Which THREE of the following would be regarded as operating segments of OP in accordance with IFRS 8?
Mr K is being pressured by his manager to change figures in his report so that it will improve his manager's bonus.
His manager has promised Mr K a promotion if he agrees to do this.
What threats is Mr K facing?
In Country X corporate income tax is levied on profits as follows:
Which of the following describes the tax rate structure in Country X?
An asset has the following values:
If the asset was sold for its fair value, selling costs of $1,500 would be incurred.
Which of the following is the value of the impairment loss to be recognised for this asset in accordance with IAS 36 Impairment of Assets?
The following information relates to AA.
Extract of Trial Balance at 31 December 20X4;
Notes
(i) Inventory at 31 December 20X4 was valued at cost at $30.
(ii) The loan which was received on 1 July 20X4 is repayable in 20X9.
(iii) Corporate income tax represents an over-provision of tax for the year ended 31 December 20X3. AA reported a loss for tax purposes for the year ended 31 December 20X4 and a tax refund is expected amounting to $20.
(iv) Cost of sales, administration and distribution costs need to be adjusted for the following:
What figures should be entered in the Statement of Profit or Loss for the year ended 31 December 20X4 in relation to Administration and Distribution costs?
Select THREE actions that should be taken by a business offering credit to its customers to ensure that amounts owing are collected as quickly as possible.
An entity opens a new factory and receives a government grant of $25,000 towards the cost of new plant and equipment. This new plant and equipment originally costs $100,000.
The entity uses the net cost method allowed by IAS 20 Accounting for Government Grants and Disclosure of Government Assistance to record government grants of this nature. All plant and equipment is depreciated at 20% a year on a straight line basis.
Calculate the amount of depreciation to be included for this plant and equipment in the statement of profit of loss for the factory's first year of operation.
Give your answer to the nearest whole $.
Statements of financial position for FG, IJ and KL at 31 December 20X5 include the following balances:
FG acquired 90% of IJ's equity shares for $358,000 on 1 July 20X5 when IJ's retained earnings were $98,000.
FG acquired 100% of KL's equity shares for $360,000 on 1 January 20X5 when KL's retained earnings were $155,000.
FG used the proportion of net assets method to value non-controlling interests at acquisition.
KL sold a piece of land to FG for $130,000 on 1 September 20X5. At the date of transfer the land had a carrying value of $50,000.
The management of FG expect KL to make profits in the future and no impairment ot its goodwill was proposed at 31 December 20X5.
Calculate the total goodwill to be included in FG's consolidated statement of financial position as at 31 December 20X5.
Give your answer to the nearest whole $.
On 1 July 20X7, VWX enters into a 12-month lease for personal computers paying a non-refundable deposit of $600. Lease payments of $500 are paid monthly in arrears. VWX chooses to recognise the assets in the lease as short life and low value
Which of the following gives the correct value for the expense in the statement of profit or loss and corresponding prepayment and accrual in VWX's statement of financial position for the year ended 31 December 20X7?
A
B
C
D
Mr AM is the owner of Waxco Ltd. Mr AM was born in India, but currently resides in the USA. He has gained dual Indian and American citizenship.
Mr AM first registered Waxco Ltd in the USA when he started the company ten years ago. However, because of lower costs, the company moved its central management station to Germany two years ago. Waxco Ltd
has other smaller offices such as call centres across Asia, in locations such as Pakistan and Cambodia, however Waxco Ltd only currently sell goods in the USA.
Which of the countries mentioned are relevant for determining Waxco Ltd's competent jurisdiction?
HI commenced business on 1 April 20X3. Sales in April 20X3 were $30,000. This is forecast to increase by 2% per month.
Credit sales accounted for 50% of sales. Credit sales customers are allowed one month to pay; 75% of April credit customers paid on time. A further 20% are expected to pay after more than one month, but before two months. The remaining 5% are not expected to pay. All these percentages are expected to continue in the near future.
Calculate the total amount of cash HI should forecast to be received in June 20X3.
Give your answer to the nearest whole $.
