Syllabus A: The Context and Purpose of Financial Reporting

A1. The scope and purpose of, financial statements for external

Recording, analysing and summarising financial data

Financial reporting is a way of recording, analysing and summarizing financial

data.

Remember these 3 steps:

1. Transactions are recorded in books of prime entry.
2. The totals of these books of prime entry are posted to the ledger accounts.
3. Finally, transactions are summarised in the financial statements

Types of business entities

Main types of business entity

 Businesses exist to make a profit.
 There are three main types of business entity:

1. Sole Traders
 Sole traders are people who work for themselves.
 Examples include a hairdresser, the local stationer, a plumber.
 A sole trader has unlimited liability, i.e. if the business runs up debts that
it is unable to pay, the proprietor will become personally liable for the
unpaid debts and would be required, if necessary, to sell his private
possessions to repay them.
 For example, if a sole trader has some capital in his business, but the
business now owes $50,000 which it cannot repay, the trader might
have to sell his house to raise the money to pay off his business debts.

2. Partnerships
 Partnerships occur when two or more people decide to run a business
together.
 Examples include an accountancy practice, a legal practice and a
medical practice.
 In general, the partners have unlimited liability although there may be
circumstances when one or more partners have limited liability.

3. Limited Liability Companies

 Limited liability companies are incorporated to take advantage of
‘limited liability’ for their owners (shareholders).
 This means that the maximum amount that an owner stands to lose in
the event that the company becomes insolvent and cannot pay off his
debts, is his share of the capital in the business.
  In all cases, we apply the separate entity concept, i.e. the business is
regarded as being separate from the owner (or owners) and the
accounts are prepared for the business itself.

The legal differences

 The legal differences between a sole trader, partnership and a limited
liability company
 In law, sole traders and partnerships are not separate entities from their
owners. A partnership ceases and a new one starts whenever a
partner joins or leaves the partnership.
 A limited liability company has a separate legal identity from its
shareholders. In fact, it can issue contracts in the company’s name. It
continues to exist regardless of the identity of its owners.

Advantages and disadvantages of operating

Advantages of a Limited Company

 Limited Liability
 More capital can be raised as no limit on number of shareholders
 Control of company cannot be lost to outsiders – shares only sold if all
shareholders agree
 The business will continue even if one of the owners dies, shares being
transferred to another owner – separate legal identity
Disadvantages of a Limited Company
 Profits have to be shared out amongst a potentially larger number of people
 Detailed legal procedures must be followed to set up the business –
consuming time and money
 Financial statements have to comply with legal and accounting
requirements
 Financial information can be inspected by any member of the public once
filed with the Registrar, including competitors

Advantages of the Sole Trader

 Personal satisfaction
 Secrecy
 Personal Control
 Enjoyment of all profits
 Absence of legal formalities when establishing business
 Financial advantages in terms of low taxes, longer period to pay taxes and
lower accountancy fees.

Disadvantages of the Sole Trader

 Limited sources of finance
 Restricted growth
 Full personal responsibility for the decisions and due to unlimited liability the
debts of the business
 Advantages of a Partnership
 There are no legal formalities to complete when setting up the business
 Each partner can specialize
 Partners can share the workload
 Financial advantages in terms of low taxes, longer period to pay taxes and
lower accountancy fees.

Disadvantages of a Partnership
 Partners are jointly and severely liable for the acts and omissions of the other
partners
 Profits have to be shared amongst more owners
 Partners may disagree
 The size of a partnership is limited to a maximum of 20 partners, however
there are exceptions to this general rule
 Any decision made by one partner on behalf of the company is legally
binding on all other partners
 Partnerships are unincorporated, resulting in unlimited liability for the partners,
making them personally liable for the debts of the firm.

Nature, principles and scope of financial reporting

Reporting the results
 Financial accounting is mainly a method of reporting the results and
financial position of a business. It is not primarily concerned with
providing information towards the more efficient running of the
business. In fact, financial accounting provides historical (past)
information.
 Management need to plan for the future. They require detailed
information as they are responsible to plan and control the resources of
the business. Management (or cost) accounting analyses data to
provide information as a basis for managerial action

Purpose and role

Purpose and role of cost and management accounting
1. To provide financial information to managers that will help them to plan the
activities, control the activities for which they are responsible and see the
financial implications of any decisions they may take.
2. It serves management by providing information for planning, decision-making
and control.
3. It collects, manages and reports information in demand by managers,
employees and decision makers internal to the organisation.
4. Management information is generally supplied in the form of reports.
- Reports may be routine (monthly management accounts) or prepared for a
specific purpose (e.g. one-off decisions).

Cost accounting and Management accounting

 Cost accounting and management accounting are terms which are
often used interchangeably. It is not correct to do so.
  Cost accounting is part of management accounting.

Cost accounting is mainly concerned with:

 Preparing statements (e.g. budgets, costing)
 Cost data collection
 Applying costs to inventory, products and services

 Therefore, management accounting goes beyond cost accounting.

 In general, cost accounting information is unsuitable for decision-
making.

A2. Users’ and stakeholders’ needs

Prepare and Produce

 Why do businesses need to prepare and produce financial
information?
 A business should produce information about its activities because
there are various groups of people who want or need to know that
information.
 The “Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial
Statements” states that, “the objective of financial statements is to
provide information about the financial position, performance and
changes in financial position of an entity that is useful to a wide range
of users in making economic decisions.”

A3. The main elements of financial reports

The main financial statements

 The principle financial statements of a sole trader are the statement of
financial position and the statement of profit or loss.

