IGCSE

PREPRATION

COMPILED BY

SIR ABDULLAH

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1 (a) Abdul started a business by transferring his own vehicle to the business at a valuation of
$9000 and introducing a sum of cash.

In the first year of trading profit was $2000. At the end of the first year the balance on his capital account
was $51 000.

How much cash did Abdul introduce?

A $40 000

B $44 000
C $58 000

D $62 000

(b) Agnes and Brian operate in similar businesses. They provide the following information.

Agnes Brian
Trade receivables collection period 31 days 40 days

Which statement is true?

A Agnes receives money from customers sooner than Brian. B

Agnes pays her suppliers sooner than Brian.

C Brian receives money from customers sooner than Agnes.

D Brian pays his suppliers sooner than Agnes.

(c) The following account appeared in Andrew’s ledger.

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2 (a) Name two books of prime (original) entry which a trader may keep. In each case name a source
document for that book. An example has been provided.

Book of prime (original) entry Source document

Cash book Cheque counterfoil

(b) State one reason why a trader might use books of prime (original) entry.

(c) Name the two accounts which are posted with the totals from a three column cash book. 1

3 Lamoudi has an accounting year end of 31 December.

On 1 April 2013 he paid $1200, by cheque, for a year’s insurance starting on that date.
On 1 April 2014 he paid $1440, by cheque, for insurance for twelve months to 31 March 2015. REQUIRED

(a) Prepare Lamoudi’s insurance account for the year ended 31 December 2014. Balance the account
and bring down the balance on 1 January 2015.

Lamoudi Insurance
account

Date Details $ Date Details $

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 5 Abdoulaye withdrew $200 from the bank for personal use.

REQUIRED

State how this is recorded in the books of account.

Account debited Account credited

6 Farhad and Ali are traders. On 1 January 2015 Farhad owed Ali $300. The following transactions took
place.
5January Ali sold goods, $250, to Farhad.
8January Farhad returned half of the goods bought on 5 January.
19January Farhad paid the amount owed on 1 January, by cheque, having deducted 3%
cash discount.

REQUIRED
(a) Prepare Farhad’s account in the books of Ali. Balance the account and bring down the balance
on 1February 2015.
Ali
Farhad account
Date Details $ Date Details $
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(b) Complete the following table. Name the document sent by Ali to Farhad on 5 January and on 8
January and state his reason for sending each document.

Document Reason

5 January

8 January

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 (c) Complete the following table. Name the book of prime (original) entry in which Ali would
record the transactions listed.

Book of prime (original) entry

Ali sold goods, $250, to

Farhad

Farhad returned half of the

goods bought on 5 January

Farhad paid the amount

owed on 1 January having
deducted 3% cash discount

7 During February 2015 the following transactions took place.

1 Took out long term bank loan, $10 000.
2 Bought delivery van, $8000, paying by cheque.
3 Bought inventory, $300, from John on credit.
4 Sold goods for cash, $80 (cost $50).
REQUIRED
Complete the following table to show the double entry needed to record each transaction.

Transaction Account debited $ Account credited $

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8 Kuda Maposa had the following transactions on 31 March 2015.

1 Took goods costing $300 for personal use.

2 Purchased a motor vehicle, $12 000, for business use, using a cheque drawn on her personal
bank account.
3 Received an invoice from Valley Machines for $990. This included $865 for a new machine. The
balance was for repairs to existing machine.

REQUIRED

(a) Prepare journal entries to record the above transactions. Narratives are required. See next page.

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Journal

Debit Credit
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9 (a) Insert the missing figures in the following document.

CREDIT NOTE
Jai Kapur 44
West Street
Hightown

Vijay Singh
11 North Road
Lowtown 25 April 2015

Quantity Description Unit price Amount

$ $
4 External doors 55 220
Less (i)...............% trade discount 33

(ii) ............

20 metres Floorboards 1.50 ....30...

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(b) Name the person who issued the credit note.

(c) Suggest one reason for the issue of the credit note.

(d) Name the document which would have been issued to request a credit note.

(e) Complete the following table to show where the credit note would be recorded.

Books of Jai Kapur Books of Vijay Singh

Account debited Account credited Account debited Account credited

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10 On 30 March 2015 Akhtar Hussain received an invoice for $9360 from PJ Autos Limited. This
included $360 for repairs to a motor vehicle. The remainder was the cost of a new motor vehicle.

