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SECTION 1 — 60 marks
Attempt BOTH questions
1. The followin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">information relates to the accounts of Golf Direct, a golfin" rel="nofollow">ing supplies
busin" rel="nofollow">iness owned by Paul Tay.
Ledger balances as at 1 April Year 3
Equipment £1,200
Bank Overdraft £450
Sales Revenue (Sales) £920
Purchases £520
2 April J Young purchased goods on credit costin" rel="nofollow">ing £265·50 plus VAT.
5 April J Young returned damaged goods worth £49·50 plus VAT.
7 April Bought a new cash register on credit from Shop Supplies worth £405
plus VAT.
10 April J Young paid £275 on account by cheque.
14 April Received a letter from the accountant of J Young in" rel="nofollow">informin" rel="nofollow">ing that he has
been declared bankrupt and can only pay 25p in" rel="nofollow">in the £. This amount
was received by cheque with the letter and the remain" rel="nofollow">inder is to be
written off.
Note: VAT is to be applied at 20% where appropriate.
(a) Usin" rel="nofollow">ing the in" rel="nofollow">information above, enter the transactions in" rel="nofollow">into the ledger accounts of
Golf Direct on Page 2–4 of your Workbook (J Young’s openin" rel="nofollow">ing ledger balance has
already been entered).
Answer questions (b)-(d) on Page 5 of your Workbook.
(b) Outlin" rel="nofollow">ine two roles of a Fin" rel="nofollow">inancial Accountant.
(c) State a reason as to why busin" rel="nofollow">inesses may give each other:
(i) Trade Discount.
(ii) Cash Discount.
(d) Describe how Rent Received would be dealt with in" rel="nofollow">in the Income Statement
(Tradin" rel="nofollow">ing, Profit & Loss Account).
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2. Use Pages 6–9 of the Workbook to answer this question.
PART A
Pam Daws owns a busin" rel="nofollow">iness that produces sandwich toasters for the caterin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">industry.
The followin" rel="nofollow">ing is the budgeted unit data for Year 3 of the busin" rel="nofollow">iness.
Sellin" rel="nofollow">ing price £70
Raw materials £10
Labour (3 hours) £8 per hour
Variable overheads £4 per labour hour
Total budgeted fixed costs are £96,000
Total production is expected to be 14,000 units
Usin" rel="nofollow">ing the above in" rel="nofollow">information, calculate:
(a) Total variable cost per unit;
(b) Contribution per unit;
(c) Break-even poin" rel="nofollow">int in" rel="nofollow">in units and sales value;
(d) Margin" rel="nofollow">in of safety (in" rel="nofollow">in units and sales value) at a production level of 7,000 units;
(e) Profit/loss if all the expected production units are sold.
PART B
Piotr Czerniak manufactures safety helmets for Equestrian riders. He has provided
the followin" rel="nofollow">ing data.
Contribution per unit £40
Break-even poin" rel="nofollow">int 1,500 units
(a) Calculate the total Fixed Costs.
(b) Calculate how many units Piotr needs to sell to make a profit of £30,000.
Piotr expects the followin" rel="nofollow">ing changes to take place in" rel="nofollow">in the comin" rel="nofollow">ing year:
• Fixed costs to reduce by 5%
• Sellin" rel="nofollow">ing price to in" rel="nofollow">increase by £4
• Variable cost per unit to reduce by £3·50
(c) Calculate the change in" rel="nofollow">in break-even poin" rel="nofollow">int based on the expected changes above.
(d) (i) Outlin" rel="nofollow">ine two advantages of calculatin" rel="nofollow">ing accountin" rel="nofollow">ing ratios.
(ii) Suggest three actions that could be taken when a negative closin" rel="nofollow">ing balance
is identified in" rel="nofollow">in a Cash Budget.