When calculating the gam chargeable to tax on the disposal of a building, which of the following would NOT be an allowable deduction?
If a parent entity is to be exempt from preparing consolidated financial statements it needs to satisfy certain conditions according to IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements.
Which TWO of the following are conditions that need to be satisfied to be exempt?
EF purchased an asset on 1 September 20X4 for $800,000, exclusive of import duties of $30,000. EF is resident in country Y where indexation is allowed on purchase costs when the asset is disposed of.
EF sold the asset on 31 August 20X9 for $1,500,000 incurring transaction charges of $20,000. The indexation factor increased by 40% in the period from 1 September 20X4 to 31 August 20X9.
Capital gains are taxed at 30%.
What is the tax due on disposal of the asset?
Statements of financial position as at 31 December 20X8 for JK, LM and PQ are as follows:
[1] JK purchased 80% of LM's $1 equity shares on 1 January 20X8 for $260,000 when the retained earnings of JK were $110,000. At that date the non-controlling interest had a fair value of $63,000.
[2] JK purchased 25% of PQ's $1 equity shares on 1 January 20X8 for $90,000 when the retained earnings of PQ were $96,000.
[3] During the year JK sold goods to LM for $32,000 at a mark up of 33.33% on cost. Half of the goods were still in LM's inventory at 31 December 20X8.
[4] LM transferred $32,000 to JK on 30 December 20X8 in settlement of the inter-group trade. JK did not record the cash in its financial records until 2 January 20X9.
Calculate the goodwill arising on the acquisition LM.
Give your answer to the nearest $.
MNO is a commercial bank. One of MNO's clients is FGH, a trading company which sells goods to PQR.
MNO is asked to draw up an instrument between FGH and PQR in respect of goods sold FGH then asks MNO to sell this instrument on its behalf in the discount market MNO does this and pays the proceeds to FGH.
What source of short-term finance is being described here?
The following information is extracted from the statement of financial position for ZZ at 31 March 20X3:
Included within cost of sales in the statement of profit or loss for the year ended 31 March 20X3 is $20 million relating to the loss on the sale of plant and equipment which had cost $100 million in June 20X1.
Depreciation is charged on all plant and equipment at 25% on a straight line basis with a full year's depreciation charged in the year of acquisition and none in the year of sale.
The revaluation reserve relates to the revaluation of ZZ's property.
The total depreciation charge for property, plant and equipment in ZZ's statement of profit of loss for the year ended 31 March 20X3 is $80 million.
The corporate income tax expense in ZZ's statement of profit or loss for year ended 31 March 20X3 is $28 million.
ZZ is preparing its statement of cash flows for the year ended 31 March 20X3.
What figure should be included for corporate income tax paid in order to arrive at the net cash flow from operating activities?
Give your answer to the nearest $ million.
An entity's policy is to finance the investment in working capital using short-term financing to fund all of its investment in fluctuating net current assets as well as some of its investment in permanent net current assets.
What is this working capital financing policy known as?
The external auditors have completed their audit and have discovered a material but not pervasive error in the financial statements of JK.
The directors of JK have refused to change the financial statements.
What type of modified audit report should be issued?
In Country X, trading losses in any year can be carried back and set off against trading profits in the previous year, with any unrelieved losses carried forward to set against the first available trade profits in future years.
GH had the following taxable profits and losses in years 20X1 to 20X4:
What are the taxable profits for 20X4, assuming the most efficient use of the loss is made?
Entity T operates within several countries, but its country of residence is Country F. In 20X5, Entity T made $8.4 million in Country M. Country M has a flat rate corporation tax of 5.9%.
Country F and Country M operate a double taxation treaty which uses a foreign tax credit system. In Country F, there is a tax of 10% tax on all foreign income.
Taking into account the credit, what is the total tax liability that Entity T owes on its Country M income, in Country F?
An entity purchased an asset for $375,000 on 1 November 20X0 incurring legal fees of $33,000. Improvements were made to the asset for $65,000 on 1 December 20X2 which qualified as capital expenditure under the local tax rules. The entity also incurred repair costs on the asset on 1 February 20X3 amounting to $10,000.