REQUIRED

Prepare a journal entry to record this transaction. A narrative is required.

Akhtar Hussain
Journal
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11 Nirmal Singh is a trader. He maintains a full set of accounting records. All purchases are made on credit
terms. His purchases journal and purchases returns journal for February 2015 are shown below.
Purchases Journal

Amount
Date Name
$
2015
Feb 8 Ansari Stores 640
(after 20% trade discount)
Feb 19 T Marks 480

Purchases Returns Journal

Amount
Date Name
$
2015
Feb 14 Ansari Stores 280
(after 20% trade discount)

REQUIRED
(a) Calculate the list price of the goods purchased by Ansari Stores on 8 February.

(b) State why trade discount was deducted from the goods returned on 14 February.

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11 On 1 February 2015 Nirmal Singh’s purchases ledger included the following accounts.
$
Ansari Stores 560 credit
T Marks 200 credit
The following additional transactions took place in February 2015. Feb4
Paid $200 by cheque to T Marks
10 The bank dishonoured the cheque paid to T Marks on 4 February
26 Paid $546 to Ansari Stores by cheque in full settlement of the balance owing on 1 February 2015
28 T Marks charged $10 interest on the overdue account.
REQUIRED

(a) Name the business document Nirmal Singh would use to record the following transactions. You can find
the transactions on page 5 and 6.

February Transaction Document

4 Payment

8 Purchases

14 Purchases returns

(b) Prepare the following accounts in the ledger of Nirmal Singh for the month of February 2015.
Balance the accounts and bring down the balances on 1 March 2015.

Nirmal Singh Ansari

Stores account

Date Details $ Date Details $

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12 Amla Khan is a trader. Her financial year ends on 31 December.

Amla Khan maintains one combined account for rates and insurance. She provided the following
information.
On 1 January 2014 three months’ rates, $480, was outstanding and four months’ insurance, totalling
$700, was prepaid.
During the year ended 31 December 2014 the following payments were made by cheque.
$
Rates 16 months to 31 January 2015 2560
Insurance 12 months to 30 April 2015 2400

REQUIRED
(a) Prepare the rates and insurance account in the ledger of Amla Khan for the year ended 31
December 2014. Balance the account and bring down the balances on 1 January 2015.

See next page.

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 Amla Khan
Rates and insurance account

(b) Name the section of the statement of financial position at 31 December 2014 in which the balance
on the rates and insurance account would appear.
Give a reason for your answer.

Section of statement of financial position

Reason

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 13 Joda Limited provided the following information for the year ended 31 January 2015.
1 The total revenue was
$
Cash sales 9 600
Credit sales 154 400

Credit customers are allowed a credit period of 30 days.

2 The total of the trade receivables on 31 January 2015 amounted to $15 300.
REQUIRED
(a) Calculate the collection period for trade receivables. Round your answer up to the next whole day.

(b) State whether Joda Limited would be satisfied with the collection period for trade receivables. Give a
reason for your answer.

Satisfied or unsatisfied
Reason

14 (a) State what is meant by a book of prime (original) entry.

(b) Name two of the books of prime (original) entry which a business may maintain.
1.
2.

15 Neel started a business on 1 June. The following transactions took place in June.

1 Opened a business bank account with $8000 of his own money.

2 Received a bank loan, $2000.
3 Bought a delivery van, $5200, from A1 Motors on credit.
4 Bought inventory, $3700, paying by cheque.
5 Paid shop rent, $1000, by standing order.
6 Withdrew cash, $100, to start up an imprest system.

REQUIRED

(a) Complete the following table showing how these transactions were recorded. The first has been
completed as an example. See next page.

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 Debit entry Credit entry

$ $

1 Bank account 8000 Capital account 8000

(b) Calculate the balance on Neel’s bank account after these transactions.

16 State the purpose of each of the following business documents.

debit note

credit note

statement of account

17 The following incomplete statement of account was available on 31 August 2015.

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REQUIRED

(a) (i) Calculate the balance due on 31 August.

(ii) State the name of the trader who owes the balance at 31 August.

(b) State the business document and the book of prime (original) entry Shahid Ayub would use to
record the following transactions which appear on the statement of account.

Book of prime (original)

Transaction Document
entry
August 9 Goods ........................................ ......................................
13 Returns ........................................ .....................................
24 Payment ........................................ .....................................