Statement of Financial Position

 The statement of financial position is a list of all the assets owned and
the liabilities owed by a business as at a particular date.
 It is a snapshot of the financial position of the business at a particular
moment.

Statement of profit or loss

 A statement of profit or loss is a record of revenue generated and
expenditure incurred over a given period.
 The statement shows whether the business has had more revenue than
expenditure (a profit) or vice-versa (a loss)
Definitions of Assets Liabilities ...
Assets
 An asset is a resource controlled by the entity as a result of past events
and from which future economic benefits are expected to flow to the
entity.
 Some assets are held and used in operations for a long time. These are
known as non-current assets.
 Other assets are held for only a short time. They are likely to be realized
within the normal operating cycle or 12 months after the end of the
reporting period. These are classified as current assets.

Liabilities
 A liability is a present obligation of the entity arising from past events,
the settlement of which is expected to result in an outflow from the
entity of resources embodying economic benefits.
 Some liabilities are due to be settled within the normal operating cycle
or 12 months after the end of the reporting period. These are classified
as current liabilities.
 Other liabilities may take some years to repay – non-current liabilities.

Capital / Equity
 Capital is the amount invested in a business by the owner. This is the
amount the business owes to the owner. In the case of a sole trader,

CAPITAL = ASSETS – LIABILITIES

CAPITAL = NET ASSETS

 In the case of a limited liability company, capital usually takes the form
of shares. Share capital is known as equity. The Framework defines
equity as “the residual interest in the assets of the entity after deducting
all its liabilities.”
Revenue
 Revenue is the income for a period. It is the gross inflow of economic
benefits (cash, receivables, other assets) arising from the ordinary
operating activities of an enterprise (such as sales of goods, sales of
services, interest, royalties, and dividends).

Expenses
 Expenses arise in the course of the ordinary activities of the
enterprise. They include, for example, cost of sales, wages and
depreciation.
 Notes
1. The top part of the statement of profit or loss, i.e. Sales – Cost of Sales = Gross
Profit, is called the Trading Account. It records the trading activities of the
business.
2. Sundry income includes bank interest, rent receivable, income from
investments.
3. Carriage inwards is the cost of transport of goods into the firm and is therefore
added to the purchases figure.
4. Carriage outwards is the cost of transport of goods out of the firm to its
customers, it is not part of the firm's expenses in buying the goods and is
always entered as an expense.

A4. The regulatory framework

The role of the regulatory systems

Introduction
 Limited liability companies are required by law to prepare and publish
financial statements annually.
 The form and content of these accounts are primarily regulated by
national legislation.
 They must also comply with International Accounting Standards (IASs)
and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs).
 Accounting standards were developed for two main reasons

 To reduce subjectivity
 To achieve comparability between different organisations

Financial statements may not be described as complying with IFRSs unless

they comply with all of the requirements of each applicable standard and
each applicable interpretation

The IFRS Foundation (IFRSF)

 The IFRS Foundation is an independent organisation having two main
bodies, the Trustees and the International Accounting Standards Board
(IASB), as well as the IFRS Advisory Council (IFRS AC) and the IFRS
Interpretations Committee (IFRS IC).
 The IFRSF is governed by a board of 22 trustees.
 These trustees appoint the members of the IASB, IFRS IC and the IFRS
AC.
 They also review annually the strategy of the IFRSF and the IASB and its
effectiveness, including consideration, but not determination, of the
IASB's agenda.
 These trustees also raise the funds necessary to support the IFRSF.

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)

 The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is an
independent, privately-funded accounting standard-setter based in
London, UK.
 There are 14 Board members, each with one vote.
 The IASB is committed to developing, in the public interest, a single set
of high quality, understandable and enforceable global accounting
standards that require transparent and comparable information in
general purpose financial statements.
 In addition, the IASB co-operates with national accounting standard-
setters to achieve convergence in accounting standards around the
world.

How are standards developed?

 International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) are developed
through an international consultation process, the "due process” that
involves interested individuals and organisations from around the world.

The due process comprises six stages:

1. Setting the agenda;
2. Planning the project, including forming a 'working group' to advise the IASB
and its staff on the project;
3. Developing and publishing the discussion paper for public comment;
4. Developing and publishing the exposure draft for public comment. This
exposure draft must be approved by vote of at least nine IASB members;
5. Developing and publishing the standard. The standard must be approved by
vote of at least nine IASB members and finally
6. The standard is issued

IFRS AC and IFRS IC

The IFRS Advisory Council (IFRS AC) gives advice to the IASB on a range of
issues which includes:
1. input on the IASB’s agenda
2. input on the IASB’s project timetable (work programme) including project
priorities, and consultation on any changes in agenda and priorities
3. advise on projects, with particular emphasis on practical application and
implementation issues
 The IFRS AC also supports the IASB in the promotion and adoption of
IFRSs throughout the world.
 This may include the publishing of articles supportive of IFRSs and
addressing public meetings on the same subject.
 The IFRS Interpretations Committee (IFRS IC)
 Reports to the IASB.
 The IFRIC reviews the current IFRSs and the IASB Framework, accounting
issues.
The interpretations cover both:
 newly identified financial reporting issues not specifically dealt with in IFRSs; or
 issues where unsatisfactory or conflicting interpretations have developed

A5. Duties and responsibilities of those charged with governance

Governance in preparation of financial statements

Corporate governance
 Corporate governance was defined by the Cadbury Committee as:
'The system by which an organisation is directed and controlled, at its
most senior levels, in order to achieve its objectives and meet the
necessary standards of accountability and probity.'
 Corporate governance is not solely about introducing systems of
control, it is fundamentally linked to directing the organisation in order
to achieve objectives. This is critical to the success of the organisation
and is a central part of the role of the board of directors

Duties and responsibilities of directors in preparation of financial statements

Board of Directors
 The most prominent group of actors in corporate governance are the
company’s directors. They can be either executive or non-executive
directors (NEDs).
 The UK Companies Act sets out seven statutory duties of directors.
Directors should
1. Act within their powers
2. Promote the success of the company
3. Exercise independent judgement
4. Exercise reasonable skill, care and diligence
5. Avoid conflicts of interest
6. Not accept benefits from third parties
7. Declare an interest in a proposed transaction or arrangement.

