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AAT L3 Final Accounts Preparation
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Mock Exam One
1 AAT L3 Final Accounts Preparation
Assessment information:
You have 2 hours to complete this practice assessment.
This assessment contains 6 tasks and you should attempt to complete every task.
Each task is independent. You will not need to refer to your answers to previous tasks.
Read every task carefully to make sure you understand what is required.
The standard rate of VAT is 20%.
Where the date is relevant, it is given in the task data.

Both minus signs and brackets can be used to indicate negative numbers unless task
instructions say otherwise.
You must use a full stop to indicate a decimal point. For example, write 100.57 not
100,57 or 100 57
You may use a comma to indicate a number in the thousands, but you don’t have to.
For example, 10000 and 10,000 are both acceptable.

Task 1 (15 marks)
This task is about reconstructing ledger accounts.
You are working on the accounting records of a sole trader to the year ended 31 March
20X8.
You have the following information:
Day book summaries Goods £ VAT £ Total £

Sales 145,000 29,000 174,000
Sales returns 500 100 600
Purchases 24,780 4,956 29,736
Purchase returns 896 179 1,075
Discounts allowed Not available
Further information Net £ VAT £ Total £
Motor expenses 14,329 2,866 17,195
• Motor expenses are not processed through the purchase daybook, all VAT is
recoverable.
• Cash Purchases of £4,500 were made, plus VAT at 20%. The total paid was
posted to the purchases account for the period.
• All sales are on credit terms.
• A contra entry of £2,500 was made between the sales ledger and purchase
ledger during the year.
• The trader took advantage of any prompt payment discounts whenever offered.
31 March 20X7 31 March 20X8

Balances as at
£ £
Trade receivables 24,000 42,450
Trade payables 6,550 17,880
Closing inventory 5,000 8,900
Bank 3,402 credit not available
VAT 12,341 credit not available

Receipts and payments recorded in the bank account included:
Amounts to suppliers 15,000
Amounts from credit customers 120,925
Cash purchases 5,400
HMRC - VAT payment 15,731
Wages 20,000
Drawings 44,000
Motor expenses 17,195
Loan repayment 12,336
Bank charges 567
Picklist: Set off (contra), Balance b/d, Balance c/d, Bank, Cash sales, Drawings, Cash
purchases, Motor expenses, General ledger, inventory, Loan, Purchase daybook, Rent,
Wages, Sales daybook, Sales returns daybook, Purchase returns daybook, Discounts
allowed, Discounts received, Bank charges, VAT.
(a) Using only the figures supplied, find the missing discounts allowed figure by
preparing the sales ledger control account for the year ended 31 March 20X8.
(5 marks)
Sales ledger control account
£ £
0 0

(b) Using only the figures supplied, find the closing balance on the VAT control
account for the year ended 31 March 20X8.
Note: the business is not charged VAT on wages or bank charges.
(8 marks)
VAT control account
£ £
0 0
The totals recorded in the cash book for the year ended 31 March 20X8 were:
Receipts £120,925
Payments £130,229
(c) Assuming there are no year adjustments, what would be the opening bank
account balance in the general ledger as at 1 April 20X8. Do NOT enter a
negative figure.
(2 marks)
Bank account balance 1 April 20X8 £
Picklist: debit or credit
End of Task

Task 2 (15 marks)
This task is about incomplete records and applying ethical principles when preparing
accounts.
(a) Show whether the following is TRUE or FALSE.

(1 mark)
Gross profit
Mark-up precentage maybe calculated as:
x 100%
Sales
True
False
You are a trainee accounting technician that prepares final accounts for a number of
sole trader businesses.
You have the following information about a business for the year ended 31 August
20X8.
(b) Using the information below, complete the following tasks.

(9 marks)
• Sales for the year inclusive of VAT was £240,000.
• The business operates with a sales margin of 50%.
• Opening inventory at the start of the year was £52,000.
• Purchases for the year inclusive of VAT was £72,000.
(i) Calculate the cost of goods sold for the year ended 31 August 20X8.
Due to a fire most of the closing inventory was destroyed with a salvageable value of
only £3,500 remaining,
(ii) Calculate the value of the closing inventory destroyed in the fire.

A trader is allowed by its suppliers to settle its accounts 60 days after purchase is made.
(c) Which of the following is most likely to be the total on the purchase ledger
control account at the end of the financial year.
(2 marks)
£15,000
£10,000
£5,000
You are working as an assistant to the management accountant of a client. The

management accountant has asked you to post a journal of £5,900 from motor vehicle
repairs to motor vehicles within non-current assets.
You have checked the details of the invoice that was paid and feel there is no
justification to make such a posting.
(d) Which ONE of the following is NOT a likely response to the management
accountants request.
(3 marks)
Seek guidance from your practice manager regarding the posting of this journal.
Discuss the matter with the management accountant to see if there is a valid case for posting this journal.
Post the journal without question as the management accountant is your client.
End of Task

Task 3 (18 marks)
This task is about final accounts for a sole trader. A trial balance is shown below for
XYZ Traders and all necessary adjustments have been made.
The following accounting policies are used by the business:
• Sales revenue should include sales returns, if any

• Purchases should include purchase returns and carriage inwards, if any
(a) Complete the following:

(2 marks)
(i) Calculate the sales revenue figure to be included in the statement of profit or
loss for XYZ Traders.
(ii) Calculate the purchase figure to be included in the statement of profit or loss
for XYZ Traders.
(b) Prepare the statement of profit or loss for XYZ Traders for the year ended 31
January 20X8. If necessary, use a minus sign to indicate ONLY the following:
• the deduction of an account balance used to make up costs of goods sold

• a loss for the year.
(13 marks)
Picklist: Sales Revenue, Opening Inventory, Purchases, Carriage Inwards, Gain on

disposal of van, Sales Returns, Rent received, Office equipment at cost, Office
equipment - accumulated depreciation, Discounts received, Purchase ledger control
account, Depreciation charges, Accrued expenses, Telephone expenses, Sales ledger
control account, General expenses, Bank, Wages, Irrecoverable Debts, Purchase
returns, HMRC liability, Office expenses, Capital, Drawings, Closing inventory.

