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Branch account

AAbdullahi7y ago
Good day sir...I'm having problem on Branch and foreign branch account calculations please help me out.... this is part of the question I can't solve....HOLINESS COMPANY LIMITED On 1st March 2003, Holiness Company Limited resolved to open a branch in Paris to sell its new range of bi-lingual dolls. The manager was authorised to purchase local French toys for resale but it was expected that the major proportion of the sales would be of the bi-lingual dolls supplied by Head Office in Kaduna. The manager was to be allowed a commission of 1% on the sales of the dolls supplied by Head Office. No commission was to be allowed on locally purchased products. On 28 February 2004, the trial balance was as follows: Kaduna Head Office Paris Branch Office N N France France Share capital 400,000 Reserves 50,800 Profit and loss accounts 35,800 123,312 Creditors 44,250 Premises at cost 225,000 Fixtures and fittings at cost 147,000 840,000 Provision for depreciation of Fixtures 58,000 Stock at March 143,000 Debtors 125,941 351,024 Bank balance 101,938 270,792 Cash in hand 9,821 86,004 Sales 1,010,786 2,661,345 Purchases 586,535 2,065,005 Goods sent to branch 135,000 Goods sent to branch 169,000 1,565,000Branch stocks adjustments account 33,800 Remittances from branch 110,000 1,293,500 Advance to branch 100,000 1,040,000 Administrative expenses 187,128 285,173 Distribution expenses 82,487 198,159 1,878,636 1,878,63 5,389,657 5,389,657 You have the following additional information: As at February 2004, 12 France to the ?1 Stock on hand at 28 February, 2004 was Kaduna 141,600 Paris- ex-Kaduna 263,000 Frances Local purchases 82,000 2 Goods were invoiced by Kaduna to Paris at accost plus 25%.Paris sold the goods at invoiced price plus 50%.The value of goods sent to Paris was based on a fixed conversation rate of 10 France to the ?. 3 There were goods in transit that had been recorded in the Kaduna books at 12,500 but had not been received or recorded by Paris at February 28, 2004. 4 Paris had remittance at 58,000 France on 27 February 2004 .It was received in 5 March and converted to ?4,375 5 The advance of ?100,000 was remitted to Paris when the exchange rate was 10.4 France to the ?. The fixtures and fittings were acquired when the exchange rate was 10.5 France to the ?, on June 2003. 6 Depreciation of the Kaduna and Paris fixtures and fittings is to be provided at the rate of 10% per annun on cost. 7 Rate of exchanged at other dates were: As at 1 March 2003 10 France to Average for financial year 11 Frances to ? 8 The company' policy on the transaction of the branch balances at 28 February 2004 was to use the following exchange rates: Non-Current Assets- Rate of exchange at date of acquisition, current assets rate of exchange at 28th February 2004 Current liabilities – rate of exchange at 28 February 2004 sales, local purchases and expenses – average rate for the year. Goods sent from Kaduna – fixed rate of 10 francs to N Required: (a) Prepare a Statement of Profit and Loss & other comprehensive Income account in columnar form for the head office, the Paris branch and the whole business for the year. (b) Prepare a Statement of Financial Position as at 28th February 2004 for the whole
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor7y ago#1
Sorry, but branch accounts were removed from the Paper F3 syllabus a very long time ago!!! You can not be asked this question in Paper F3.
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