Directors' considerations
1. The consequences of decisions in the long term
2. The interests of their employees
3. The need to develop good relationships with customers and suppliers
4. The impact of the company on the local community and the environment
5. The desirability of maintaining high standards of business conduct and good
reputation
6. The need to act fairly between all members of the company
 Directors’ Responsibility for the Financial Statements
 The directors are responsible for preparing the annual financial
statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for
each financial year and such financial statements must give a true and
fair view. Hence, the directors are required to:
o select suitable accounting policies and then apply them
consistently;
o make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent; and;
o state whether they have been prepared in accordance with
IFRSs.
 Directors are responsible for the internal controls necessary to enable
the preparation of financial statements that are free from material
misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. They are also responsible
for the prevention and detection of fraud.
 Financial statements of companies are usually audited. An audit is an
independent examination of the accounts to ensure that they comply
with legal requirements and accounting standards. The findings of the
audit are reported to the shareholders.

Syllabus B: The Qualitative Characteristics of Financial Informa

B1. The qualitative characteristics of financial information

Qualitative characteristics
The IASB’s Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting

The main purpose of the Framework is to:

1. assist in the development of future IFRS and the review of existing standards
by setting out the underlying concepts
2. promote harmonisation of accounting regulation and standards by reducing
the number of permitted alternative accounting treatments
3. assist the preparers of financial statements in the application of IFRS, which
would include dealing with accounting transactions for which there is not
(yet) an accounting standard.

Qualitative Characteristics of Financial Information

 The revised Framework distinguishes between two types of qualitative
characteristics that are necessary to provide useful financial
information:
 Fundamental qualitative characteristics
- relevance and
- faithful representation)
 Enhancing qualitative characteristics
- comparability (including consistency),
- timeliness,
- verifiability and
- understandability.

Fundamental Qualitative Characteristics

For information to be useful, it must be both relevant and faithfully
represented

1. Relevance
o Influences economic decisions of user
 Relevant financial information is capable of making a difference
in the decisions made by users
o Has predictive value and/or confirmatory value or both
 Relevant information assists in the predictive ability of financial
statements.
 That is not to say the financial statements should be predictive in
the sense of forecasts, but that (past) information should be
presented in a manner that assists users to assess an entity’s
ability to take advantage of opportunities and react to adverse
situations.
o Materiality
 Materiality is a threshold or cut-off point for information whose
omission or misstatement could influence the economic
decisions of users taken on the basis of the financial statements.
 This depends on the size of the item or error judged in the
particular circumstances of its omission or misstatement.
 Hence, materiality is not a matter to be considered by standard-
setters but by preparers and their auditors.

2. Faithful Representation
 General purpose financial reports represent economic phenomena in
words and numbers.
 To be useful, financial information must not only be relevant, it must
also represent faithfully the phenomena it purports to represent.
 Financial statements will generally show a fair presentation when
 They conform with accounting standards
 They conform with the any relevant legal requirements
 They have applied the qualitative characteristics from the
Framework.
 Financial information that faithfully represents economic phenomena
has three characteristics: -
 it is complete
 it is neutral
 it is free from error
 Enhancing Qualitative Characteristics
 Comparability, verifiability, timeliness and understandability are
directed to enhance both relevant and faithfully represented financial
information.
 Those characteristics should be maximised both individually and in
combination.

1. Comparability
o Users can identify similarities and differences
 Comparability is fundamental to assessing the performance of
an entity by using its financial statements.
 Assessing the performance of an entity over time (trend analysis)
requires that the financial statements used have been prepared
on a comparable (consistent) basis.
o Consistent application of methods
 Comparability is enhanced by the use and disclosure of
consistent accounting policies.
 Users can confirm that comparative information for calculating
trends is comparable.
 The disclosure of accounting policies at least informs users if
different entities use different policies.
 Comparability should be distinguished from consistency (the
consistent use of accounting methods).
 It is recognised that there are situations where it is necessary to
adopt new accounting policies (usually through new Standards)
if they enhance relevance and reliability. Consistency and
comparability require the existence and disclosure of
accounting policies.

2. Verifiability
 Financial information is verifiable when it enables knowledgeable and
independent observers to reach a consensus on whether a particular
depiction of an event or transaction is a faithful representation.

3. Timeliness
 Timeliness means that information is available to decision-makers in
time to be capable of influencing their decisions.

4. Understandability
Understandability is enhanced when the information is:
o classified
o characterised
o presented clearly and concisely
 However, relevant information should not be excluded solely because
it may be too complex and cannot be made easy to understand.
 To exclude such information would make financial reports incomplete
and potentially misleading.
  Financial reports are prepared for users who have a reasonable
knowledge of business and economic activities and who review and
analyse the information with diligence.
 The Cost Constraint on Useful Financial Reporting
 Cost is a pervasive constraint to financial reporting. Reporting such
information imposes costs and those costs should be justified by the
benefits of reporting that information.
 The IASB assesses costs and benefits in relation to financial reporting
generally, and not solely in relation to individual reporting entities.
 The IASB will consider whether different sizes of entities and other
factors justify different reporting requirements in certain situations.