Statement of profit or loss for the year ended 31 January 20X8
£ £
Sales Revenue
Cost of goods sold

Gross profit
Add:
Total income
Less:
Total expenses
Profit/loss for the year
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Trial balance as at 31 January 20X8
DR £ CR £
Sales Revenue 68,922
Opening Inventory 4,555
Purchases 36,927
Carriage Inwards 450
Gain on disposal of van 704
Sales Returns 1,530
Rent received 7,800
Office equipment at cost 12,000
Office equipment - accumulated depreciation 4,000
Discounts received 244
Purchase ledger control account 6,000
Depreciation charges 2,000
Accrued expenses 65
Telephone expenses 374
Sales ledger control account 8,977
General expenses 4,730
Bank 6,578
Wages 7,600
Irrecoverable Debts 624
Purchase returns 781
HMRC liability 5,044
Office expenses 16,799
Capital 4,218
Drawings 7,790
TOTAL 108,856 108,856
You have the following information about another sole trader:
• The sole trader had taken business goods at a resale value of £1,300 during the
year for personal use.
• Profit for the year ended 31 July 20X5 was £13,228.
(c) Complete the capital account for the year ended 31 July 20X5. Show clearly
the balance carried down to the next financial year.
(3 marks)
Picklist: Balance b/d, Balance c/d, Bank, Capital, Drawings, Expenses, Profit for the
year, Loss for the year, Statement of financial position, Suspense.
Capital
£ £
Balance b/d 19228
0 19228
End of Task
Task 4 (16 marks)
(a) Show whether the following statements about a sole trader are TRUE or
FALSE.
(4 marks)
TRUE FALSE
The presentation of final accounts for sole
traders has no definitive format.
Sole traders may have to rely on their personal
assets and business loans to secure financing
to operate.
Sole traders have to file a business tax return
for the business’s profits and losses.
A sole trader has control over every aspect of
their business.
(b) Drag and drop the boxes below to select whether each user is an internal or
external user of financial statements.
(4 marks)
Shareholders Internal user External user
Directors
Trustees
Bank
(c) Which of the following types of organisation do not have owners which have
limited liability. Choose ONE answer only.
(3 marks)
LLP
Sole trader
Plc
Ltd
(d) Which ONE of the items below prescribes how property, plant and equipment
should be accounted for by an organisation adopting IFRS.
(2 marks)
IAS 1
IAS 2
IAS 16
(e) Reconciliation of a cash book to the bank statements, or a purchase ledger

account to a supplier statement, would support which one of the qualitative
characteristics of useful financial information. Choose ONE only.
(3 marks)
a) Verifiability
b) Timeliness
c) Comparability
d) Relevance
End of Task
Task 5 (15 marks)
You have been given the following information about a partnership business.
The partners are Albert and Brenda.

The financial year ends on the 31 March.
There is no interest on capital or drawings for the partners.
Figures relating to the year ended 31 March 20X7 were as follows:

Profit share
Salary entitlement (
Albert Brenda
Sales commission e
Profit share 70% 30% Drawings for the ye
Drawings for the year £25,000 £60,000 Current account ba
Salary (per month) £1,500 £2,000
Sales commission earned for the year £7,560 £3,450
Profit relating to the year ended 31 March 20X7 was £97,000.
(a) Prepare a partnership appropriation account for the year ended 31 March
20X7. Use a minus sign for deductions or where there is a loss to be distributed.
You must enter zeros where appropriate in order to obtain full marks.
(10 marks)
Picklist: Interest on capital – A, Interest on capital – B, Share of residual profit – A,

Share of residual profit – B, Share of residual loss – A, Share of residual loss – B,
Drawings – A, Drawings – B, Salary – A, Salary – B, Sales commission – A, Sales
commission – B.
Partnership appropriation account for the year ended 31 March 20X7
£
Profit for appropriation
Residual profit available for distribution

Share of residual profit or loss:
Total residual profit or loss distributed
Brenda had a current account balance in the general ledger of £340 debit balance as at
the 1 April 20X6. Brenda took drawings of £60,000 from the partnership business for
the year ended 31 March 20X7.
(b) Complete the following sentence about Brenda’s current account:

(5 marks)
Brenda’s current account will be shown in the
Her current account as at 31 March 20X7 would be a of

£
Picklist 1: Statement of financial position, Statement of profit or loss.

Picklist 2: Debit, Credit.
End of Task
Task 6 (21 marks)
You have the following information about a partnership business.
Burt, Roger and Wendy have been the owners of the partnership for many years.
On 31 August 20X5, Wendy retired from the partnership.
Goodwill was valued at £80,000 and has not yet been entered in the accounting
records.
Profit share before retirement:

Burt one quarter (1/4)
Roger one half (1/2)
Wendy one quarter (1/4)
Profit share after retirement:

Burt one half (1/2)
Roger one half (1/2)
Goodwill is to be introduced into the accounting records on 31 August 20X5 with the
partnership change and then immediately eliminated.
(a) Prepare the goodwill account for the year ended 31 August 20X5, showing
clearly the individual entries for the introduction and elimination of goodwill.
(5 marks)
Picklist: Balance b/d, Balance c/d, Bank, Capital - Burt, Capital - Roger, Capital -
Wendy, Drawings, Current - Burt, Current - Roger, Current - Wendy, Goodwill.
Goodwill account
0 0
This task is about final accounts for partnerships.
You are preparing the statement of financial position for TS Traders for the year ended
31 October 20X6.
The partners are Craig and David, who share profits or losses in the ratio of 3:1. This is
the only partnership agreement.
You have the final trial balance below. All of the necessary year-end adjustments have
been made, except for the transfer of £46,119 profit to the current accounts of each
partner for the year ended.
(b) Prepare the statement of financial position for the partnership as at 31

