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The Statement of Financial Position and Income Statement (part c) - ACCA (FA) lectures

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  1. Olawale
    Ok understood sales-cost of good sold to find gross profit
  2. Zohrab
    Thank you for lecure
  3. Hadeel Mansour Alhumaidi
    Got it now, the gross profit is
    Revenue of the sold purchases - the closing inventory= 110,000 - 40,000 = 70,000
  4. Williamson
    Nah brother, gross profit= revenue-cost of sales=180,000-110,000=70,000.
  5. abdullahkashmiri
    u replied too late lol
  6. Hadeel Mansour Alhumaidi
    I dont get it how the 70,000 coming from??
  7. John MoffatTutor
    The revenue (180,000) less the cost of sales (110,000) gives the gross profit (70,000) !!
  8. Mirza Yasir
    There is a term Gross Profit (Sales - Cost of Sales)
    Is there any term for Gross Profit + Other Income, it will be still called Gross Profit or something else?
  9. Mubiana
    why do we classify rent received under other income when in fact letting out property isnt our main business is it because its injected in the business. why cant it fall under capital employed since its separate from the business and brought in by the owner whats the connection there ?
  10. John MoffatTutor
    We show it as other income precisely because it is not our main source of income.

    It is not separate from the business - it is a source of income for the business. The business belongs to the owner (this is not a limited company as is stressed in the lecture - we deal with limited companies in a later chapter) but we are calculating the profit of the business. All income of business less all expenses of the business result in profit for the business, and the profit increases the capital which is owing to the owner as is shown in the Statement of Financial Position.
  11. Jakhongir
    Thank you for the lecture it was great but could you please explain me how cost of sales here related to sales revenue: $180 000
  12. J
    Thank you for the lecture. Correct me if I am wrong - so in the beginning of the year, the cost of sales was 30000 of opening inventory, then you had additional 120,000 of purchases (which gives us 150,000). the closing inventory is what you had left at the end of the year (4000) and that's mean you the gross cost of sales is 110,000?
  13. John MoffatTutor
    You are correct (and is what I show in the lecture) except for the fact that the closing inventory is 40,000 and not 4,000.
  14. Halima
    Really thanking much for the well detailed teaching .
  15. John MoffatTutor
    Thank you for your comment :-)
  16. sandra
    Is that the exact format for the statement of profit or loss
  17. John MoffatTutor
    For a sole trader, there is no 'exact' format, but what is in the lecture is the normal format. For limited companies there are strict rules and the format of the SOPL for limited companies is explained in a later lecture.
  18. Akbar
    I have a little problem. Can you explain fully definition of bank overdraft
  19. John MoffatTutor
    It is where the bank allows your normal current account to go negative.
    For example, suppose that at the moment I have $100 in the bank. I then go and spend $150 from my bank account. So my balance is now minus $50 (we say that I am $50 overdrawn).

    I can only do this if the bank has given me permission to go negative/overdrawn - they will usually set a maximum amount allowed, depending on how good a customer I am.

    They will charge interest on the overdrawn amount because they are effectively lending me money. It is only for short-term borrowing from the bank.
  20. blue87
    Thank you
  21. John MoffatTutor
    You are welcome :-)
  22. Yao
    Hi. If a share holder in a limited liability company (or a sole proprietor) decides to give the company money (to help with revenue expenditure) and money is repaid to the shared holder / sole proprietor at a later date, will that also considered to payment of dividend or drawing (in the case of a sole proprieter )?
  23. John MoffatTutor
    No. It is a loan to the company which is then repaid.
  24. Judith
    Can investments be classified as a liability?
  25. John MoffatTutor
    If the business has made an investment then it is an asset.
  26. Slake Derreck
    Hello,

    I know you mention that if an owner takes money from they business its drawings but what if they also work for the business in a management position. Are they still taking drawings when they pay themselves say a monthly.

    The other question is if someone who owns a stake in a company(for example 30%) and works can take a salary and also draw money from the business.

    Look forward to hearing from you.