Accounting concepts

The Framework sets out two concepts which can be presumed when reading
financial statements:
 Accrual Basis
The effects of transactions and other events are recognised when they
occur, rather than when cash or its equivalent is received or paid, and they
are reported in the financial statements of the periods to which they relate.
 Going Concern
The financial statements presume that an enterprise will continue in operation
in the foreseeable future or, if that presumption is not valid, disclosure and a
different basis of reporting are required.

Other Accounting Concepts

 The business entity concept (separate entity)
In accounting, a business should always be treated separately from its
owner(s).
 Substance over form
Transactions need to be accounted for and presented in accordance with
their substance and economic reality even if their legal form is different.
 Fair presentation
o The financial statements must "present fairly" the financial position,
financial performance and cash flows of an entity.
o Fair presentation requires the faithful representation of the effects of
transactions, other events, and conditions in accordance with the
definitions and recognition criteria for assets, liabilities, income and
expenses set out in the Framework.
IAS 1, “Presentation of Financial Statements” states that:
1. compliance with IFRSs should be disclosed
2. All relevant IFRS must be followed if compliance with IFRSs is disclosed
In some rare circumstances, management may decide that compliance with
a requirement of an IFRS would be misleading. Departure from the IFRS is
therefore required to achieve a fair presentation.
 IAS 1 states that for a fair presentation, the following is required:
1. selection and application of accounting policies
2. presentation of information in a manner which provides relevant, reliable,
comparable and understandable information
3. additional disclosures when required

Historical Cost
Historical cost has been defined as the amount paid or fair value of the
consideration given.

Advantages of Historical Cost Accounting

 The cost is known and can be proved (e.g. against an invoice). It is therefore
objective
 It enhances comparability
 It leads to stable pricing – using current market values would lead to volatility
in asset values

Disadvantages of Historical Cost Accounting

 Non-current asset values are unrealistic
 Since non-current asset values are low, depreciation is low and does not fully
reflect the value of the asset consumed during the accounting year
 Lower costs, e.g. depreciation expense, would lead to higher profits.
There is a possibility that this may lead to higher taxation, wage demands
and dividend expectation (based on overstated earnings per share).
The combination of these effects is that a company may overspend or over
distribute its profits and not maintain its capital base.
 Comparisons over time are unrealistic
 Understatement of asset values tends to overstate gearing, and leads to a
low asset per share value and can make the company vulnerable to a take
over
 Where assets, particularly land and buildings, are being used as security to
raise finance, it is current value that lenders are interested in, not historical
values

These disadvantages usually arise in times of rising prices. In fact, in times of

rising prices, historical cost accounting tends to understate asset values and
overstate profits.

Syllabus C: The Use Of Double-entry And Accounting Systems

C1. Double-entry book-keeping principles including the maintenance

Contents and purpose of business documentation

Documents used to record business transactions include
 Quotation:
a business makes a written offer to a customer to produce or deliver goods or
services for a certain amount of money
 Sales Order:
a customer writes out or signs an order for goods or services he requires
 Purchase Order:
a business orders from another business goods or services
 Goods received note:
a list of goods that a business has received from a supplier
 Goods despatched note:
a list of goods that a business has sent out to a customer
 Invoice:
An invoice relates to a sales order or a purchase order. When a business sells
goods or services on credit to a customer, it sends out an invoice. When a
business buys goods or services on credit, it receives an invoice from the
supplier.
 Statement:
A document sent by a supplier to a customer listing all invoices, credit notes
and payments done by the customer
 Credit note:
a document sent by a supplier to a customer in respect of goods returned or
overpayments made by the customer
 Debit note:
a document sent by a customer to a supplier in respect of goods returned or
an overpayment made. It is a formal request for the supplier to issue a credit
note
 Remittance advice:
a document sent with a payment, detailing which invoice are being paid
and which credit notes offset
 Receipt:
a written confirmation that money has been paid.

Double entry accounting

Books of Prime Entry

o As we have seen in the previous chapter, repetitive transactions may
initially be captured in day books (also known as books of prime entry)
e.g., all the sales invoices may be listed in the sales day book. These
day books are not part of the double-entry system but enable the
number of double-entries to be reduced by ascertaining an aggregate

Nominal Ledger
o The total of the day book, or the single transaction, is recorded in the
double-entry system by being posted to the nominal accounts in the
general/nominal ledger. Each nominal account (or T account) has two
sides, the left hand side of which is called the debit side (DR) and the
right hand side of which is called the credit side (CR).
 o Nominal accounts are normally opened for each asset and liability (or
class thereof), and one for each type of expense and income. In
addition a sole trader will also have an account for capital. Capital
represents the proprietary interest in the net assets of the business. It is
created when the owner introduces resources into the business entity
and increases when the business generates a profit.
o As already mentioned, only transactions capable of being measured
objectively in monetary terms can be recorded (this is known as the
money measurement concept).

Double-entry rules
Rule 1: - The duality rule
o Every transaction has two effects, one of which will be recorded as a
debit in one account and the other which will be recorded as a credit
in another account. If this rule is broken, the trial balance will not agree
and a suspense account is opened. This will be discussed later in
“Correction of Errors”.