(c) Prepare the account of Shahid Ayub as it would appear in the ledger of Mariam Soliman. Balance
the account and bring down the balance on 1 September 2015.

Mariam Soliman
Shahid Ayub account

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 18 Kelbrook Limited provided the following information for the year ended 30 September 2015.
$
Credit sales 45 000
Cash sales 5 000

Credit customers are allowed 60 days credit.

REQUIRED
(a) Calculate the collection period for trade receivables. Round up your answer to the next whole
day.

(b) Comment on the collection period for trade receivables.

Kelbrook Limited is allowed 30 days credit by their credit suppliers. For the year ended 30 September
2015 the payment period was 52 days.

REQUIRED

(c) Comment on the payment period for trade payables.

19 Paul Chew sells goods on credit terms to Kim Chan.

REQUIRED

Complete the table to name the business document and the books of prime (original) entry for each of the
following transactions.

If the document is not recorded in a book of prime (original) entry write “No entry”. The first transaction
has been completed as an example. Turn page.

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 Paul Chew’s book Kim Chan’s book
Document of prime (original) of prime (original)
entry entry
Paul Chew received
Cheque Cash book Cash book
payment from Kim Chan

Paul Chew sold goods on

credit to Kim Chan

Kim Chan notified Paul

Chew of an overcharge

Paul Chew notified Kim

Chan that he agreed the
overcharge

Paul Chew sent Kim Chan

a summary of the month’s
transactions

19 On 1 September 2014 Ishmael Makumbo owed $274 for motor expenses. He paid this by cheque on 7
September 2014.

On 1 February 2015 Ishmael Makumbo paid $96 in cash for motor expenses.

On 30 August 2015 Ishmael Makumbo received an invoice for motor expenses, $113. He paid this invoice in
September 2015.

REQUIRED

(a) Prepare the motor expenses account for the year ended 31 August 2015. Balance the account and bring
down the balance on 1 September 2015. See next page.

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During the year ended 31 August 2015 Ishmael Makumbo took goods, cost $300, for his own use. This was
not entered in the accounting records.

The telephone expenses for the year ended 31 August 2015 amounted to $432. It was estimated that one
quarter of this was for Ishmael’s personal use. No adjustment had been made for this.

REQUIRED

(b) Prepare the journal entries Ishmael Makumbo would make to record the above. Narratives are
required.

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20 (a) State the accounting equation.

(b) State what is meant by the following terms.

Asset
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Liability

Inventory

(c) Name the accounting principle applied when using the double entry system of book-
keeping.

(d) State the double entry needed to record each of the following in the books of Taha, a trader.

(e) Name the division of Taha’s ledger in which Michael’s account appears.

(f) Complete the following table, indicating with a tick (✓) if each statement about an increase in a
provision for doubtful debts is true or false. The first one has been completed as an example.

true false

it will increase the total of the non-current assets ✓

it will increase the total of current assets

it will decrease cash and bank

it will require a credit entry in the provision for

doubtful debts account

it will have no effect on profit for the year

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21 Andy sells furniture on credit. Fred is a credit customer.

REQUIRED

(a) Complete the following invoice.

(b) State which value from the invoice is recorded in Fred’s account.

(c) Name the document Andy issues if Fred returns any chairs.

(d) State the difference between Andy’s business and a service business.

21 Zameer has a financial year end of 28 February.

He extracted the following ledger balances from his books of account on 21 February 2017.

Purchases 67 210 debit

Rent payable 6 600 debit

REQUIRED

State why the purchases account has a debit balance.

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22 A business provided the following information.

$
Inventory at start of year 4 000
Purchases 76 000
Inventory at end of year 8 000
Mark-up 60%

23 Harum is a trader. All goods are bought and sold on credit terms. On 1 March 2017 Kalgi, a credit
customer, owed Harum $520. The following took place during March 2017.

March 4 Harum sold goods on credit to Kalgi, list price $280, less 20% trade discount

10 Kalgi paid the balance due on 1 March by cheque

12 Kalgi returned goods, list price $120, purchased on 4 March

18 The bank returned Kalgi’s cheque received on 10 March because of insufficient funds
in his account.

28 Kalgi paid $600 in cash

30 Harum wrote off the balance on Kalgi’s account

REQUIRED

(a) Name the source document which Harum would use to record the following:

Document

March 4 Sold goods on credit to Kalgi ….........................................................

