• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Free ACCA & CIMA online courses from OpenTuition

Free ACCA & CIMA online courses from OpenTuition

Free Notes, Lectures, Tests and Forums for ACCA and CIMA exams

  • ACCA
  • CIMA
  • FIA
  • OBU
  • Books
  • Forums
  • Ask AI
  • Search
  • Register
  • Login
  • ACCA Forums
  • Ask ACCA Tutor
  • CIMA Forums
  • Ask CIMA Tutor
  • FIA
  • OBU
  • Buy/Sell Books
  • All Forums
  • Latest Topics

June 2025 ACCA Exam Results

Comments & Instant poll >>

20% off ACCA & CIMA Books

OpenTuition recommends the new interactive BPP books for June 2025 exams.
Get your discount code >>

Pyramid June 2012

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA FR Exams › Pyramid June 2012

  • This topic has 7 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 12 years ago by MikeLittle.
Viewing 8 posts - 1 through 8 (of 8 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • November 30, 2012 at 11:18 am #55960
    Plen
    Member
    • Topics: 10
    • Replies: 139
    • β˜†β˜†

    Dear Mike,

    1.Can you please help me understand the calculation for share premium, it say 8000 shares @ $2 I don’t understand how $2 was calculated, I know that par value is $1

    2. Point 3. Pyramid sold to Square:-

    It says, Sales to square 16000 and Purchases from Pyramid 14500. Doesn’t both mean that Pyramind sold to square just that they were written differently? In that case why are we subtracting 16000-14500? when we should be adding 16000 + 14500 πŸ™

    Sorry if my questions are ridiculous πŸ™‚

    Plen

    December 1, 2012 at 6:55 pm #109267
    MikeLittle
    Keymaster
    • Topics: 27
    • Replies: 23327
    • β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†

    Hi Plen. Without the question in front of me … weren’t the 8,000 shares valued at $3 each?

    In that case, the $2 premium is the $3 value less the $1 nominal value.

    Sales to Square $16,000 is as recorded by Pyramid. Purchases from Pyramid $14,500 is as recorded by Square. That’s telling you that there’s 1,500 in transit and needs adjustment

    And don’t worry about whether or not your questions are ridiculous

    December 2, 2012 at 9:48 am #109268
    Anonymous
    Inactive
    • Topics: 16
    • Replies: 24
    • β˜†

    Strange, I downloaded the answers from ACCA website, but the loan interest of 275 has not been deducted from P’s ret’d nor moved to S’s ret’d when calculating con ret’d ears…

    December 2, 2012 at 11:54 am #109269
    MikeLittle
    Keymaster
    • Topics: 27
    • Replies: 23327
    • β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†

    Well, thank Heavens for that. I have no idea which question you are talking about but the idea of adjusting the retained earnings of the two companies just sounds incorrect to me. Why do you think it should be adjusted in the retained earnings figures?

    December 2, 2012 at 12:49 pm #109270
    Anonymous
    Inactive
    • Topics: 16
    • Replies: 24
    • β˜†

    I saw there is already a post about Pyramid (06/12), so I attached my question here, whithout mentioning the question name.

    In fact I forgot to adjust it until I watched the vedio.

    It starts at 22:35.

    https://opentuition.com/acca/f7/acca-f7-june-2012-question-1-pyramid/

    Thank you.

    December 2, 2012 at 2:55 pm #109271
    MikeLittle
    Keymaster
    • Topics: 27
    • Replies: 23327
    • β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†

    Hi – I’ve just checked my own recording of the Pyramid answer – at 22.35.

    OMG What have I done? Yes, I should cancel when working out investment income abd finance charges for the Statement of Income … but what on Earth was I thinking about cancelling / reversing the loan interest payment.

    Ok, thanks for pointing it out – that looks like yet another answer which I need to rerecord this Winter πŸ™

    December 2, 2012 at 5:25 pm #109272
    pt
    Member
    • Topics: 6
    • Replies: 13
    • β˜†

    Hi Mike,

    I’ve asked this intra-group interest but still don’t understand why doesn’t need to adjust it in the Retained Earnings working. When I was working this question, I did the same as yours in the video but ACCA answer (https://www.accaglobal.com/content/dam/acca/global/PDF-students/acca/f7/exampapers/int/F7INT_2012_jun_a.pdf) hasn’t done any adjustment.

    The interest paid by Square(subsidiary) to Pyramid(parent) came from post-acquisition profit of Square so I thought to add back the interest under S and deduct it under P so the post-acquisition profit of S is free from any intra-group transactions.

    So why the answer book doesn’t do any adjustment?

    Many Thanks.

    December 2, 2012 at 5:36 pm #109273
    MikeLittle
    Keymaster
    • Topics: 27
    • Replies: 23327
    • β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†

    I thought I’d just addressed that point in my immediate previous post

  • Author
    Posts
Viewing 8 posts - 1 through 8 (of 8 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
Log In

Primary Sidebar

Donate
If you have benefited from our materials, please donate

ACCA News:

ACCA My Exam Performance for non-variant

Applied Skills exams is available NOW

ACCA Options: Β β€œRead the Mind of the Marker” articles

Subscribe to ACCA’s Student Accountant Direct

ACCA CBE 2025 Exams

How was your exam, and what was the exam result?

BT CBE exam was.. | MA CBE exam was..
FA CBE exam was.. | LW CBE exam was..

Donate

If you have benefited from OpenTuition please donate.

PQ Magazine

Latest Comments

  • omerbasheer on The Statement of Financial Position and Income Statement (part d)
  • Kim Smith on AA Chapter 9 Questions
  • Walkera on Basic Variance Analysis part 1 – ACCA Performance Management (PM)
  • kartierclass on AA Chapter 9 Questions
  • revathik on IASB Conceptual Framework – Introduction – ACCA Financial Reporting (FR)

Copyright © 2025 Β· Support Β· Contact Β· Advertising Β· OpenLicense Β· About Β· Sitemap Β· Comments Β· Log in