TOTAL DEBITS = TOTAL CREDITS

Rule 2: - The when to DR and CR rule

o The rules as to when to debit a T account and when to credit a T

account can be summarized in the following table.
o The Debit/Credit Table:

increase decrease

asset debit credit

expense
purchases
drawings

liability credit debit

income
sales
capital

Rule 3: - Debit is on the left and credit is on the right

The Accounting Equation

E.g. Statement of Financial Position – M. Stark
assets $ liabilities $

motor vehicles 10000 trade payables 3000

inventory 4000 proprietor's interest

receivables 2000 capital 13000

cash 3000 profit 4000

drawings (1000)

-------- --------

19000 19000

Assets = Liabilities
Assets = (Capital + Profit – Drawings) + Payables
Assets – Payables = Capital +Profit – Drawings
Net Assets = Proprietor’s Interest

C2. Ledger accounts, books of prime entry and journals

Uses of journals
Journal Book
 The journal keeps a record of unusual movement between accounts. It
is used to record any double entries made which do not arise from the
other books of prime entry. For example, journal entries are made
when errors are discovered and need to be corrected and for period
end adjustments (depreciation, bad and doubtful debts, accruals and
prepayments).

Memorandum Ledgers
 The main purpose of memorandum ledgers is to know how much is
owed by each particular customer or to a specific supplier at a point in
time.
 There are two main types of memorandum ledgers
o Receivables Ledger
o Payables Ledger
Receivables Ledger
o This ledger shows how much is owed to the business by each individual
customer

sunshine co

date narrative sales cash total

$ $ $

oct 4 invoice 145 452.60 452.60

clouds co

date narrative sales cash total

$ $ $

oct 4 invoice 146 254.20 254.20

star & moon co

date narrative sales cash total

$ $ $

oct 4 invoice 147 845.90 845.90

oct 12 750.00 95.90

Payables Ledger
o This ledger shows how much is owed by the business to each individual
supplier.

jupiter co

date narrative cash purchase total

$ $ $

oct 1 invoice j851 556.10 556.10

oct 5 cash book 250.00 306.10

mars co

date narrative cash purchase total

$ $ $

oct 1 invoice m048 189.60 189.60

venus & co

date narrative cash purchase total

$ $ $

oct 1 invoice 0124 245.50 245.50

Ledger accounts and books of prime entry
Cash Book
o The cash book records receipts and payments into and out of the
business bank account. These would include receipts and payments
made by bank transfer, standing order, direct debit and bank interest
and charges, directly by the bank.
Sales Day Book
o The sales day book lists all sales made on credit. It is used to keep a list
of all invoices sent out to customers each day.
Sales Returns Day Book
o When customers return goods for some reason, a credit note is raised.
All credit notes are recorded in the sales returns day book.
Purchase Day Book
o The purchase day book lists all purchases made on credit, i.e. a list of
all invoices it receives.
Purchase Returns Day Book
o The purchase returns day book records credit notes received in respect
of goods which the business sends back to its suppliers.
Petty Cash Book
o Most businesses keep a small amount of cash on the premises to make
occasional small payments in cash, e.g. staff refreshments, postage
stamps, to pay the office cleaner, taxi fares, etc. This is often called the
cash float or petty cash account. Therefore, the petty cash book is a
cash book for small payments.
o Very often these businesses use the imprest system. Under the imprest
system, the petty cash is kept at an agreed sum, so that each topping
up is equal to the amount paid out in the period.
Example
The amount of money in petty cash is kept at an agreed sum of
$250. Expense items are recorded on vouchers as they occur and the total
voucher payments for the period were $55. Therefore:
The cash payment required from the bank account into petty cash is equal
to $55, i.e. total of the voucher payments since the previous top-up.

cash still held in petty cash (250 - 55) 195

plus voucher payments (25+5+10+15) 55

----

must equal the agreed sum or float 250

===
 Keeping cash (even in small amounts) on the premises is a security risk.
Therefore a petty cash system is usually subject to strict controls.
1. Payment is only made in respect of authorised claims.
2. All claims are supported by evidence.

Balance and close a ledger

o The totals from the books of prime entry are posted to the nominal
accounts in the nominal ledger through double-entry.
o A business will want to know the balance on each account (to add to
the Trial Balance). This is done by 'balancing off' each account.

Steps to balance off a ledger account

1. Add the debit and credit sides separately.
2. Fill in the higher of the two totals on both sides.
3. 'Balance' the account (make the two sides equal) – balance c/d
4. Complete the 'double entry' – balance b/d on the opposite side.
Example 1
In the books of Cows Co:
Year 2016
Jan 1 - Paid $50,000 into a business bank account
Jan 9 - Bought goods for $2,000
Jan 11 - Cash Sales $5,000
Required
Balance off a ledger account (Bank a/c & Cash a/c only) as at 31 Jan 2016.

Solution

Bank account and Cash account

DR CR

Step 1: Jan 1 Capital 50,000 Step 1: Jan 9 Purchases 2,000

Step 1: Jan 11 Sales 5,000

Step 3: 31 Jan Balance c/d

(55,000 - 2,000) = 53,000

Step 2: This is the higher one ... Total (50,000 Step 2: Total 55,000
+ 5,000) = 55,000

Step 4: 31 Jan Balance b/d 53,000 (you will

see this figure in the Trial balance

Syllabus D: Recording Transactions and Events

D1. Sales and purchases

Calculate sales tax

REGISTERED businesses charge output sales tax on sales and suffer input sales
tax on purchases.
o Sales tax does not affect the statement of profit or loss, but is simply
being collected on behalf of the tax authorities to whom a quarterly
payment is made.
 o Therefore, if a business sells goods for $1,000 + 17.5% sales tax, the
accounting entries to record the sale would be:

Dr Cash/trade receivables(Gross) $1,175

Cr Sales (Net) - P&L $1,000
Cr Sales tax control account $175

o If input sales tax is recoverable, the cost of purchases should exclude

the sales tax and be recorded net of tax.
o Therefore, if a business purchases goods on credit for $500 + 17.5% sales
tax, the accounting entries would be:

Dr Purchases - P&L $500.00

Dr Sales tax control account $87.50
Cr Cash/trade payables $587.50

Irrecoverable Sales Tax

o There are some circumstances in which traders are not allowed to
reclaim sales tax paid on their inputs.
o For e.g. sales tax charged on motor cars, other than for resale, and on
certain business entertaining expenses is irrecoverable.
o In these cases, sales tax must be regarded as part of the cost of the
items purchased and included in the statement of profit or loss charge
or in the statement of financial position as appropriate.
o Therefore, the double entry for buying a motor vehicle, where sales tax
is irrecoverable, is: -

Dr Motor Vehicles A/c (cost + sales tax)

Cr Cash A/c (cost + sales tax)

General principles of a sales tax

Input and Output Tax

1. Output tax
Sales tax charged on goods and services sold by a business is referred to
as output tax.
e.g. I sell a computer to you and you will pay me a price + output tax (VAT)
2. Input tax
Sales tax paid on goods and services ‘bought in’ by a business is referred to
as input tax.
e.g. If I buy a computer, I have to pay a price + input tax (VAT)

 If output sales tax exceeds input sales tax, the business pays the
difference in tax to the authorities.
 If output sales tax is less than input sales tax in a period, the tax
authorities will refund the difference to the business.
 D3. Inventory

Adjustments for inventory

Inventories are assets:

 held for sale in the ordinary course of business;
 in the process of production for such sale; or
 in the form of materials or supplies to be consumed in the production process
or in the rendering of services.
Inventory can be a significant figure for some businesses, e.g. manufacturing
companies.

It affects the financial statement in two ways:

1. Statement of financial position: it is included as a current asset
2. Statement of profit or loss:
 opening and closing inventory have a direct impact on cost of sales
and therefore profits.
 (The cost of goods sold is calculated as: Opening inventory + Purchases
– Closing inventory).

All businesses must therefore ensure that their financial statements account
for inventory accurately in terms of:
1. the accounting adjustment
2. its valuation
 Opening and closing inventory

Inventory is generally accounted for as a year-end adjustment via a journal

entry.

Opening Inventories
 These are the goods held by the business at the beginning of the year.
 However, such goods will normally have been sold during the year.
 They are no longer an asset of the entity but will form part of the costs
that should be matched against sales revenue when determining
profit.
 Therefore, opening inventories brought forward in the inventory
account are transferred to the trading account.
 The accounting entry is:

Dr Cost of sales (I/S)

Cr Inventories (SOFP)

Closing Inventories
 Goods might be unsold at the end of an accounting period and so still
be held in inventory.
 The value of closing inventories is accounted for in the nominal ledger
by debiting an inventory account and crediting the trading account at
the end of an accounting period.
 Inventory will therefore have a debit balance at the end of a period,
and this balance will be shown in the statement of financial position as
a current asset.
 The accounting entry is:

Dr Inventories (SOFP)
Cr Cost of sales (I/S)

Alternative methods of valuing

The inventories figure is made up of two elements
1. Quantity
 The quantity of inventories held at the year end is established by means
of a physical count of inventory in an annual counting exercise, or by a
'continuous' inventory count.
2. Valuation
 The basic rule as per IAS 2 “Inventories” states that:
Inventories should be measured at the lower of cost and net realisable
value

 The value of inventories is calculated at the lower of cost and net

realisable value for each separate item or group of items.
 Here, the prudence concept is being applied in presenting financial
information.
 Other methods
 Inventories might be valued at their expected selling price.
 Inventories might be valued at their expected selling price, less any costs still
to be incurred in getting them ready for sale and then selling them. This
amount is referred to as the net realisable value (NRV) of the inventories.
 Inventories might be valued at their historical cost (ie the cost at which they
were originally bought).
 Inventories might be valued at the amount it would cost to replace them. This
amount is referred to as the current replacement cost of inventories

IASB requirements
 IAS 2 lays out the required accounting treatment for inventories under
the historical cost system.
 The major area of contention is the cost value of inventory to be
recorded.
 This is recognised as an asset of the enterprise until the related
revenues are recognised (i.e. the item is sold) at which point the
inventory is recognised as an expense (i.e. cost of sales).
 Part or all of the cost of inventories may also be expensed if a write-
down to net realisable value is necessary.

Costs included in valuing inventories

Cost
The cost of inventories will consist of all the following costs
1. Purchase
2. Costs of conversion
3. Other costs incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and
condition, e.g. carriage inwards

Costs of purchase
IAS 2 lists the following as comprising the costs of purchase of inventories
 Purchase price; plus
 Import duties and other taxes; plus
 Transport, handling and any other cost directly attributable to the acquisition
of finished goods, services and materials; less
 Trade discounts, rebates and other similar amounts

Costs of conversion
Costs of conversion of inventories consist of two main parts
1. Costs directly related to the units of production, e.g. direct materials, direct
labour
2. Fixed and variable production overheads that are incurred in converting
materials into finished goods, allocated on a systematic basis.
 Fixed production overheads are those indirect costs of production that
remain relatively constant regardless of the volume of production, e.g.
the cost of factory management and administration.
  Variable production overheads are those indirect costs of production
that vary directly, or nearly directly, with the volume of production, e.g.
indirect materials and labour. (IAS 2)

Net Realisable Value

 The net realisable value of an item is essentially its net selling proceeds
after all costs have been deducted.
 It is calculated as:

estimated selling price x

less: estimated costs of completion (x)

less: estimated selling and distribution costs (x)

 As a general rule, assets should not be carried at amounts greater than

those expected to be realised from their sale or use.
 In the case of inventories this amount could fall below cost when items
are damaged or become obsolete, or where the costs to completion
have increased in order to make the sale.

