LCCI International Qualifications

Book-Keeping and Accounts

Level 2

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Series 4 2011 (2007)

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2007/4/11/MA Page 1 of 14
QUESTION 1

The following information was extracted from the books of Dore Trading Ltd, at 31 March 2011:

£
Goodwill 25,000
Fixtures and fittings at cost 50,000
Motor vehicles at cost 100,000
Stock at 31 March 2011 76,250
Debtors 130,000
Bank 21,875 Dr
Creditors 50,125
General reserve 25,000

Additional information:

(1) The motor vehicles and fixtures and fittings were all purchased on 1 April 2008. The depreciation
policy is as follows:
(i) fixtures and fittings – straight line over 5 years assuming a residual balance of £5,000
(ii) motor vehicles – 25% per annum reducing balance
(2) A provision for doubtful debts of 5% of debtors was created on 31 March 2011
(3) The company has 125,000 ordinary shares of £1 each, all of which have been issued and fully
paid at £1.10 a share
(4) The directors have proposed a dividend of £0.15 per share for the year ended 31 March 2011
(5) During the year ended 31 March 2011, Dore Trading Ltd had taken out a bank loan for £50,000.
This is to be repaid by equal annual amounts over 10 years, commencing 1 February 2012
(6) The balancing figure on the Balance Sheet represents the retained profit.

REQUIRED

(a) Prepare the Balance Sheet, in vertical format, at 31 March 2011.

(21 marks)

(b) State two differences between a public limited company and a private limited company.
(4 marks)

(Total 25 marks)

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MODEL ANSWER TO QUESTION 1
Syllabus Topic 3: Limited Liability Companies (3.2.4), (3.2.7), (3.2.8), (3.2.9), (3.2.10), (3.2.12),
(3.2.13) and (3.2.14)

(a) Dore Trading Ltd

Balance Sheet at 31 March 2011 1both

Fixed assets Cost Accumulated Net book

depreciation value
£ £ £
Goodwill 25,000 1
[W1]
Fixtures and fittings 50,000 27,000 3 23,000
[W2]
Motor vehicles 100,000 57,813 3 42,187
150,000 84,813 90,187

Current assets
Stock 76,250
Debtors 130,000
Less: PDD 6,500 123,500 1
21,875
221,625 1of
Creditors falling due within one year
Creditors 50,125
Proposed dividends 18,750 [W3] 1
Loan repayment (50,000 x 10%) 5,000 1
73,875 1of
Net current assets 1 147,750 1of
237,937
Creditors falling due after more than one year
Bank loan (50,000 - 5,000) 45,000
1 1 192,937

Capital and reserves

Issued and fully paid share capital
125,000 £1 Ordinary shares 125,000 1
Share premium (125,000 x 10%) 12,500 1
General reserve 25,000
Profit and loss 30,437 1+1of
192,937

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 [W1] 50,000 [W2] 100,000 x 25% = 25,000 1
less: 5,000 75,000 x 25% 18,750 1
45,000 1 56,250 x 25% = 14,063 1
÷ 5 years = 9,000 1 57,813
9,000 x 3 years 1 = 27,000

[W3] 125,000 x £0.15 = 18,750

1
(21 marks)

Syllabus Topic 3.1: Formation of a Company (3.1.1)

(b) Public limited company Private limited company

Has PLC in the name Has Ltd in the name

Shares are sold on the stock exchange Shares are sold to private investors
Published report and accounts available Report and accounts sent to companies house
to the public available on request
Publishes full report and accounts Information disclosed is limited by the
Minimum allotted capital of at least £50,000 requirements of the Companies Act
Has unlimited number of Shareholders No minimum or maximum capital
Has 2 to no fixed number of shareholders but
usually 50

(4 marks)

(Total 25 marks)

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QUESTION 2

Don Bates provides for doubtful debts at 3% of outstanding debtors at his year end of 30 April. The
following balances of debtors are:

Debtors £
April 30, 2009 18,700
April 30, 2010 21,400
April 30, 2011 19,600

The following bad debts had been written off:

Debtor Date written off £

Allan May 15, 2009 60
Brian August 16, 2009 109
Carlos January 7, 2010 42
David March 21, 2010 101
Edward June 13, 2010 37
Frank October 30, 2010 29

The debt of David was partially recovered on 31 March 2011, when £36 was received.