The asset was sold for $680,000 on 1 December 20X5 incurring allowable costs on disposal of $15,000.
Indexation on the purchase cost and the improvement are allowable.
The index increased by 20% between November 20X0 and December 20X5,15% between December 20X2 and December 20X5 and 10% between February 20X3 and December 20X5
Calculate the chargeable gain on the disposal of the asset on 1 December 20X5.
Country X charges corporate income tax at the rate of 20% on all income irrespective of whether it is paid out as a dividend. Country Y charges corporate income tax at the rate of 25% on all income.
An entity, AA, which is resident in Country X pays a dividend of $100,000 to another entity, BB, which is resident in Country Y.
Countries X and Y have a double taxation treaty which adopts the exemption method in respect of this type of transaction.
What is BB's liability to tax in Country Y in respect of the dividend income received?
For the year ending 31 March 20X2, MN made an accounting profit of $120,000. Profit included $8,500 of political donations which are disallowable for tax purposes and $8,000 of income exempt from taxation.
MN has $15,000 of plant and machinery which was acquired on 1 April 20X0 and purchased a new machine costing $25,000 on 1 April 20X1. This new machine is entitled to first year allowances of 100% instead of the usual tax depreciation of 20% reducing balance. All plant and machinery is depreciated in the accounts at 10% on cost.
MN also has a building that cost $120,000 on 1 April 20X0 and is depreciated in the accounts at 4% on a straight line basis. Tax depreciation is calculated at 3% on a straight line basis.
Calculate the taxable profit.
Give your answer to the nearest $.
RS purchased an asset on 1 May 20X1 for $200,000, exclusive of import duties of $25,000.
The asset was sold on 1 December 20X3 for $450,000, incurring costs to sell of $15,000.
RS is resident in Country Y where indexation is allowable from the date of purchase to the date of sale.
The indexation factor increased by 40% in the period 1 May 20X1 to 1 December 20X3.
Capital gains are taxed at 25%.
What is the capital tax due from RS on disposal of the asset?
Which TWO of the following are functions of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Advisory Council?
The following information relates to AA.
Extract of Trial Balance at 31 December 20X4;
Notes
(i) Inventory at 31 December 20X4 was valued at cost at $30.
(ii) The loan which was received on 1 July 20X4 is repayable in 20X9.
(iii) Corporate income tax represents an over-provision of tax for the year ended 31 December 20X3. AA reported a loss for tax purposes for the year ended 31 December 20X4 and a tax refund is expected amounting to $20.
(iv) Cost of sales, administration and distribution costs need to be adjusted for the following:
Calculate gross profit for the year ended 31 December 20X4.
Give your answer as a whole $.
An entity acquires 100% of the equity shares in another entity.
The consideration paid for the shares is less than the fair value of the net assets acquired.
Which of the following is the correct accounting treatment for the difference between the consideration paid and the fair value of the net assets acquired, in accordance with IFRS 3 Business Combinations?
An entity bought a capital item for $110,000 on 1 March 20X4 incurring legal fees at the date of purchase of $2,500.
On 1 May 20X4 additional costs classified as capital expenditure by the tax rules of the country of $25,000 were incurred in respect of the asset. On 1 June 20X4 repairs not classified as capital expenditure were incurred at a cost of $15,000.
The asset was sold for $250,000 on 30 November 20X8 and costs to sell were incurred of $4,300.
Calculate the chargeable gain on the disposal.
Give your answer to the nearest $.
UV's financial statements for the year ended 31 March 20X8 were approved for publication on 30 June 20X8.
In accordance with IAS 10 Events After the Reporting Period, which of the following material events would have been classified as a non-adjusting event in these financial statements?
Country J is a newly formed independent country and it's accounting professionals are considering adopting international financial reporting standards (IFRS).
Which of the following is a disadvantage to Country J of adopting IFRS as their local generally accepted accounting practice (GAAP)?
TESTED 21 May 2025