Continuous and period end inventory records

Inventories held at the year end

 The quantity of inventories held at the year end is established by means
of a physical count of inventory in an annual counting exercise, or by a
'continuous' inventory count.
 In simple cases, when a business holds easily counted and relatively
small amounts of inventory, quantities of inventories on hand at the
reporting date can be determined by physically counting them in an
inventory count.
 In more complicated cases, where a business holds considerable
quantities of varied inventory, an alternative approach to establishing
quantities is to maintain continuous inventory records.
 This means that a card is kept for every item of inventory, showing
receipts and issues from the stores, and a running total.
 A few inventory items are counted each day to make sure their record
cards are correct – this is called a 'continuous' count because it is
spread out over the year rather than completed in one count at a
designated time.
FIFO and AVCO

FIFO (first in, first out)

 FIFO assumes that materials are issued out of inventory in the order in
which they were delivered into inventory, i.e. issues are priced at the
cost of the earliest delivery remaining in inventory

AVCO (average cost)

 AVCO calculates a weighted average price for all units in inventory.
Issues are priced at this average cost, and the balance of inventory
remaining would have the same unit valuation.
 A new weighted average price is calculated whenever a new delivery
of materials into store is received.
LIFO is no longer permitted under IAS 2.

The impact of accounting concepts

Accounting assumption of accruals

 The fundamental accounting assumption of accrual requires costs to
be matched with associated revenues. In order to achieve this, costs
incurred for goods which remain unsold at the year-end must be
carried forward in the statement of financial position and matched
against future revenues.
In valuing inventory, we also follow the prudence concept which states that
a profit cannot be anticipated before it is realised.

A. If inventory is expected to be sold at a profit:

(i) value at cost
(ii) do not anticipate profit.

B. If inventory is expected to be sold at a loss:

(i) value at net realisable value
(ii) do provide for the future loss

Inventory valuation methods

 Each method of valuation produces different costs both of closing

inventories and also of material issues.
 Since raw material costs affect the cost of production, and the cost of
production works through eventually into the cost of sales, it follows
that different methods of inventory valuation will provide different profit
figures.
 In times of rising prices, using FIFO method will mean the financial
statements show higher inventory values and higher profit.
 Disclosure notes

The financial statements should disclose the following: -

 accounting policy for inventories
 carrying amount, generally classified as merchandise, supplies, materials,
work in progress, and finished goods. The classifications depend on what is
appropriate for the entity
 carrying amount of any inventories carried at fair value less costs to sell
 amount of any write-down of inventories recognised as an expense in the
period

Example of disclosure note

 Note 1: Accounting Policies

Inventories

 Inventories are valued at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Cost is
determined using first in, first out method. Net realizable value is the
estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less the costs
estimated to make the sale.

 Note 10: Inventories

2011 2010

raw materials 15,000 17000

work in progress 10000 13000

finished goods 25000 15000

-------- --------

50000 45000

D4. Tangible non-current assets

Definition
Non-current assets
 Non-current assets - all assets other than current assets shall be
classified as non-current assets. They include both tangible and
intangible assets.
 The accounting treatment of tangible non-current assets is covered by
IAS 16: Property, Plant and Equipment
 Current and non-current assets

The difference between current and non-current assets

Current assets are assets
 realized (sold/consumed) in entities’ normal operating cycle
 which are held for trading
 which include cash and cash equivalent
 are expected to realize within 12 months after the end of the reporting period

current assets non-current assets

1. realized within normal operating cycle 1. not realized in normal operating

of entity cycle

2. intended for sale or consumption 2. intended for use over a long period
of time

3. used for trading purposes 3. used for investment and productive

purposes

4. realized within 12 months 4. held for more than 12 months

5. e.g. inventory, cash and bank 5. e.g. plant and machinery,

balance, raw equipment, land
material, receivables and buildings, office furniture.
Capital and revenue items
  Capital expenditure results in the appearance of a non-current asset in
the statement of financial position of the business.
 Revenue expenditure results in an expense in the statement of profit or
loss

nature of meaning
transaction

capital expenditure i. it increases the value of non-current assets

ii. it improves the earning capacity of an asset
iii. e.g. purchase of computers, vehicles, building, land, plant
and
machinery; stamp duty, registration fees, solicitor’s fees,
architect’s
fees, installation charges; fitting of air conditioner in vehicles

revenue i. it is incurred to maintain existing capacity of asset

expenditure ii. regular expenditure
iii. e.g. repairs and maintenance to machinery, electricity cost for
machinery, spare parts for machinery

capital receipt i. it is income which is not earned out of the regular

operations of
an entity, i.e. not realized by the sale of the merchandise of the
entity
ii. it is a receipt earned when an item of capital expenditure
is sold
iii. it decreases the value of non-current assets

revenue receipt i. it is a regular receipt/income

ii. it decreases current assets
iii. it is a result of the sale of the entity’s merchandise and other
revenue items such as rent received or commission received

Classify expenditure

Capital / Revenue Expenditure

 Capital expenditure results in the appearance of a non-current asset in
the statement of financial position of the business.
 Revenue expenditure results in an expense in the statement of profit or
loss.
 Acquisition and disposal of non-current assets

When a non-current asset is acquired, the double-entry is: -

Dr Non-Current Asset
Cr Cash/Payables

Tangible non-current assets should initially be recorded at cost.