REQUIRED

(a) Prepare for each of the years ended 30 April 2010 and 30 April 2011 the:

(i) Bad Debts Account

(5 marks)
(iii) Provision for Doubtful Debts Account
(7 marks)
(iv) David’s Account.
(5 marks)

(c) Prepare the Bad Debts Recovered Account for year ended 30 April 2011.
(2 marks)

(c) Prepare the Balance Sheet extracts for each of the years at 30 April 2009, 2010 and 2011.
(6 marks)

(Total 25 marks)

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MODEL ANSWER TO QUESTION 2

Syllabus topic 1.1: Advanced aspects of the syllabus for Level 1 Book-keeping

(a)
(i) Bad Debts Account

£ £
2009
May 15 Allan 60
Aug 16 Brian 1 109
2010 2010
Jan 7 Carlos 42
Mar 21 David 1 101 Apr 30 P&L A/c 1 312
312 312

2010 2011
Jun 13 Edward 1 37
Oct 30 Frank ..29 Apr 30 P&L A/c 1 ..66
..66 ..66

(5 marks)

Syllabus topic 1.4: Bad debts and provision for doubtful debts (1.4.5)

(ii) Provision for Doubtful Debts Account

2010 £ 2009 £
April 30 Balance c/d (21,400 x 3%) 1 642 May 1 Balance b/d(18,700 x 3%) 1 561
2010
April 30 P&L A/c 1 of 81
….. …..
642 642
2011
April 30 P&L A/c 1 of ..54 May 1 Balance b/d 1 of 642
April 30 Balance c/d (19,600 x 3%) 1 588
….. …..
642 642
2011
May 1 Balance B/D 1 of 588

(7 marks)

(iii) David’s Account

£ £
2010 2010
Mar 1 Balance b/d 1 101 Mar 21 Bad Debts 1 101
2011 2011
Mar 31 Bad Debts Recovered 1 1 ..36 Mar 31 Bank 1 ..36

(5 marks)

(b) Bad Debts Recovered Account

£ £
2011 2011
Apr 30 P&L A/c 1 36 Mar 31 David 1 36

(2 marks)

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MODEL ANSWER TO QUESTION 2 CONTINUED
Syllabus topic 1.4: Bad Debts and provision for doubtful debts (1.4.6)

(c) Balance Sheet Extracts

£
30 April 2009
Debtors 18,700
Less provision for doubtful debts ….561 1 of
18,139 1 of

30 April 2010
Debtors 21,400
Less provision for doubtful debts .....642 1 of
20,758 1 of

30 April 2011
Debtors 19,600
Less provision for doubtful debts .....588 1 of
19,012 1 of
(6 marks)

(Total 25 marks)

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QUESTION 3

Amy and Bill are in partnership sharing profits and losses in the ratio 2:1.

Their Balance Sheet is as follows:

Balance Sheet at 30 June 2011

£ £
Fixed assets
Premises 50,000
Equipment 15,250
65,250
Current assets
Stock 8,500
Debtors 7,800
Bank 550
16,850
Creditors falling due within one year
Creditors 7,150
Net current assets 9,700
74,950

Capital Accounts: Amy 40,000

Bill 30,000
70,000
Current Accounts: Amy 5,400
Bill (450)
4,950
74,950

Additional information:

(1) On 1 July, Charles was admitted into the partnership. Future profits and losses were to be shared
by Amy, Bill and Charles in the ratio 2:1:1 respectively.

(2) Goodwill was valued at £9,000 at 30 June 2011. The partners agreed that goodwill would not be
retained in the books of the partnership.

(3) Charles brought into the partnership vehicles at a valuation of £13,500, stock £1,500 and cash
£7,500. The cash was deposited in the business bank account.

(4) It was agreed that Charles would make an additional payment by cheque into the partnership bank
account, to pay for his share of the goodwill.

(5) It was decided to revalue the premises at £110,000 at 30 June 2011.