October 20X6. Do NOT use brackets, minus signs or dashes. Only whole pounds
(£) must be entered do NOT use decimals.
(16 marks)
Trial balance as at 31 October 20X6
DR £ CR £
Computer equipment at cost 5,960
Computer equipment - accumulated depreciation 2,342
Current - Craig 5,622
Current - David 341
Sales revenue 98,894
Discounts allowed 564
Purchases 34,552
Loss on disposal of motor vehicle 350
Interest paid 1,432
Capital - Craig 24,000
Capital - David 15,000
Purchase ledger control account 27,380
Accrued expenses 400
Advertising 3,206
Sales ledger control account 32,600
Carriage outwards 3,269
Bank 54,325
Staff wages 4,000
VAT 4,793
Rent 5,000
Drawings - Craig 20,000
Drawings - David 10,000
TOTAL 181,715 181,715
Picklist: Computer equipment at cost, Computer equipment - accumulated
depreciation, Current accounts, Sales revenue, Discounts allowed, Inventory,
Purchases, Loss on disposal of motor vehicle, Interest paid, Capital accounts,
Discounts received, Depreciation charges, Accrued expenses, Advertising, Trade
receivables, Trade payables, Carriage outwards, Bank, Staff wages, Purchase returns,
VAT liability, Rent , Drawings.
Statement of financial position as at 31 October 20X6

Accumalated
Cost Carrying amount
depreciation
£ £
£
Non-current assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Net current assets

Net assets
Financed by Craig David Total
End of Task
Mock Exam One
1 - Solutions
AAT L3 Final Accounts Preparation
Task 1 (15 marks)
You may find the following tutor notes useful when answering exam practice tasks.
Elements of the financial statements
Five elements make up the general ledger accounts and financial statements of a
business.
Assets
A resource controlled by the business as a result of past events and from which future
economic benefits (money) are expected to flow to the business.
• Premises, machines, motor vehicles, office equipment or furniture and fittings.
• Inventory currently for resale.
• Trade receivables (money to be ‘received’).
• Money in the bank.
• Cash in hand.
Liabilities
A present obligation of the business arising from past events, the settlement of which is
expected to result in an outflow from the business.
• VAT owed to HMRC
• Wages owed to staff
• Bank loans and overdrafts
• Trade payables (money to be ‘paid’).
Capital
The residual interest (whatever is left) from the assets of the business after deducting all
of its liabilities. Total assets less total liabilities is equal to capital (also called ‘net
assets’) of the business. This balance represents what is owed and accumulated by the
business to its owner. A separate account for drawings can also be maintained in the
general ledger, drawings is money taken from the business by the owner and rather
than reducing the owners capital account for the money taken, a drawings account is
kept as a separate account because it provides more information.
Income
Money earned or received by the business from the sale of goods or services that is
makes or sells (its trade), or from other investments or trade sources.
• Cash sales (sales not on credit).
• Credit sales (sales on credit).
• Rent received from ownership and rental of premises.
• Bank interest received.
• Discounts received (PPD) from paying credit suppliers early.
Expenses
Costs incurred or paid for by the business in the normal course of trade in order to earn
income. The cost of goods sold and other expenses must be matched with the sales
revenues earned in the same period.
• Cash purchases (inventory purchases for resale and not on credit).
• Credit purchases (inventory purchases for resale and on credit).
• Rent payments (if the business is renting a property).
• Staff wages
• Motor vehicle running costs.
• Advertising.
• Depreciation such as wear and tear or loss of value to long-term assets such as
machines or motor vehicles.
• Bank interest and charges.
• Discounts allowed (PPD) to credit customers who pay early.
• Accountancy and legal services.
Income and expenses are used to work out the amount of profit the business has
generated. Any profits are owed to the owner of the business and increase the capital
account of the owner.
DEAD CLIC
Don’t get clouded in the double entry logic, ledgers are balances kept for the five
elements of the financial statements and we are increasing or decreasing these
balances according to the rules of double entry.
Important double entry terminology
DEAD CLIC defines what is the ‘normal balance’ or the natural state for a T account
(general, sales or purchase ledger account).
DEAD CLIC is an acronym which gives the elements of financial statements and
whether each element would be a debit or credit balance overall within a double entry
ledger system. It can be used for determining the correct debit or credit balance but the
element must be determined first. It can also be used to determine the correct double
entry to increase or decrease an account balance.
DEAD CLIC
Debit Credit
Expenses Liabilities
Assets Income
Drawings Capital
Increase balance Decrease balance