12 Kalgi returned goods ….........................................................

(b) Name the book of prime (original) entry in which Harum would record the following:

Book of prime (original) entry

March 18 The bank returned Kalgi’s cheque ….........................................................

30 The balance of Kalgi’s account
was written off ….........................................................

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 (c) Write up the account of Kalgi as it would appear in the ledger of Harum for the month of March
2017.

Harum
Kalgi account

Date Details $ Date Details $

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(d) Suggest two ways in which Harum could reduce the possibility of bad debts.

1.

2.

24 Waheed is a trader. He maintains a full set of accounting records and prepares control accounts at the end of
each month.

REQUIRED

(a) Name the book of prime (original) entry which Waheed would use to obtain the following
information when preparing his sales ledger control account.

(b) State the meaning of a contra entry in connection with control accounts. State why Waheed may
make such an entry.

Meaning

Reason

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25 An invoice for $100 sent to Ahmed was entered in the sales journal as $10. What was the double entry
needed to correct this error?

debit entry $ credit entry $

A Ahmed 90 sales 90

B sales 90 Ahmed 90

C sales 90 suspense 90

D suspense 90 sales 90

26 A disposal account showed the following.

27 Jason is a trader. His financial year ends on 31 May.

On 1 May 2017 his ledger included the following balances.

$
Purchases 19 620
Purchases returns 850

Jason’s purchases journal and purchases returns journal for the month of May 2017 were as follows.

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2017 $
May 2 Asnee 400
5 Botan 610
7 Chaitali 388
19 Asnee 190
24 Dae 517
2105

Purchases returns journal

2017 $
May 4 Asnee 105
15 Chaitali 55
160

REQUIRED

(a) Complete the following table, naming the source document used by Jason on each date, and the
person who issued the document.

Date Source document Issued by

May 2

May 4

(b) Prepare the following ledger accounts in the books of Jason for the month of May 2017. Show the
transfers to the income statement.

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Jason owed Asnee $480 on 1 May 2017. He paid this balance by cheque on 6 May after deducting 2½%
discount.

REQUIRED

(c) Prepare Asnee’s account in Jason’s purchases ledger for the month of May 2017. Include entries
for the relevant transactions recorded in Jason’s journals.

Jason
Asnee account

Before preparing the financial statements Jason prepared a trial balance. The totals of the trial balance did not
agree.

REQUIRED

(d) State what is meant by the term ‘trial balance’.

(e) Name and explain two errors which would not affect the balancing of the trial balance. Error 1
Name

Explanation

Error 2
Name

Explanation

Jason prepared a sales ledger control account and a purchases ledger control account for the year. REQUIRED

(f) Explain why the preparation of control accounts would have helped Jason discover why the totals of
the trial balance did not agree.

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28 Ben opened a retail store on 1 April 2017. He introduced the following into the business.
$
Inventory 15 200
Shop
fittings 14 300
17 900 (of which $17 400 was paid into a
Cash business bank account)
On the same day, Ben received a business start-up loan of $15 000 which was paid into the business
bank account. Interest at 5% per annum was payable at six-monthly intervals.

REQUIRED

(a) Prepare the opening journal entry. A narrative is not required.

Ben
Journal
Debit Credit
$ $

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The following transactions took place in September 2017.

September 3 Invoice received from EF Limited for office equipment, $1900

28 Goods taken by Ben for personal use, $430

REQUIRED

(b) Prepare journal entries to record these transactions. Narratives are required. See next page.

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29 Harry is a trader in farm machinery. He maintains a full set of accounting records. His financial year
ends on 31 March.
Harry made the following entries in his purchases journal and purchases returns journal in March 2018.

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Harry made the following payments by cheque.

2018
March 4 AX Limited, $2425, in full settlement of the amount due on that date.
30 FM Limited to settle the amount due on that date. No cash discount was received.

REQUIRED

(a) Enter the transactions for March in the following ledger accounts.

Close the accounts on 31 March 2018 by balancing or by making a transfer to the income statement.

Some entries have already been made in the accounts during the year.

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(b) (i) Suggest one reason why AX Limited allowed Harry trade discount on his purchases on 15 March
2018.

(ii) Calculate the percentage of trade discount AX Limited allowed Harry on his purchases on 15
March 2018.

