Cabbage White Ltd. has the following trial balance at 31 December 2018.
Debit €’000 | Credit €‘000 | |
Inventory at 1 January 2018 | 2,500 | |
Administrative expenses | 2,906 | |
Interest expense | 65 | |
Distribution costs | 585 | |
Non-current assets at cost: | ||
Land | 800 | |
Buildings | 10,000 | |
Plant and equipment | 1,400 | |
Motor vehicles | 320 | |
Accumulated depreciation at 1 January 2018 | ||
Buildings | 4,000 | |
Plant and equipment | 480 | |
Motor vehicles | 120 | |
Suspense* | 1,800 | |
Retained profits at 1 January 2018 | 480 | |
Trade receivables | 886 | |
Purchases | 4,100 | |
Carriage inwards | 100 | |
Carriage outwards | 200 | |
Sales discounts | 268 | |
Dividends paid | 250 | |
Sales revenue | 12,000 | |
5% Bank loan payable (due 2022) | 1,300 | |
Salaries payable | 120 | |
Trade payables | 1,060 | |
Bank overdraft | 20 | |
Share premium | 500 | |
€1 ordinary shares | 2,500 | |
24,380 | 24,380 |
* Suspense accounts are opened either to correct errors or when it is not known immediately where to post an amount. A suspense account is temporary and will be closed once it has become clear which account should be correctly posted by the given amount.
The following additional information is relevant:
(a) Inventory as at 31 December 2018 was valued at 1,500,000.
(b) Depreciation has to be provided as follows:
i. Buildings at 5% straight-line, charged to administrative expenses
ii. Plant and equipment at 20% on the reducing balance basis, charged to cost of sales
iii. Motor vehicles at 25% on the reducing balance basis, charged to distribution costs
(c) A customer has gone bankrupt owing €86,000. This debt is not expected to be received and has to be written off. In addition, it has been decided to set up a provision for doubtful debts of 5% of the receivables at the year-end.
(d) 1 million new ordinary shares were issued at €1.80 per share on 1 December 2018. On that date the proceeds were debited to the cash and bank account and credited to the suspense account.
(e) Land was revalued as at 31 December 2018 at €1,400,000.
Required:
1. Prepare the following:
a. Statement of profit or loss and the statement comprehensive income for the year ended 31 December 2018 (you may choose to prepare two separate statements or one statement that combines the two).
b. Statement of changes in equity for the year ended 31 December 2018
c. Statement of financial position as at 31 December 2018 Provide all the financial statements with proper headings. Show all your workings. Ignore taxation.
2. The directors of Cabbage White Ltd have decided to revalue land. They hope that it will make it easier for the company to get another long-term bank loan if needed. Do you agree with this reasoning? Explain why or why not.
3. The directors of Cabbage White Ltd are concerned about their overdraft. Give them some recommendation about what steps they should take to prevent the overdraft from increasing
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ANSWER :- 1 (a ) :- PROFITS & LOSS ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDIND DEC. 31,2018
AMOUNTS AMOUNTS
,000 $ ,000 $
SALES ( A) 12000
LESS SALES DISCOUNT 268 11732
PURCHASES 4100
ADD OPENING STOCK 2500
LESS CLOSING STOCK 1500
CARRIAGE INWARD 100
DEPRECIATION ON PLANT & EQUIPMENT 184
( 1400-480) x 20%
COST OF GOODS SOLD (B) 5384 5384
GROSS PROFITS C= (A-B ) 6348
ADMIN. EXPENSES 2906
ADD DEPRECIATION ON BUILDING 500 3406
INTEREST EXPENSES 65
DISTRIBUTION COST 585
ADD DEP. ON MOTOR VEHICLE 50 635
( 320-120) X 25%
CARRIAGE OUTWARDS 200
BAD DEBTS 86
PROVISION FOR DOUBTFUL DEBT
( 5 % of ( 886-86)) 40
NET PROFITS 1916
ANSWER 1 (b) STATEMENT OF CHANGE IN EQUITY AS ON DEC.31,2018
AMOUNT IN ,000 $
OPENING BALANCE AS ON JAN.1/2018 2500 ISSUED DURING THE PERIOD 1000
CLOSING BALANCE AS ON DEC.31,2018 3500
ANSWER 1 ( c ) :- STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS ON DEC.31,2018
ASSETS AMT. IN ,000$ AMT. IN,000 $
LAND 800
BUILDING 10000
PLANT & EQUIPENTS 1400
MOTOR VEHICLE 320
TRADE RECEIVABLE 886
LESS BAD DEBT 86 800
CLOSING STOCK 1500
TOTAL 14820
LIABILITIES & EQUITY :-
EQUITY 3500
(35 MILLION SHARES @ $1)
SHARE PREMIUM 380
RETAINED EARNING 480
ADD NET PROFITS 1916
LESS DIVIDEND PAID 250 2146
5% BANK LOAN PAYABLES 1300
TRADE PAYABLES 1060
SALARY PAYABLES 120
BANK OVERDRAFT 20
ACCUMULATED DEP. :-
BUILDING 4500
PLANT & EQUIPMENTS 1584
MOTOR VEHICLES 170
PROVISION FOR DOUBTFUL DEBT 40
TOTAL 15020
ANSWER 2
THE LAND AND BUILDING CAN NOT BE REVALUED AS PER THE HISTORICAL COST CONCEPT
ANSWER 3 :-
THEY SHOULD EXTEND PAYABLE CREDIT PERIOD AND REDUCE RECEIVABLE PERIOD TO PREVENT OVERDRAFT FROM INCREASING.
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