The elements Natural state (as per the (opposite to
natural state) natural state)
Income Credit Credit Debit
Expenses Debit Debit Credit
Assets Debit Debit Credit
Liabilities Credit Credit Debit
Capital Credit Credit Debit
Day books (the books of ‘original’ or ‘prime entry’)
The books of prime entry keep a record of a business's transactions e.g. invoices, credit
notes and bank transactions and are used to generate entries within the general ledger
as part of a double entry bookkeeping system. In a manual system these are the day
books of first entry occurring every day for accounting transactions, before the day
books are totalled and the totals then posted to the general ledger accounts.
Accounting software completes the transfer of data from the books of prime entry to the
general, sales and purchases ledgers automatically, however your exam tasks will be in
the context of a manual book keeping system. You need to be able to transfer data from
the books of prime entry (day books) to the relevant accounts in the general, sales or
purchases ledgers.
Day books (the books of ‘original’ or ‘prime entry’)
• Sales Day Book (SDB records sales invoices sent to credit customers).
• Sales Returns Day Book (SRDB records credit notes given to reverse sales
invoices sent to credit customers, due to goods returned from or disputes by
customers).
• Discounts Allowed Day Book (DADB records credit notes given to reverse sales
invoices sent to credit customers, due to prompt payment discounts allowed to
settle their invoices earlier).
• Purchase Day Book (PDB records purchase invoices received from credit
suppliers).
• Purchase Returns Day Book (PRDB records credit notes received from suppliers
to reverse purchase invoice amounts, due to goods returned to or disputes with
suppliers).
• Discounts Received Day Book (DRDB records credit notes received from
suppliers to reverse purchase invoice amounts, due to prompt payment discounts
allowed received by suppliers to settle purchase invoices earlier).
• Cash Book (CB bank and cash transactions) record all other cash and bank
transactions of the business.
• Petty Cash Book (PCB records very small cash transactions of the business).
• Journal Book (JN records postings made to the general ledger for the correction
of errors or omissions and for period end adjustments not recorded in any of the
other day books).
The sales (receivables) ledger control account
A proforma sales ledger control account (SLCA) is included below to familiarise yourself
with the DR and CR entries. The summarised totals including VAT are posted from the
daybooks (books of prime entry) to this control account for each accounting period. All
entries are made including VAT since this sales control account keeps a summarised
total of all total amounts owing from credit customers.
Exam tasks can require selection from picklists to complete entries and balance ledger
accounts. Picklist selection for narratives could be the postings made from the day
books (alternative 1), or the names of the general ledger accounts where the other side
of the double entry would be posted to (alternative 2).
The balance b/d is on the debit side since a SLCA is an asset (customers who owe
money to the business) and only credit sales not cash sales are recorded in a SLCA.
Alternative 1
£ £
Balance b/d X Discounts allowed daybook (DADB) X
Sales daybook (SDB) X Sales returns daybook (SRDB) X
Bank (CB) X
Set-off entries (contras) X
Irrecoverable debts X
Balance c/d X
X
Balance b/d X
Alternative 2
£ £
Balance b/d X Discounts allowed X
Sales X Sales returns X
Bank X
PLCA (set-off entries) X
Irrecoverable debts X
Balance c/d X
X
Balance b/d X
A set-off (contra) entry occurs when you have a customer who orders goods from a
business and also supplies goods to the same business. The business would have a
customer sales ledger account for amounts ‘owed to it’ and a supplier purchase ledger
account for amounts ‘owed by it’.
Agreements are often made in these cases to ‘off set’ balances rather than pay or
receive through the bank twice for both parties. For example, you owe a supplier
£1,200 and the same supplier owes you £2,000 as a customer, rather than both parties
arranging payment, the supplier could pay you £800 and nothing would be left further to
do. After the £800 is paid and posted (DR Bank £800 and CR SLCA £800) there is still
£1,200 recorded as owed to and owed from the supplier, this amount would remain in
both the sales and purchases ledgers and needs to be written out of the ledgers.
A set-off (contra) entry of £1,200 would be posted to offset the balances remaining. The
double entry is always to credit the sales ledger control (and sales ledger) account and
debit the purchase ledger control (and purchase ledger) account.
The purchase (payables) ledger control account
A proforma purchase ledger control account (PLCA) is included below to familiarise

yourself with the DR and CR entries. Summarised totals including VAT are posted from
the daybooks (books of prime entry) to the control account for each accounting period.
All entries are made including VAT since the purchases control account keeps a
summarised total of all balances owed to credit suppliers.
The balance b/d is on the credit side since a PLCA is an liability (suppliers who the
business owes money to) and only credit purchases not cash purchases are included in
a PLCA.
Exam tasks can require selection from picklists to complete entries and balance ledger
accounts. Picklist selection for narratives could be the postings made from the day
books (alternative 1), or the names of the general ledger accounts where the other side
of the double entry would be posted to (alternative 2).
Alternative 1
Purchase ledger control account
£ £
Bank (CB) X Balance b/d X
Discounts received daybook (DRDB) X Purchases daybook (PDB) X
Purchases returns daybook (PRDB) X
Set-off entries (contras) X
Balance c/d X
X X
Balance b/d X
Alternative 2
Purchase ledger control account
£ £
Bank X Balance b/d X
Discounts received X Purchases X
Purchases returns X
SLCA (set-off entries) X
Balance c/d X
X X
Balance b/d X
The VAT control account
The purpose of a VAT control account is to record all VAT payable on sales (outputs of
the business) and record VAT reclaimed from purchases/expenses (inputs to the
business), an accurate VAT balance can then be calculated, and either paid to (or
reclaimed from) Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
A proforma VAT control account is included below to familiarise yourself with the debit
and credit entries. The summarised totals for VAT amounts are posted from the
daybooks (books of prime entry) to the VAT control account for each accounting period,
the account is used to work out any VAT owed to HMRC, or owed from HMRC.
The below example assumes VAT is a liability since the balance b/d starts on the credit
side indicating VAT is owed to HMRC. VAT can be a debit rather than a credit balance,
since a business may reclaim back (‘offset’) more VAT for a period than it is obliged to
pay over to HMRC, in which case it is due a refund from HMRC (‘asset’ not liability in
this case).
Think of the debit and credit entries below as what increases VAT to be paid (credits
increases liability) such as VAT on sales, and what decreases VAT to be paid (debits
decrease liability) such as VAT reclaimed on purchases or expenses. You can then
work from a ‘sales’ or ‘purchases’ perspective, to deal with more unusual transactions
which have opposite entries. For example, if VAT on purchases is a debit (reduction in
liability as you reclaim VAT on purchases), then purchases returns or discounts
received by suppliers (both credit notes) would be a credit (increasing the liability). The
reason would be that the VAT on the credit notes is offset against the VAT reclaimed on
purchase invoices, overall, less VAT is therefore being reclaimed.
VAT control account
£ £
Purchases daybook (PDB) X Balance b/d X
Cash purchases (CB) X Sales daybook (SDB) X
Cash expenses (CB) X Cash sales (CB) X
Sales returns daybook (SRDB) X Purchases returns daybook (PRDB) X
Discounts allowed daybook (DADB) X Discounts received daybook (DRDB) X
Bank (payment of VAT to HMRC) X Bank (refund of VAT from HMRC) X
Balance c/d X
X X
Balance b/d X
Similar to the sales or purchases ledger control accounts, the VAT control account may
use other narratives for making entries within the ledger, such as abbreviations for day
books using for example ‘SDB’ rather than sale daybook, or the names of general
ledger accounts where the other side of the double entry posting is made.
The settling of credit does not give rise to a VAT entry. Bank receipts from credit
customers (DR Bank CR SLCA) and bank payments to credit suppliers (DR PLCA CR
Bank) create no entries for VAT in the VAT control account. The VAT would have
already been recorded from the invoices and credit notes before credit is settled. Set off
(contra) entries (DR PLCA CR SLCA) are another example where no VAT entry is made
to the VAT control account. Set off (contra) entries offset balances when a customer
(SLCA) is also at the same time a supplier (PLCA).
Totalling and balancing ledger accounts

