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Sales Tax

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  • This topic has 8 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 5 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • May 6, 2020 at 7:45 pm #570189
    victorwilson
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    Sales (Included sales tax) $ 109250
    Purchase (Net of sales tax ) $ 64000

    Sales tax is charged at a flat rate of 15% . Eva cos sales tax account showed an opening credit balance $ 4540 at the staring of the month and closing debit balance $ 2720 at the end of the month .

    What is sales tax paid to authorities during the month of march 2003?

    What is journal entries and close off the accounts?
    Regards, Victor

    May 6, 2020 at 7:47 pm #570190
    victorwilson
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    In addition, please show the journal entries for Sales tax control a/c or T account ..regards victor

    May 7, 2020 at 10:09 am #570213
    John Moffat
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    Have you watched my free lectures on sales tax? Because in the lectures I show the entries and write up the t-accounts.

    However in the exam you cannot be asked to write up the accounts. You can do so as workings if it helps you (but nobody looks at your working) and it is faster not to write up accounts but just to work through it logically.

    Also, why are you attempting a question for which you do not have an answer? You should be using a Revision Kit from one of the ACCA approved publishers. They have answers and explanations.

    At the start of the period they owed 4,540 to the state.
    During the period they owe an extra 15/115 x 109,250 = 14,250 because of the sales.
    This is reduced by 15% x 64,000 = 9,600 because of the purchases.

    Therefore at the end of the period, if that had paid nothing to the state they would have been owing 4,540 + 14,250 – 9,600 = 9,600.
    In fact, at the end of the period they were owed back 2,720 by the state, which means that they must have paid during the period cash of 9,600 + 2,720 = 12,320.

    May 9, 2020 at 11:18 am #570393
    victorwilson
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    Dear Mr. John ,

    =14250-9600=4650

    Opening =4540
    Closing= 2720

    Therefore :- =4650+4540+2720=11910 Correct answer .Please confirm.

    Thanks
    Victor

    May 9, 2020 at 5:00 pm #570423
    John Moffat
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    I wrote the correct answer in my previous reply!!!

    May 10, 2020 at 7:44 am #570454
    victorwilson
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    Dear Mr. John,

    Could you able to confirm the answer in below link:

    FIA -FFA Fiancial Accounting revision kit -2019
    5.2 Answer showing -11910

    Regards, Victor

    May 10, 2020 at 8:49 am #570458
    John Moffat
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    The BPP answer is correct.

    If you checked the answer I wrote before you will see that everything is correct apart from a silly addition mistake.

    Therefore at the end of the period, if that had paid nothing to the state they would have been owing 4,540 + 14,250 – 9,600 = 9,190 (I wrote 9,600 by mistake)
    In fact, at the end of the period they were owed back 2,720 by the state, which means that they must have paid during the period cash of 9,190 + 2,720 = 11,910.

    May 11, 2020 at 8:24 pm #570575
    victorwilson
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    Thanks Mr. John

    Regards,
    Victor

    May 12, 2020 at 6:17 am #570594
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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