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  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 11 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • June 27, 2014 at 2:47 pm #177777
    josy87
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    hi Sir
    Please I need help:

    1- A company’s Statement of Profit or Loss for the year ended 31 December 2005 showed a net profit of $200,640. It was later found that $43,200 paid for the purchase of a motor van had been debited to the motor expenses account. It is the company’s policy to depreciate motor vans at 25% per year on the straight line basis, with a full year’s charge in the year of acquisition.
    What would the net profit be after adjusting for this error?

    I considered that $43200 as expenses have already been deducted from the profit $200640. But because It’s has not been considered as an asset, we didn’t remove the depreciation.
    I just deducted the depreciation.

    $200640 – (£43200*25%) to get the the net profit be after adjusting for this error .
    I dont understand the answer.

    2- In October 2006 James sold some goods on sale or return terms for $2,500. Their cost to James was $1,500. The transaction has been treated as a credit sale in James’s financial statements for the year ended 31 October 2006. In November 2006 the customer accepted half of the goods and returned the other half in good condition.

    What adjustments, if any, should be made to the financial statements?

    A Sales and receivables should be reduced by $2,500, and closing inventory increased by $1,500.

    B Sales and receivables should be reduced by $1,250, and closing inventory increased by $750

    C Sales and receivables should be reduced by $2,500, with no adjustment to closing inventory

    D No adjustment is necessary

    I got B as it’s the half.

    June 27, 2014 at 3:04 pm #177780
    John Moffat
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    1) You are correct to subtract the depreciation. However the profit given is after having charged motor expenses of 43200, which were not expenses at all (it was the purchase of a motor vehicle). So you also need to add back the 43200.

    2) At 31 October the customer had not said whether he was accepting any of the goods or not. Therefore at 31 October there had been no sale, and all of the goods still belonged to James and should be in inventory.
    So the answer is A.

    June 28, 2014 at 11:12 am #177793
    josy87
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    Thank Sir I understand but one thing I don’t understand is why buying a car isn’t an expense as the bank is credited

    June 28, 2014 at 5:43 pm #177805
    John Moffat
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    Buying a car is buying a non-current asset.
    Cr Cash; Dr Motor Vehicles.

    Non-current assets appear on the Statement of financial position, not on the Statement of profit or loss.

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