Financial Accounting
1. **QUESTION ONE: Prepare Manufacturing, Trading, Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet for AZ Limited**
**Problem:** Given trial balance and additional information, prepare the financial statements for the year ended 31 October 1999.
**Step 1: Understand the problem and data**
- Trial balance includes assets, liabilities, capital, expenses, and incomes.
- Adjustments: depreciation, accrued salaries, dividend, transfer to reserve, unpaid debenture interest, overdraft interest.
- Closing stock given.
**Step 2: Calculate depreciation**
- Motor vehicles depreciation = 25% of Sh. 380,000 = $$0.25 \times 380000 = 95000$$
- Plant and machinery depreciation = 10% of Sh. 8,900,000 = $$0.10 \times 8900000 = 890000$$
- Furniture and equipment depreciation = 10% of Sh. 1,350,000 = $$0.10 \times 1350000 = 135000$$
**Step 3: Adjust accrued salaries and unpaid interests**
- Add accrued salaries to administration expenses.
- Add unpaid debenture interest = 8% of Sh. 30,000,000 = $$0.08 \times 30000000 = 2400000$$
- Add overdraft interest = Sh. 725,000.
**Step 4: Prepare Manufacturing Account**
- Opening raw materials + purchases - closing raw materials = raw materials consumed.
- Add direct wages, direct expenses, factory expenses, indirect materials, factory insurance.
- Add opening work-in-progress, subtract closing work-in-progress.
**Step 5: Prepare Trading Account**
- Sales - cost of goods sold (from manufacturing account + opening finished goods - closing finished goods).
**Step 6: Prepare Profit and Loss Account**
- Add gross profit from trading account.
- Subtract operating expenses including depreciation, salaries, sales room expenses, administration expenses, vehicles running expenses, bad debts.
- Subtract interest expenses.
- Calculate net profit before tax.
- Deduct dividend and transfer to general reserve.
**Step 7: Prepare Balance Sheet**
- List assets at cost less accumulated depreciation.
- List liabilities including debentures, trade creditors, accrued expenses.
- Include capital, share premium, reserves, and retained earnings.
2. **QUESTION TWO: Prepare Income Statement and Statement of Financial Position for CORD Ltd**
**Problem:** Using given balances and adjustments, prepare income statement and financial position as at 30.06.2020.
**Step 1: Calculate depreciation**
- Motor vehicles depreciation = 20% of 2,720,000 = $$0.20 \times 2720000 = 544000$$
- Fittings and equipment depreciation = 15% of 10,976,000 = $$0.15 \times 10976000 = 1646400$$
**Step 2: Adjust expenses**
- Accrued electricity = 21,920,000 added to expenses.
- Adjust insurance for prepaid portion (12,000 premium for 6 months from April to September, so 3 months prepaid at 6/12 = 6,000).
- Accrue director's fees and audit fees.
- Adjust debenture interest for unpaid portion.
**Step 3: Prepare Income Statement**
- Start with gross profit.
- Deduct wages, rates, postage, light, directors fees, general expenses, depreciation, interest.
- Calculate net profit before tax.
- Deduct dividends (preference and ordinary).
- Transfer to general reserve.
**Step 4: Prepare Statement of Financial Position**
- List assets at cost less depreciation.
- List liabilities including debentures, payables, accruals.
- Include share capital, reserves, retained earnings.
**Step 5: Discuss reasons for not distributing all profits**
- Retain earnings for reinvestment.
- Maintain liquidity.
- Meet future obligations.
- Regulatory requirements.
- Cushion against losses.
3. **QUESTION THREE: Prepare Snack Bar Profit or Loss Account and Income and Expenditure Account for Muungano Rugby Club**
**Problem:** Using receipts, payments, and inventory data, prepare accounts for year ended 31 Dec 2024.
**Step 1: Calculate snack bar profit or loss**
- Opening inventory + purchases - closing inventory = cost of goods sold.
- Snack bar income - cost of goods sold - snack bar expenses = snack bar profit or loss.
**Step 2: Calculate depreciation on games equipment**
- Depreciation = 25% of 240,000 = $$0.25 \times 240000 = 60000$$
**Step 3: Prepare Income and Expenditure Account**
- Add all income: subscriptions, snack bar income, visitors fees, competition fees.
- Deduct all expenses: rent, rates, extension, purchases, secretarial expenses, interest on loan, snack bar expenses, games equipment depreciation.
- Calculate net surplus or deficit.
**Final answers:**
- Detailed financial statements as per above steps.