    Thanks
  27. John MoffatTutor
    If it is a sole trader (i.e. not a limited company) then anything the owner takes is drawings, even if they do work for the business.

    If it is a limited company then anyone working for the company is paid a salary and there is no such things as drawings. If they also own shares in the company then they will get paid a dividend. This is all explained in the later lectures on limited companies.
  28. IBRAHIM
    Hi, sir what is the effect of return inward and return outward on statement of profit orloss
  29. John MoffatTutor
    They are both explained in a later lecture :-)
  30. Swiss
    Knowledge is one thing but imparting it is to master the art of teaching. This is something very special that not many people can do. I aspire to be as good of a teacher as you. Everything is broken down and explained clearly as if we were 4 year olds. Richard Feynman would be proud. Who thought I would genuinely find a subject as menial as accounting so much fun. Absolute Godsend
  31. John MoffatTutor
    Thanks for your comment :-)
  32. sepideh
    Thanks for your great teaching
  33. John MoffatTutor
    Thank you for your comment :-)
  34. Andrew
    Flawless teaching ! Very grateful !
  35. John MoffatTutor
    Thank you for your comment :-)
  36. Shobinya
    Sir,
    I have always struggled with these basic knowledge of accounting as subject but never took an active decision to learn them. As I am preparing for my March Financial Reporting exam, I planned to get my basics knowledge concrete. I find it more empowering to know actually what is going on in accounts. Makes me feel more confident. Thank you sir.
  37. Asif
    Sir, you are the best finance and accounts teacher I have been blessed with. I am really grateful to God you as a teacher are there.
  38. Abebe
    I'm from the island Jamaica and i must admit for a newbie, these lessons are very straight forward and got me hooked even more to accounting.
  39. John MoffatTutor
    Thank you for your comment :-)
  40. kasie666
    saaaammmmmeeeeeee lol
  41. kandiero
    Rent Received & Interest received is it not part of the trading account?
  42. Ruqayyah
    Can you help for this question?
    Usefulness of indirect method for statement of cash flow for stakeholders?
  43. John MoffatTutor
    It helps them understand the relationship between the various financial statements.
  44. Suraj Nagesh
    Hi sir, so in terms of accounting the word "Purchases" means any good bought for resale.

    In terms of accounting what would a purchase of non current asset be labeled ?

    Thanks and kind regards.
  45. Suraj Nagesh
    Okay, please disregard the above.

    I went through the next lecture and understood what you call the purchase of a non current asset.

    A Capital expenditure.

    :)
  46. Asif
    You are the best finance and accounts teacher I have been blessed with. I am really grateful to God you as a teacher are there.
  47. John MoffatTutor
    Thank you for your comment :-)
  48. kyrb88
    When you are crediting and deducting from the right column, I don't understand why you wouldn't put the deduction as a minus. Such as;

    Sales Rev - (110,000)
    70,000
    Gross Profit - 11,000
    81,000
    Expenses - (31,000)
    50,000

    Is this just an unspoken rule, that you would look at the header and automatically know, and/or is it up to the person who creates the FS P&L as you said it can vary depending on the company.

    Thank you
  49. kyrb88
    Apologies, summary should be:

    Sales Rev – 180,000
    Cost of Sales (110,000)
    70,000

    Gross Profit – 11,000
    81,000

    Expenses – (31,000)
    Net Profit - 50,000
  50. John MoffatTutor
    Firstly, the layout in this lecture is for a sole trader - not for a limited companies (limited companies are covered in a later chapter and the layout of their financial statements is a little different and is dictated by law).

    Second, you cannot be asked to prepare a set of financial statements in the Paper FA exam, but you could be presented with statements (or extracts from them) for either a sole trader a limited company in the exam, and so you should know how they are likely to be shown in the exam.
  51. kyrb88
    OK, I think this is understood. Thank you
  52. vaishali22
    Brilliant explanation, very easy to understand. Thank you!
  53. John MoffatTutor
    Thank you for your comment :-)

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