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SECTION 2 — 40 marks
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3. Ronald MacLean is the owner of Get Outdoors, a small wholesaler of accessories for
retailers and outdoors enthusiasts. He sold the followin" rel="nofollow">ing goods to Hillfoot Cycles on
20 April Year 5:
9 Mountain" rel="nofollow">in Bike Helmets (various colours) @ £50·00 each
5 Trail X1 Mountain" rel="nofollow">in Bikes @ £270·00 each
Ronald applies the followin" rel="nofollow">ing terms to all sales made to Hillfoot Cycles. Hillfoot Cycles
has agreed in" rel="nofollow">in advance to make prompt payment in" rel="nofollow">in order to receive the cash
discount. Hillfoot Cycles has requested that the in" rel="nofollow">invoice should reflect this.
TERMS DELIVERY
10% Trade Discount
Cash Discount — 7·5% one month
VAT — 20%
£30·00 on all orders of 15 items or less
On the Worksheet provided on Page 10 of your Workbook, complete the Invoice that
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4. Charlie McTavish is a sole trader. He provides you with the followin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">information.
The Cash and Cash Equivalents (Bank) balance of Charlie is expected to be £30,000 at
31 August Year 2.
1. Sales in" rel="nofollow">in units are estimated to be as follows:
Aug Sept Oct
2,300 1,500 2,000
2. The sellin" rel="nofollow">ing price per unit will be £60 but Cash Sales will receive a discount of
10%.
3. Credit customers pay one month after sale.
4. Credit sales account for 60% of total sales each month.
5. Estimated production each month will be:
Aug Sept Oct
2,500 1,100 1,500
6. Raw material costs are £16 per unit and are paid for one month after
production.
7. Wages are £12 per unit and are paid in" rel="nofollow">in the same month as production.
8. Charlie buys a new van costin" rel="nofollow">ing £20,000 and pays a 20% deposit in" rel="nofollow">in September.
On Page 11 of your Workbook, prepare Charlie’s Cash Budget for September.
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5. Harry Davidson purchases raw materials which are then manufactured in" rel="nofollow">into fin" rel="nofollow">inished
products and sold to customers. The followin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">information relates to the issue and
purchase of materials for November.
DATE PURCHASES/ISSUES
01 Nov Purchased 500 kg costin" rel="nofollow">ing £10·25
05 Nov Issued 200 kg to Job 10
07 Nov Purchased 750 kg costin" rel="nofollow">ing £10·30
12 Nov Issued 350 kg to Job 11
16 Nov Issued 440 kg to Job 12
Complete the Inventory (Stock) Record Card for the month of November, usin" rel="nofollow">ing
Last-In-First-Out (LIFO) on the Worksheet provided on Page 12 of your Workbook. 10
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6. In Year 1 Nicole Dance’s factory produced 2 products — 11,000 units of Product X and
10,000 units of Product Y, in" rel="nofollow">in lin" rel="nofollow">ine with consumer demand for the products.
This required 74,000 labour hours.
Annual Fixed Costs are £165,000.
All units produced were sold.
Data for each product is shown below.
X Y
Contribution per unit £20 £18
Labour Hours per unit 4 3
In Year 2, due to employee redundancies as a result of cost savin" rel="nofollow">ings, there will only be
56,000 labour hours available, although consumer demand will remain" rel="nofollow">in the same.
Fixed costs will also remain" rel="nofollow">in the same as in" rel="nofollow">in Year 1.
Use Page 13, (and the subsequent pages if needed), of the Workbook to answer the
followin" rel="nofollow">ing questions.
(a) For each product calculate the Contribution per Labour Hour.
(b) Justify the order of production in" rel="nofollow">in order to maximise profit.
(c) For Year 2, calculate how many labour hours should be allocated to each product
in" rel="nofollow">in order to maximise profit.
(d) For Year 2, calculate how many units of each product should be produced in" rel="nofollow">in
order to maximise profit.
(e) For Year 2, calculate the Contribution from each product and in" rel="nofollow">in total.
(f) Calculate the maximum profit for Year 2.