1. Look at both sides of the ledger account and find the side which has the biggest
total amount (debits or credits).
2. Add up the ‘total’ of all the entries on the side that has the biggest total amount
and put this ‘total’ amount on both sides of the ledger account.
3. Add up all the entries on the side of the ledger account that had the smallest total
amount.
4. Work out on the side that had the smallest total amount, the difference between
the total amount entered and the other entries made on this side. This is the
balance carried down (c/d) at the end of the period.
5. The balance c/d is entered on the side of the ledger account that had the
smallest total amount to ensure that both total amounts entered on either side of
the ledger account agrees. This as an arithmetical control and considered good
practice in manual ledger accounting.
The balance c/d is only a balancing figure to ensure both sides of the ledger account
agree at the end of the period. The true debit or credit balance is brought down (b/d) on
the opposite side to the balance carried down (c/d). The balance b/d is on the 1st
(beginning) of the month and the balance c/d is at the end of the month 30th/31st
(ignoring February).
(a) Using only the figures supplied, find the missing discounts allowed figure by
preparing the sales ledger control account for the year ended 31 March 20X8.
(5 marks)
£ £
Balance b/d 24000 Sales returns daybook 600
Sales daybook 174000 Discounts allowed (balance) 31525
Set off (contra) 2500
Bank 120925
Balance c/d 42450
198000 198000
The missing figure for discounts allowed is £31,525 and calculated by totalling and
balancing the control account, after all items including the balance b/d and balance c/d
are entered in the control account.
(b) Using only the figures supplied, find the closing balance on the VAT control
account for the year ended 31 March 20X8.
Note: the business is not charged VAT on wages or bank charges.
(8 marks)
VAT control account
£ £
Sales returns daybook 100 Balance b/d 12341
Purchase daybook 4956 Sales daybook 29000
Motor expenses 2866 Purchase returns daybook 179
Cash purchases (20% x £4,500) = 900
Bank 15731
Balance c/d 16967
41520 41520
(c) Assuming there are no year adjustments, what would be the opening bank
account balance in the general ledger as at 1 April 20X8. Do NOT enter a
negative figure.
(2 marks)
Bank account balance 1 April 20X8 £ 12706
Picklist: debit or credit credit
The opening balance 1 April 20X8 would be the closing balance for the year ended 31
March 20X8.
• The opening balance 1 April 20X7 is a credit balance of £3,402 and therefore a
liability (overdrawn).
• Receipts (DR) and payments (CR) which would include VAT where relevant have
been entered below in a ledger workings.
• The end balance is £12,706 and the balance c/d on the debit side of the account
indicating when the balance is b/d to its natural state it would be a liability (still
overdrawn, so overall a credit balance).
Bank
£ £
Receipts banked 120925 Balance b/d 3402
Balance c/d 12706 Payments made 130229
133631 133631
Task 2 (15 marks)
Tips for dealing mark-up and sales margin:
A trading account is used to calculate the amount of gross profit earned by a business;
it deducts from sales earned only the cost of goods sold for the period. Deductions for
other expenses such as rent or salaries are made after gross profit to calculate the net
profit for the period.
Trading account
£ £
Sales 20000
Less cost of sales
Opening inventory 4000
Purchases 17000
21000
Closing inventory -3000
Cost of goods sold 18000
Gross profit 2000
All figures in a trading account should be exclusive of VAT because the normal
assumption is the business is VAT registered and therefore will post any VAT amounts
to a VAT control account (liability) not to the sales (income) or purchases (expense)
account.
To arrive at a cost of sales figure, opening inventory (unsold purchases in the previous
accounting period) is added to purchases and closing inventory (unsold purchases at
the end of the accounting period) is deducted from purchases. By adjusting purchases
for inventory levels, we remove any ‘cost of unsold goods’ and match only the ‘cost of
goods sold’ for the period to sales earned in the same period. This is an application of
the accruals (or matching) concept.
The following shorthand can help rearrange your trading account to find certain missing
figures in a question:
• Cost of sales (COS) = Opening inventory + Purchases - Closing inventory.
• Gross profit (GP) = Sales - Cost of sales.
Shorthand:
• SALES - GP = COS
• SALES - COS = GP
• COS + GP = SALES
Mark-up %
GP ÷ COS x 100% = mark-up %.
This is a useful profit measure since if mark-up was say 25% and cost of sales £50,000.
Then 25% of £50,000 = Gross profit £12,500. It is useful to get a gross profit figure from
a cost of sales figure (if you know cost of sales). Also, if you know gross profit is
£12,500, then SALES = COS + GP, so £50,000 (COS) + £12,500 (GP) = SALES
£62,500.
Note the mark-up as a percentage can also be proven once the above cost of sales and
gross profit figures have been established GP (£12,500) ÷ COS (£50,000) x 100% =
25% mark-up.
Sales margin %
GP ÷ SALES x 100% = sales margin %.
This is a measure of gross profit as a percentage of sales. This is a useful profit

