Presentation of financial statements – Example 1 (revision) – ACCA Financial Reporting (FR)
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I have liked your lectures because you bring out the whole concept and someone is in position to understand.
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Thank you for the lesson. I am glad I attempted the exercise first. -. and going through the solution afterwards highlighted my knowledge gaps. thank you once more very helpful.
Thanks Chris
The way the tax is explained is not clear to me. Is 1,700 amount the expense item which reduces profit before tax figure so that we arrive at profit for the year or is it a tax liability i.e balance sheet item ?
I believe it is an expense item so mathematically we do need to debit tax expense t-account with 1,700.
Effectively from initial b/f Dr balance of 200 (assets) we move c/f Cr balance of 1,500 (liabilities).
Is that correct thinking ?
Hi, Just a quick question, are we not considering the write off of inventories when comparing the lower of Cost and NRV? in this case for gloves (650-500 = 150) 150 as a written down value in P&L? and the same adjusted in inventory valuation at the end of the ear? 4000-150 = 3850
thanks for the lecture.
how ever about the staff cost and depreciation charges, i wonder why these two items have been posted to cost of sales even if in the question it is asked to do so. Normally, these should have to be charged to admin/distribution expenses?
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Axel Frederick
Thanks a lot!
Why Tax expense for the current year is taken as 1700? Current Year tax expenses are only 1500 and aren’t that amount which should be charged to the P& L account ? and moreover, the tax balance is a debit amount which means they might have overestimated the tax expenses of the previous year.
Trial balance amounts of Non-current assets are shown at original costs with accumulated depreciation. So will it be okay if we change that policy and show non-current assets net of depreciation?
Exactly! That is how we get the whole thing to balance.
Exactly!
I think there is mistake on calculation in PPE 9,120+3,200 should be 12,320, total Assets are correct at 28,735
Hi thanks for the amazing work you guys are doing.
My question is would have been correct to count for the inventory devaluation as a separate account and therefore to present the COGS $150 lower?
Thank you
Glad you’re liking the work we do. Please spread the word! In published company accounts we would not show this as a separate account. We jut include it as part of cost of sales where we start with opening inventory and then add purchases and deduct the closing inventory. Thanks
Hi, may I ask why when we calculate the COGS, we have to plus the Depreciation? Thank u.
Depreciation is an expense through profit or loss and hence added to the cost of sales expense account. Thanks
Hi- maybe a stupid question, but why is the depreciation for the year for the buildings calculated at historical cost (12000) and not at 12000 less accumulated depreciaton? (as for machine vehicles?)
Thank you, Cristina
that’s cause they have mentioned that the depreciation calculated for motor vehicles is using the reducing balance method hence when calculating the depreciation for the year you deduct the accumulated depreciation from the cost and then calculate 20% depreciation. But for buildings they have clearly mentioned that depreciation is calculated on a straight line basis hence you don’t deduct the accumulated depreciation from the cost.
Accumulated depreciation is subtracted ($2400). It can be found on the trial balance.
Hello,
Can you please explain the workings for tax.
Why have we included tax in both SFP and SPL?
Why does tax have a debit balance brought forward, it is not a liability?
Chris is so cool! Thanks for this lecture
Thank you for the lesson.
The comment at 31:50 is probably one of the most honest and valid comments ever made.
HAHA very true!!