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Section A
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1. A trader prepares financial statements each year.
What do these assist the trader to do?
A calculate the amount owing to suppliers
B calculate the cash drawings
C calculate the bank balance
D make decisions about the future
$
sales 1470
cheques received 930
sales returns 100
What was the debit balance on Peter’s account in the books of Paul on 1 June?
A $440 B $460 C $690 D $710
6. Tim’s gross profit was $32 000. Opening inventory was $8000, purchases were $52
000 and closing inventory was $10 000.
How much were the sales?
A $18 000 B $50 000 C $82 000 D $102 000
10. The owner of a business takes goods for his own use.
How is this recorded?
SECTION B
The balances given below were taken from the books of A.Arif on 1 July 2016.
$
Amna Shahbaz 1000 Cr
Fatima Tu Zahra 640 Dr
Bank 1500 Dr
Cash 150 Dr
Required:
1 Prepare only the following ledger accounts and only balance the Bank Amna
Shahbaz and Fatim Tu Zahra accounts at 31 July 2016. Bring down the balances at
1 August 2016. Pay Attention to dates and details.
Cash Account
Bank Account
Stationery Account
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2 (a) State two reasons why a trader may prepare a trial balance.
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Deepa is a trader. She extracted the following balances from her books of account on
31 December 2015.
$
Fixtures and fittings 17 000
Sales 72 000
Sales returns 3 100
Purchases 36 800
Purchases returns 2 260
Drawings 5 200
Bank Overdraft 2 700
Inventory at 1 January 2015 12 450
Rent paid 2 400
Wages 21 810
Discount allowed 1 000
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(c) Prepare Deepa’s Income Statement for the year ended 31 December 2015.
Deepa
Income Statement for the year ended 31 December 2015
$ $
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Boris is in business as a sole trader. The following figures are available on 30 April
2018.
$
Profit for the year 15 600
Returns inwards 7 800
Returns outwards 6 200
Inventory at 30 April 2018 22 500
8% Bank loan (repayable 31 July 2020) 60 000
Bank loan interest paid 2 400
Bank 3 000 debit
Trade receivables 39 600
Trade payables 23 200
Premises (cost) 34 000
Computer equipment (cost) 20 000
Fixtures and fittings (cost) 4 500
Administration expenses 30 000
Carriage 11 500
Drawings 25 200
Capital 50 000
$ $
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