measure since if sales margin was say 20% and sales £62,500. Then 20% of £62,500
= Gross profit £12,500. It is useful to get a gross profit figure from a sales figure (if you
know sales). Also, if you know gross profit is £12,500, then COS = SALES - GP, so
£62,500 (SALES) - £12,500 (GP) = COS £50,000.
Note the sales margin as a percentage can be proven once the above sales and gross
profit figures have been established GP (£12,500) ÷ SALES (£62,500) x 100% = 20%
sales margin.
Part (a)
(a) Show whether the following is TRUE or FALSE.

(1 mark)
True
False
Part (b)
(9 marks)
(i) Calculate the cost of goods sold for the year ended 31 August 20X8.
£ 100000
(ii) Calculate the value of the closing inventory destroyed in the fire.
£ 8500
Answer explained:
• When figures include VAT then you have 100% of the sale (or purchase) and
plus 20% added for VAT, therefore in percentages you now have 120%. We
would multiply by 20(%) and divide by 120(%) a VAT inclusive figure to find the
VAT amount, using the fraction x 20/120, or ‘ x 1/6’ because 20/120 rounded to
the lowest common denominator is 1/6 as a fraction.
• If we took sales £240,000 ÷ 120% x 20% (or x 20/120, or x 1/6) = VAT £40,000.
20/120 is 1/6 as a fraction so we can calculate VAT by dividing sales by 6, or
taking 1/6 of £240,000. Sales excluding VAT are £200,000 (£240,000 -
£40,000).
• Purchases for the year inclusive of VAT is £72,000, x 1/6 = VAT amount £12,000.
Purchases excluding VAT are £72,000 - £12,000 = £60,000.
• The business operates with a sales margin of 50%. Given sales are £200,000
excluding VAT, then gross profit must be 50% of £200,000 = £100,000.
Let’s now compile a trading account with the figures we have so far:
Trading account
£ £
Sales (SALES) 200000
Less cost of sales
Purchases 60000
112000
Closing inventory
Cost of goods sold (COS)
Gross profit (GP) 100000
We can also calculate cost of sales since we have sales and gross profit. SALES - GP
= COS. £200,000 SALE - £100,000 GP = £100,000 COS.
Trading account
£ £
Less cost of sales
Purchases 60000
112000
Closing inventory
Cost of goods sold (COS) 100000
We can now work backwards with the logic of cost of sales £100,000 above and
calculate the closing inventory amount.
• Cost of sales (COS) = Opening inventory + Purchases – Closing inventory.

• £100,000 = £52,000 + £60,000 - Closing inventory.
• £100,000 = £112,000 - Closing inventory.
• Closing inventory = £112,000 - £100,000 = £12,000.
If you believe the £12,000 closing inventory is correct you can also now work forwards
and calculate the £100,000 cost of sales in the trading account to check the accuracy of
the workings.
Trading account
£ £
Less cost of sales
Purchases 60000
112000
Closing inventory -12000
Cost of goods sold (COS) 100000
Due to a fire most of the closing inventory was destroyed with a salvageable value of
only £3,500 remaining, closing inventory based a sales margin of 50% should be
£12,000. £12,000 - £3,500 remaining = £8,500 closing inventory destroyed in the fire.
(c) Which of the following is most likely to be the total on the purchase ledger
control account at the end of the financial year.
(2 marks)
£15,000
£10,000
£5,000
A trader is allowed by its suppliers to settle its accounts 60 days after purchases are
made. Purchases worked out earlier were £60,000. If 60 days credit is offered then the
balance on the purchase ledger control account would be on ‘average’ £60,000 ÷ 365
days (gives purchases per day on average) x 60 days of purchases outstanding =
£9,863. This figure closest to £10,000 given in the solution.
(d) Which ONE of the following is NOT a likely response to the management
accountants request. Choose ONE only.
(3 marks)
To post the journal without question would be breaching the ethical principle of
objectivity (scepticism is to question and not just accept someone else’s opinion),
professional behaviour could also be in breach as it could be ‘breaking the rules’ to
post the transaction.
Seek guidance from your practice manager regarding the posting of this journal.
Discuss the matter with the management accountant to see if there is a valid case for posting this journal.
Post the journal without question as the management accountant is your client.
Task 3 (18 marks)
(a) Complete the following:

(2 marks)
(i) Calculate the sales revenue figure to be included in the statement of profit or
loss for XYZ Traders.
£ 67392
It is general practice that sales (invoices) and sales returns (credit notes) are offset to
show the ‘net sales’ as income for the year ended. £68,922 - £1,530 = £67,392.