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 (c) Name the following documents:

(i) the document issued by AX Limited on 15 March 2018

(ii) the document issued by Harry on 17 March 2018

(iii) the document which AX Limited may issue on 31 March 2018

30 Mary keeps a full set of accounting records including books of prime (original) entry.

REQUIRED
(a) State two reasons why Mary uses books of prime (original) entry.

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On 1 November 2017 the balance in Mary’s cash book (bank columns) was $838 overdrawn. Mary

banks all cash sales at the end of each week.

Mary had the following transactions during November.

1 Sold goods, $220, for cash

2 Returned goods costing $440, bought on credit from Jane

3 Purchased a motor vehicle on credit, $12 400, including road tax of $300, from Speedy Motors

4 Received a cheque from Tan, a credit customer, in settlement of an invoice for $400 after
deduction of 2% cash discount

5 Took goods for own use, $120

REQUIRED

(b) Name the book of prime (original) entry where each of the transactions 1, 2 and 3 would be
recorded.

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 (c) Complete the following table to show how each transaction was recorded by Mary. The first one
has been completed as an example.

Account(s) debited $ Account(s) credited $

1 Cash 220 Sales 220

(d) Calculate the bank balance at 30 November 2017.

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(e) Name the ledger in which Mary maintains:

(i) Tan’s account

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(ii) Motor vehicles account

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31 On 1 March 2017 Nabil started a business buying and selling office supplies on credit.

Nabil opened a business bank account on 1 March 2017 with capital, $155 000 and a loan from AB Loans,
$80 000. On the same day he purchased premises, $200 000, fixtures and fittings, $22 000, and inventory,
$5500, paying by cheque.

REQUIRED

(a) Prepare a journal entry to include all the above information to open the books of the business on 1
March 2017.

A narrative is required.

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Journal
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(b) Name two uses of the general journal, apart from opening entries.

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32 J Smith is a wholesaler. He provided the following incomplete document on 28 February 2018.

REQUIRED

(a) (i) State the name of the document.

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 (ii) Calculate the balance on the document at the end of February 2018.

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(iii) Calculate the percentage of the discount on 28 February.

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(iv) Name the type of discount on 28 February.

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(b) Complete the following table by placing a tick (3) in the correct column to indicate how J Smith would
record the issue of this document in his accounting records.

debit entry in ledger credit entry in ledger

no entry would be made
account of W Jones account of W Jones

(c) Complete the following table relating to the transaction of 11 February.

entries made by W Jones

name of person

document issued
issuing document
account debited account credited

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(d) Name the book of prime (original) entry in which each trader would record the transaction of 19
February.

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33 In January 2016 the following transactions took place between Ali and Deepa.

January 6 Ali bought goods, list price $1000, after taking a trade discount of 20%.
8 Ali paid by cheque the amount owing on 31 December after deducting 3% cash
discount.
10 Ali returned goods, list price $150, bought on 6 January.
REQUIRED

(a) Prepare Ali’s account in Deepa’s ledger for the month of January 2016. Balance the account and
bring down the balance on 1 February 2016.

(b) State one advantage and one disadvantage to a business of reducing its level of inventory.

Advantage ................................................................................................................................

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Disadvantage ............................................................................................................................
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(c) Name the section of the statement of financial position where inventory is shown.
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(d) Name one item which might appear in the non-current liabilities section of a statement of
financial position.

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34 Lewis had the following transactions.

1 Bought goods, $1000, on credit from Pamela.

2 Bought delivery van, $17 000, from AM Motors, paying $12 000 by cheque with the balance to be
paid after six months.
3 Paid wages, $250, by cheque.
4 Sold goods, cost $600, for $960 on credit to Ali.
5 Withdrew $110 cash from the business bank account to increase cash in hand.

REQUIRED

(a) Complete the following table showing how each of these transactions was recorded in Lewis’s books
of account. The first has been completed as an example.

Account(s) debited $ Account(s) credited $

1 Purchases 1000 Pamela 1000

(b) Identify the transaction which decreased Lewis’s capital.

Transaction number .......................

(c) Identify the transaction which increased Lewis’s capital. State the amount by which it was
increased.

Transaction number .......................

Amount ..........................................

(d) Identify the transaction which would be classified as a contra.

Transaction number .......................

(e) State how capital employed is calculated.

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(f) Name the book of prime (original) entry used when a trader brings cash into the business as capital
introduced.

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(g) Name the book of prime (original) entry used when a trader transfers his private vehicle to the
business.

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