Professional Documents
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Trefor McElroy
September/October 2017
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Accounting for expenses owing
e.g sales commission paid during year £5,000 but
£1,000 still owing at end of year
Income statement
Accrual £1,000
Accounting for expenses prepaid
e.g rent paid during year £20,000, but £4,000 of this is
for next year
Income statement
Statement Statement
Rent payable expense
of cash of financial
£16,000
flows position at
year end
Cash £20,000
On September 30th the accountant finds that the company still owes
€500 in wages.
In addition €300 of travel costs have been paid in advance.
Depreciation methods
Calculating the annual depreciation expense
Residual value
equals
Depreciable amount
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40
20
0 1 2 3 4
Asset life (years)
Reducing-balance method
n
P = (1 R/C x 100%)
where:
P = the depreciation percentage
n = the useful life of the asset (in years)
R = the residual value of the asset
C = the cost, or fair value, of the asset
Graph of carrying amount against time using the
reducing-balance method
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Carrying amount (£000)
60
40
20
0 1 2 3 4
Asset life (years)
Depreciation and amortization and the final accounts
9,000 tonnes
FIFO 21,000 tonnes
Cost of sales
(inventories used)
Closing inventories
9,000 tonnes
LIFO 21,000 tonnes
Cost of sales
Closing inventories
(inventories used)
Cost of Sales - FIFO
FIFO 9,000 units sold are the first 9,000 units bought. The
cost of these were £10 each = total cost £90,000.
Income Statement.
Sales
Less cost of sales 90,000
Balance Sheet
This results in the value of closing stock as a current asset
(1,000 x £10) + (20,000 x £13) = £270,000
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Cost of Sales - LIFO
FIFO 9,000 units sold are the last 9,000 units bought. The
cost of these were £13 each = total cost £117,000.
Income Statement.
Sales
Less cost of sales 117,000
Balance Sheet
This results in the value of closing stock as a current asset
(10,000 x £10) + (11,000 x £13) = £243,000
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Bad debts written off
If a credit customer’s account is written off (i.e they won’t be paying us).
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The final accounts
P&L Account extract year ending September 30th 2016
Revenue €*****
Less business expenses:
Bad debt €1,000
Increase expenses
How is R&D accounted for? (1)
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The final accounts
P&L Account extract year ending September 30th 2016
Revenue €*****
Less business expenses:
R&D €15,000
This revaluation will not affect the P&L account i.e a revaluation will not increase profit.
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Goodwill
Cash flows
from operating activities
plus or
minus
Cash flows
from investing activities
plus or
minus
Cash flows
from financing activities
equals
Cash and
Operating cash Investing
activities equivalent activities
balances
Financing
activities
Unilever cash flow
Operating activities
Fiscal year is January-December. All values GBP millions. 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 5-year trend
Deferred Taxes - - - - -
Extraordinaries 0 0 0 0 0
Other Assets/Liabilities 0 0 0 0 -
Sale of Fixed Assets & Businesses 97.71M 108.44M 192.11M 119.76M 166.76M
Other Uses 0 0 0 0 0
Other Sources 0 0 0 0 0
Other Sources 0 0 0 0 0
Miscellaneous Funds 0 0 0 0 0
Preference shares
Sources of long-term finance for a typical limited company
Long-term finance
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