REQUIRED

(a) Prepare the journal entries recording the admission of the new partner.
Narratives are not required.
(10 marks)
(b) Prepare the Balance Sheet of the new partnership at 1 July 2011.
(11 marks)
(d) Explain the rule of Garner v Murray.
(2 marks)
(e) Name the type of asset used to describe ‘goodwill’.
(2 marks)

(Total 25 marks)

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MODEL ANSWER TO QUESTION 3
Syllabus Topic 2.4: Partnerships

(a) Dr Cr
£ £
Premises (110,000-50,000) 60,000 1
Capital: Amy 2/3 40,000 1
Bill 1/3 20,000 1

Vehicles 13,500 1
Stock 1,500 1
Bank 7,500 1
Capital: Charles 22,500 1

Bank (9,000 x ¼) 2,250 1

Capital: Amy (9,000 x ⅔) – 9,000 x ½) 1,500 1
Bill (9,000 x ⅓) – (9,000 x ¼) 750 1
(10 marks)

(b) Amy, Bill and Charles

Balance Sheet at 1 July 2011

£ £
Fixed assets
Premises 110,000 1
Equipment 15,250
Vehicles 13,500 1
138,750
Current assets
Stock 10,000 1
Debtors 7,800
1 1
Bank (550 + 7,500 + 2,250) 10,300
28,100

Creditors falling due within 1 year

Creditors .7,150
Net current assets ..20,950 1 of must be labelled
159,700

Capital Accounts
Amy (40,000 + 40,000 + 1,500) 81,500 1 of
Bill (30,000 + 20,000 + 750) 50,750 1 of
Charles 22,500 154,750 1 of

Current Accounts
Amy 5,400 1
Bill ( 450) ...4,950 1
159,700
(11 marks)

(c) The Garner v Murray rule states that if a partner is unable to clear their debt to the partnership,
then the amount of the deficiency is shared amongst the other partners in the ratio of their last
agreed capital.
(2 marks)

(d) Intangible fixed assets (accept noncurrent assets)

1 + 1 (2 marks)

(Total 25 marks)

2007/4/11/MS Page 9 of 14
QUESTION 4

The following information is available from the books of Goodwin Ltd:

At 31 August 2010 At 31 August 2011

£ £
Stock 14,830 17,055
Sales ledger balances: 7,605 Dr ? Dr
205 Cr 295 Cr

For the year ended 31 August 2011

£
Sales 255,340
Purchases 180,060
Sales returns 705
Purchases returns 680
Discounts allowed 655
Discounts received 490
Payments to suppliers 179,300
Receipts from customers 249,800
Bad debts written off 175
Interest charged on customers’ overdue accounts 30
Purchases ledger balance set off against sales ledger balance 305
Refunds to customers 575

All sales and purchases are on credit.

REQUIRED

(a) Prepare for the year ended 31 August 2011 the:

(i) Sales Ledger Control Account

(14 marks)
(ii) Trading Account.
(5 marks)

(b) Identify three areas, other than debtors, where control accounts are used.
(3 marks)

(c) State three reasons why Goodwin Ltd would choose to use control accounts.
(3 marks)

(Total 25 marks)

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MODEL ANSWER TO QUESTION 4

(a) (i) Syllabus topic 8: Control Accounts (8.4), (8.6) and (8.7)

Sales Ledger Control Account

£ £
Balance b/d 7,605 1 Balance b/d 205 1
Sales 255,340 1 Sales returns 705 1
Interest 30 1 Discounts allowed 655 1
Bank (refunds) 575 1 Bank 249,800 1
Balance c/d 295 1 Bad debts 175 1
Contra 305 1
............ Balance c/d ..12,000 1
263,845 263,845
Balance b/d 12,000 1of Balance b/d 295 1
Must have narrative and amount. (14 marks)

(ii) Syllabus topic 1.1: Advanced Aspects of the Syllabus for Level 1 (1.1)

Goodwin Ltd
Trading Account for the year ended 31 August 2011
£ £ £
Sales 255,340
Sales returns ......705
254,635 1
Less: Cost of sales
Opening stock 14,830
Purchases 180,060
Purchases returns ......680 179,380 1
194,210
Less: Closing stock .17,055 177,155 1
Gross profit .77,480 1+1of

(5 marks)

(b) Syllabus topic 8: Control accounts (8.3)