DR £ CR £
Sales Returns 1,530
(ii) Calculate the purchase figure to be included in the statement of profit or loss
for XYZ Traders.
£ 36596

DR £ CR £
Purchases 36,927
Carriage Inwards 450
It is general practice that purchases (invoices) and purchase returns (credit notes) are
offset (like sales) to show the ‘net purchases’ for the year ended, and that carriage
inwards (delivery cost for purchases made) is included as additional expenses included
within purchases. £36,927 + £450 - £781= £36,596.
(b) Prepare the statement of profit or loss for XYZ Traders for the year ended 31
January 20X8. If necessary, use a minus sign to indicate ONLY the following:
• the deduction of an account balance used to make up costs of goods sold

• a loss for the year.
(13 marks)
For the profit or loss account we are to identify those account balances that are either
income or expenses for the period.
Tutors note: the trial balance has two adjustments for closing inventory. The DR (an
asset) for closing inventory to be included in the statement of financial position and a
CR (reduction to purchases expenses) for closing inventory to be included within the
statement of profit or loss for the year ended.
Statement of profit or loss for the year ended 31 January 20X8
£ £
Purchases 36,596
Closing inventory -4,500
Cost of goods sold 36,651

Gross profit 30,741
Add:
Gain on disposal of van 704
Rent received 7,800
Total income 8,748
Less:
Telephone expenses 374
General expenses 4,730
Wages 7,600
Irrecoverable Debts 624
Office expenses 16,799
Total expenses 32,127

Profit/loss for the year 7,362
(c) Complete the capital account for the year ended 31 July 20X5. Show clearly
the balance carried down to the next financial year.
(3 marks)
Picklist: Balance b/d, Balance c/d, Bank, Capital, Drawings, Expenses, Profit for the
year, Loss for the year, Statement of financial position, Suspense.
Capital
£ £
Drawings 1300 Balance b/d 19228
Balance c/d 31156 Profit for the year 13228
32456 32456
Task 4 (16 marks)
(a) Show whether the following statements about a sole trader are TRUE or
FALSE.
TRUE FALSE
The presentation of final accounts for sole
traders has no definitive format.
Sole traders may have to rely on their personal
assets and business loans to secure financing
to operate.
Sole traders have to file a business tax return
for the business’s profits and losses.
A sole trader has control over every aspect of
their business.
(b) Drag and drop the boxes below to select whether each user is an internal or
external user of financial statements?
Internal user External user

Directors Shareholders
Trustees Bank
(c) Which of the following types of organisation do not have owners which have
limited liability. Choose ONE answer only.
LLP
Sole trader
Plc
Ltd
Members in a limited liability partnership (LLP) have limited liability and shareholders of
a private limited company (Ltd) or public limited company (Plc). However sole traders
do not have limited liability, they will be held personally liable for any obligations or
debts of their own business if the business cannot afford to pay them.
(d) Which ONE of the items below prescribes how property, plant and equipment
should be accounted for by an organisation adopting IFRS.
IAS 1
IAS 2
IAS 16
International accounting standard 16 (IAS 16) concerns accounting for ‘property, plant
and equipment’ (non-current assets), including recognition, determination of carrying
amounts and the depreciation charges to be recognised in the financial statements.
International accounting standard (IAS 1) Presentation of Financial Statements sets out
the overall requirements for financial statements, including how they should be
structured and presented. International accounting standard 2 (IAS 2) Inventory sets out
the accounting treatment for inventories.
(e) Reconciliation of a cash book to bank statements or a purchase ledger to a

supplier statement, would support which one of the qualitative characteristics of
useful financial information. Choose ONE only.
Answer a) Verifiability (‘the assurance of the information’). Timeliness would mean to

receive information on time for make decisions. Comparability would mean the
consistency of the format of information to compare with other years or other
businesses. Relevance means information is both material and useful to its users.
The qualitative characteristics of useful financial information.
• Verifiability
• Comparability
• Relevance
• Understandability
• Faithful representation
• Timeliness or.. ‘V CRUFT’.
Task 5 (15 marks)
(a) Prepare a partnership appropriation account for the year ended 31 March
20X7.
Use a minus sign for deductions or where there is a loss to be distributed.
You must enter zeros where appropriate in order to obtain full marks.
(10 marks)
£
Profit for appropriation 97,000
Salary - A -18,000
Salary - B -24,000
Sales commission - A -7,560
Sales commission - B -3,450
Residual profit available for distribution 43,990

Share of residual profit or loss:
Share of residual profit - A 30,793
Share of residual profit - B 13,197
Total residual profit or loss distributed 43,990

Notes:
• Salaries are given per month: Albert £1,500 x 12 months = £18,000. Brenda
£2,000 per month x 12 months = £24,000.
• Drawings never go in the appropriation account (but interest on drawings would),
profits are first appropriated, then partners will take drawings from their share of
the profits. Drawings will be posted to the current accounts of each partner.
• After salary and commission given the residual profit is £43,990. The share
agreement is Albert gets 70% and Brenda gets 30%, so £43,990 residual profit ÷
100% x 70% = Alberts share £30,793 (and £43,990 residual profit ÷ 100% x 30%
= Brenda’s share £13,197).
(b) Complete the following sentence about Brenda’s current account:
(5 marks)
Brenda’s current account will be shown in the Statement of financial position.
Her current account as at 31 March 20X7 would be a of Debit of £19,963.
A current account for Brenda has been produced to help with understanding. Given it is
balanced up and c/d on the credit side, the start of the next year it will be b/d as a debit
balance (she is overdrawn on her current account).
Current account (Brenda)

