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Basic Trading P & L a/c &

Balance Sheet Practice
Questions

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Q#01: From the following trial balance of A Moore, extracted after one year’s trading, prepare a
trading and profit and loss account and Balance Sheet for the year ended 31 December 20X6.
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Q#02: From the following trial balance of B Lane after his first year’s trading, you are required
to draw up a Income Statement and Balance Sheet for the year ended 30 June 20X8

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Q#03: From the following trial balance of B Morse drawn up on conclusion of his first year in
business, draw up a trading and profit and loss account and balance sheet for the year ended 31
December 20X8.

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Q#04: Extract Income Statement and Balance Sheet for the year ended 30 June 20X8 for G
Graham. The trial balance as at 30 June 20X8 after his first year of trading was as follows:

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Q#05: G. Hope started in business on 1 July 20X0, with £40,000 capital in cash. During the first
year he kept very few records of his transactions.
The assets and liabilities of the business at 30 June 20X1 were:

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Q#06: The following information relates to A Trader’s business:

Q#07: From the following information, draw up the trading account of J Bell for the year ended
31 December 20X7, which was his first year in business:

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Q#08: The following information is available for the year ended 31 March 20X8. Draw up the
trading account of P Frank for that year.

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Q#09:From the following trial balance of G Still, draw up a trading and profit and loss account
for the year ended 30 September 20X9, and a balance sheet as at that date.

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Q#10:The following trial balance was extracted from the books of F Sorley on 30 April 20X7.
From it, and the note about stock, prepare his Income Statement for the year ended 30 April
20X7, and a balance sheet as at that date.

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Q#11:The following is the trial balance of T Owen as at 31 March 20X9. Draw up a set of
financial
statements for the year ended 31 March 20X9.

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Q#12:F Brown drew up the following trial balance as at 30 September 20X8. You are to draft
the trading and profit and loss account for the year ended 30 September 20X8 and a balance
sheet as at that date.

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Q#13:Enter the following transactions in the ledger of A Baker and prepare a trial balance at 31
May, together with a calculation of the profit for the month and a balance sheet at 31 May.

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Q#14:Ms Porter’s business position at 1 July was as follows:

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Q#15:From the following trial balance of Kingfire, extracted after one year of operations,
prepare a Income Statement for the year ending 30 June 20X3, together with a balance sheet as at
that date.

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Q#16:

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Q#17:

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Q#18: Prepare P & L a/c and Balance Sheet

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Q#19:

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Q#20:

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Q#21:

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Q#22:

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