Creditors or Purchase Ledger Control

Fixed assets
Accumulated provision for depreciation on fixed assets
Wages
Stock
Bank (cash book)
Any 3 x 1 mark
(3 marks)
(c) Syllabus topic 8: Control accounts (8.1)

to localise errors
to deter frauds
to give totals of debtors and/or creditors
to avoid too much detail in the general ledger
to assist in the preparation of the Trial Balance and balance sheet
Any 3 x 1 mark
(3 marks)

(Total 25 marks)

2007/4/11/MS Page 11 of 14
QUESTION 5

After stocktaking for the year ended 31 January 2011 had taken place, the closing stock of Jacques Ltd
was valued at cost £66,550.

The following adjustments are required:

(i) Some items were out of date and it was decided to sell them at half the cost price. The original
selling price was £9,600.

(ii) Twelve items at a cost of £79 each had been incorrectly included in the stock take, at £97 each.

(iii) A total of £12,900 on one stock sheet had been carried forward as £2,900 to the next stock sheet.

(iv) An item, which had cost £630, was scrapped.

(v) Goods paid for and awaiting collection by a customer had been included in the stock at a valuation
of £1,850.

(vi) The last stock sheet, totalling £14,900, had not been included in the stock valuation.

(vii) Goods sent on sale or return to Daisy Bell, recorded as a sale at £6,600, had not been returned or
sold at 31 January 2011.

Jacques Ltd applies a mark up of 50% on cost.

REQUIRED

(a) Copy the following layout into your answer book and calculate the revised stock value at
31 January 2011.

Add Deduct £

Original cost of stock 66,550

Item (i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii) ----------- ----------- -----------

Net adjustment -----------

Revised stock value -----------

(16 marks)

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QUESTION 5 CONTINUED

The accountant of King’s Ltd extracted the following figures from the first years
Trading and Profit & Loss Account for the year ended 31 December 2010 and the Balance Sheet at
31 December 2010:

£ £
Sales 550,000
Cost of sales 200,000
Gross profit 350,000
Operational expenses 225,000
Loan interest 4,500
229,500
Net profit 120,500

Debtors 125,000
Closing stock 65,000
Cash 1,200
Creditors 88,000
Bank overdraft 7,500

REQUIRED

(b) Calculate the following ratios to one decimal place, showing your workings and answer.

(i) Net profit (before interest) to sales

(ii) Current/Working capital
(iii) Liquidity/Acid test
(iv) Stock turnover (based on closing stock).
(8 marks)

(c) State the purpose of calculating the current/working capital ratio. (1 mark)

(Total 25 marks)

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MODEL ANSWER TO QUESTION 5
Syllabus Topic 6: Stock valuation (6.1), (6.2)

(a) Jacques Ltd

Adjusted Stock valuation at 31 January 2011
Add Deduct £
Original cost of stock 66,550

(i) Reduction to NRV

1 1 1
(9,600 – 3,200 / 2) (3,200)

(ii) Overvaluation
1 1 1
(97 – 79 x 12) (216)

(iii) Stock Sheet error

1 1
(12,900 – 2,900) 10,000

(iv) Scrapped item (630) 1

(v) Customer’s goods (1,850) 1

(vi) Stock sheet total 14,900 1

(vii) Sale or return

1 1
(6,600 - 2,200) ..4,400 . .......
29,300 (5,896)

Net adjustment 1 of 23,404

Revised stock value 1+1of 89,954

(16 marks)

(b) Syllabus Topic 10: Calculation and interpretation of ratios (10.4.3), (10.6.3), (10.7.2) and
(10.8.4)

Ratio workings Answer

(i) Net profit (before interest) to sales 120,500 + 4,500 x 100 1 22.7% 1
550,000

(ii) Current/Working capital 125,000 + 65,000 + 1,200 1 2:1 1

88,000 + 7,500

(iii) Liquidity/Acid Test 125,000 + 1,200 1 1.3:1 1

88,000 + 7,500

(iv) Stock turnover 200,000 1 3.1 times 1

65,000
(8 marks)

(c) The current ratio measures whether a business will be able to meet its short term debts (current
liabilities from its current assets).1
(1 mark)

(Total 25 marks)

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