£ £
Balance b/d 340 Salary 24000
Drawings 60000 Sales commission 3450
Share of residual profit 13197
Balance c/d 19693
60340 60340
Task 6 (21 marks)
(a) Prepare the goodwill account for the year ended 31 August 20X5, showing
clearly the individual entries for the introduction and elimination of goodwill.
(5 marks)
Picklist: Balance b/d, Balance c/d, Bank, Capital - Burt, Capital - Roger, Capital -
Wendy, Drawings, Current - Burt, Current - Roger, Current - Wendy, Goodwill.
Goodwill is a value for the established reputation of the partnership business. Goodwill
is an asset like a property or motor vehicle it has value. But goodwill is not recognised
in the books of the partnership and only considered if admitting a new partner or for the
retirement of an old partner, it ensures a fair value is paid for a retiring partners share of
the business.
Goodwill account
£ £
Capital - Burt 20000 Capital - Burt 40000
Capital - Roger 40000 Capital - Roger 40000
Capital - Wendy 20000
80000 80000
Notes:
• Step 1 Set up goodwill. DR goodwill (increase an asset) and CR the existing

partners’ capital accounts (before retirement) using the old profit share
agreement. Burt would have credited to his capital account ¼ x £80,000 =
£20,000, Roger would have credited to his capital account ½ x £80,000 =
£40,000, Wendy would have credited to her capital account ¼ x £80,000 =
£20,000. Goodwill is now set-up.
• Step 2 Eliminate goodwill from the general ledger. CR goodwill (decrease an
asset) and DR the partners’ capital accounts (after retirement) using the new
profit share agreement. Only Burt and Roger remain. Burt would have debited to
his capital account ½ x £80,000 = £40,000, Roger would have debited to his
capital account ½ x £80,000 = £40,000, Wendy would leave with her share of the
goodwill (no entry for Wendy). Goodwill is now eliminated from the books of the
business.
One saying which may help remember what to do with the goodwill account is ‘in with
the old and out with the new’. We put goodwill ‘in’ the account (Debit) using the ‘old’
partnership profit agreement and we take good will ‘out’ of the account (Credit) using
the ‘new’ partnership profit agreement. You then take the opposite debit or credit
entries to the capital accounts of each partner.
(b) Prepare the statement of financial position for the partnership as at 31
October 20X6. You need to use the figures you have calculated above. Do NOT
use brackets, minus signs or dashes. Only whole pounds (£) must be entered do
NOT use decimals.
(16 marks)
For the financial position we are to identify those account balances that are either
assets or liabilities for the period. Assets - Liabilities = Capital (ownership). We are
also representing the assets and liabilities by the capital and current account balances
of each partner. The trial balance has two adjustments for closing inventory. The DR (an
asset) for closing inventory to be included in the statement of financial position and a
CR (reduction to purchases expenses) for closing inventory to be included within the
statement of profit or loss for the year ended.
Statement of financial position as at 31 October 20X6

Accumulated Carrying
Cost
depreciation amount
£
£ £
Non-current assets
Computer equipment 5,960 2,342 3,618
Current assets
Inventory 2,430
Trade receivables 32,600
Bank 54,325
89,355
Current liabilities
Trade payables 27,380
VAT liability 4,793
Accrued expenses 400
32,573
Net current assets 56,782
Net assets 60,400
Financed by Craig David Total

Capital accounts 24,000 15,000 39,000
Current accounts 20,211 1,189 21,400
44,211 16,189 60,400
Notes:
Profits were £46,119 and split between Craig and David, who share profits or losses in
the ratio of 3:1. £46,119 ÷ 4 x 3 = Craig’s share of £34,589 (rounded to the nearest
pound) and £46,119 ÷ 4 x 1 = David’s share of £11,530 (rounded to the nearest pound).
Trial balance as at 31 October 20X6

DR £ CR £
Current - Craig 5,622
Current - David 341
• Craig’s current account at the beginning of the year is a CR balance b/d of

£5,622, profit of £34,589 is a CR (increasing the current account balance) and
drawings of £20,000 is a DR (decreasing the current account balance). So,
(£5,622 + £34,589 - £20,000) = £20,211 balance c/d for the year (credit
balance).
• David’s current account at the beginning of the year is DR (overdrawn)
balance b/d £341, profit of £11,530 is a CR (increasing the current account
balance) and drawings of £10,000 is a DR (decreasing the current account
balance). So, (-£341 + £11,530 - £10,000 ) = £1,189 balance c/d for the year
(credit balance).

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All practice assessments are relevant for the current syllabus.

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The standard rate of VAT is 20%.

Where the date is relevant, it is given in the task data.

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This task is about reconstructing ledger accounts.

You have the following information:

Day book summaries Goods £ VAT £ Total £

31 March 20X7 31 March 20X8

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Bank account balance 1 April 20X8 £

Picklist: debit or credit

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(a) Show whether the following is TRUE or FALSE.

(b) Using the information below, complete the following tasks.

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You are working as an assistant to the management accountant of a client. The

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The following accounting policies are used by the business:

• Sales revenue should include sales returns, if any

(a) Complete the following:

• the deduction of an account balance used to make up costs of goods sold

Picklist: Sales Revenue, Opening Inventory, Purchases, Carriage Inwards, Gain on

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Cost of goods sold

Shareholders Internal user External user

(e) Reconciliation of a cash book to the bank statements, or a purchase ledger

The partners are Albert and Brenda.

Figures relating to the year ended 31 March 20X7 were as follows:

Profit relating to the year ended 31 March 20X7 was £97,000.

Picklist: Interest on capital – A, Interest on capital – B, Share of residual profit – A,

Residual profit available for distribution

Total residual profit or loss distributed

(b) Complete the following sentence about Brenda’s current account:

Brenda’s current account will be shown in the

Her current account as at 31 March 20X7 would be a of

Picklist 1: Statement of financial position, Statement of profit or loss.

You have the following information about a partnership business.

On 31 August 20X5, Wendy retired from the partnership.

Profit share before retirement:

Profit share after retirement:

(b) Prepare the statement of financial position for the partnership as at 31

Statement of financial position as at 31 October 20X6

Net current assets

Financed by Craig David Total

Elements of the financial statements

Increase balance Decrease balance

A proforma purchase ledger control account (PLCA) is included below to familiarise

Totalling and balancing ledger accounts

Bank account balance 1 April 20X8 £ 12706

Picklist: debit or credit credit

Tips for dealing mark-up and sales margin:

GP ÷ COS x 100% = mark-up %.

GP ÷ SALES x 100% = sales margin %.

This is a measure of gross profit as a percentage of sales. This is a useful profit