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- March 14, 2020 at 6:39 am #565235
Q1: At 1 September, the motor expenses account showed 4 months insurance prepaid of $80 and fuel costs accrued of $95. During September, the outstanding fuel bill as paid, plus further bills of $245. At 30 September there was a further outstanding fuel bill of $120.
What was the expense included in the S.O.P.L for motor expenses for September?Q2: The electricity account for the year ended 30 June 20X3 was as follows:
Opening balance for electricity accrued at 1 July 20X2: $300
Payments made during the year:
1 August 20X2 for three months to 31 July 20X2: $600
1 November 20X2 for three months to 31 October 20X2: $720
1 February 20X3 for three months to 31 January 20X3: $900
30 June 20X3 for three months to 30 April 20X3: $840What was the expense charged to the S.O.P.L for the year ended 30 June 20X3 and the accrual at 30 June 20X3?
*They charged the whole $600 for three months in the answer even though only $200 of it is this year’s expense since year begins on 1 July. Why is that?
Q3: On 9 October, Parker paid his heat and power bill for the three months ended 30 September 20X4. The bill included a meter rental charge of $60 for the three months ending 31 December 20X4 and a usage charge of $135 for the three month period to 30 September 20X4. Parker has an accounting year end date of 31 October 20X4.
*The answer to this should be Rental prepayment of $40 and Usage accrual of $45 but in the answers it says Rental accrual of $45 and Usage prepayment of $40. Please explain.
March 14, 2020 at 7:31 am #565243Q1 The insurance expense for the one month is 80/4 = $20
The fuel cost is 245 + 120 = 365
Therefore the total expense is 385.Q2 The total payment during the year was 600 + 720 + 900 + 840 = 3,060
300 of this was for the amount owing at the end of the previous year.
At the end of this year there are 2 months still owing which we will estimate as being 2/3 x 840 = 560.
Therefore the total expense for the year is 3,060 – 300 + 560 = 3,320Q3 Assuming that you have typed out the question correctly then it seems that there is an error in your book, because there is a rental prepayment of 40 and a usage accrual of 45.
April 20, 2020 at 4:06 pm #568831What does “1 August 20X2 for three months to 31 July 20X2: $600” exactly mean in the question 2. Three months from august 1st is October?
April 21, 2020 at 10:01 am #568865The payment was made on 1 August.
What they were paying for was the electricity for the 3 months ending on 31 July. (We always pay for electricity after it has been used)
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