The cost of an asset includes

1. Purchase price – after deducting trade discounts and rebates and adding
duties and non-refundable taxes
2. Cost directly attributable to bring the asset to its location and to make it
available for its intended use.
These include:
a. Initial delivery and handling costs
b. Installation and assembly costs
c. Costs of testing whether the asset is working properly
d. Professional fees
The following costs may not be included:
a) The cost of maintenance contracts
b) Administration and general overhead costs
c) Staff training costs
3. Dismantling cost – cost of removing old asset from its place in order to put in
the new one

Disposal of non-current assets

 When a non-current asset is sold, there is likely to be a profit or loss on
disposal. This is the difference between the net sale price of the asset
and its net book value at the time of disposal.
If:
Sales proceeds > NBV → profit on disposal
Sales proceeds < NBV → loss on disposal

Accounting Treatment
1. Remove the cost of the asset:
Dr Disposal account
Cr Non-current asset
2. Remove the accumulated depreciation charged to date:
Dr Accumulated depreciation
Cr Disposal account
3. Account for the sales proceeds:
Dr Cash
Cr Disposal account
4. Balance off disposal account to find the profit or loss on disposal.
A profit on disposal is shown in the statement of profit or loss as sundry
income, a loss as an expense in the statement of profit or loss.
 Profits or losses on disposal

Part exchange allowance

 Instead of receiving sales proceeds as cash, a part exchange
allowance could be offered against the cost of a replacement asset:

Dr New asset cost

Cr Disposal account

IAS 16 states that the cost of an item obtained through part exchange
is the fair value of the asset received.
 The part exchange allowance takes the place of proceeds in the
disposals account.

Revaluation of a non-current asset

 IAS 16 allows entities the choice of two valuation models for its non-
current assets – the cost model or the revaluation model.
 Each model needs to be applied consistently to all non-current assets
of the same ‘class’. A class of assets is a grouping of assets that have a
similar nature or function within the business.
 For example, properties would typically be one class of assets, and
plant and equipment another.
 Additionally, if the revaluation model is chosen, the revaluations need
to be kept up to date, although IAS 16 is not specific as to how often
assets need to be revalued.
 When the revaluation model is used, assets are carried at their fair
value, defined as ‘the amount for which an asset could be exchanged
between knowledgeable, willing parties in an arm’s length
transaction’.
 When a revalued asset is disposed of, any revaluation surplus may be
transferred directly to retained earnings, or it may be left in equity
under the heading revaluation surplus.
 The transfer to retained earnings should not be made through the
statement of profit or loss
 IAS 16 allows (but does not require) entities to make a transfer of the
‘excess depreciation’ (the extra depreciation which results due to the
increased value of the asset) from the revaluation reserve directly to
retained earnings.

Accounting treatment
 Adjust cost account to revalued amount.
 Remove accumulated depreciation charged on the asset to date.
 Put the balance to the revaluation reserve.
The required double-entry is:
 Dr Non-current asset cost
Dr Accumulated Depreciation
Cr Revaluation Reserve

Non-current asset balances and movements

For each class of property, plant, and equipment , disclose

 basis for measuring carrying amount
 depreciation method(s) used
 useful lives or depreciation rates
 gross carrying amount and accumulated depreciation and impairment losses
 reconciliation of the carrying amount at the beginning and the end of the
period, showing
o additions
o disposals
o acquisitions through business combinations
o revaluation increases or decreases
o impairment losses
o reversals of impairment losses
o depreciation
o net foreign exchange differences on translation
o other movements
If property, plant, and equipment is stated at revalued amounts, certain
additional disclosures are required
 the effective date of the revaluation
 whether an independent valuer was involved
 the methods and significant assumptions used in estimating fair values
 for each revalued class of property, the carrying amount that would have
been recognised had the assets been carried under the cost model
 the revaluation surplus, including changes during the period and any
restrictions on the distribution of the balance to shareholders

land & machinery office total

building equipment
$ $ $ $

cost or valuation

at 1 january 2010 50000 10000 8000 68000

revaluation surplus 12000 2000 2000 16000

additions in year 4000 4000 ---- 8000

disposals in year -1000 -1000 ---- -2000

 -------- -------- -------- --------

at 31 december 2010 65000 15000 10000 90000

===== ===== ===== =====

depreciation

at 1 january 2010 16000 6000 4000 26000

charge for year 4000 3000 2000 9000

eliminated on disposals -500 -500 ---- -1000

-------- -------- -------- --------

at 31 december 2010 19500 8500 6000 34000

===== ===== ===== =====

carrying amount

at 31 december 2010 45500 6500 4000 56000

===== ===== ===== =====

at 1 january 2010 34000 4000 4000 42000

Asset register
Asset register
An asset register is used to record all non-current assets and is an internal
check on the accuracy of the nominal ledger.
For example, an asset may have been scrapped and the asset register
updated, but the asset has not yet been written off in the accounting
records.
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In an asset register, the following details about each non-current asset are
found:
 Purchase date
 Cost depreciation method
 Estimated useful life
 Carrying amount
 Description of asset
 Location of asset
 Internal reference number
 Manufacturer’s seriel number

D5. Depreciation

Purpose of depreciation
Depreciation
Where assets held by an enterprise have a limited useful life, it is necessary to
apportion the value of an asset used in a period against the revenue it has
helped to create. Therefore, with the exception of land held on freehold or
very long leasehold, every non-current asset has to be depreciated.
A charge is made in the statement of profit or loss to reflect the use that is
made of the asset by the business. This charge is called depreciation. The
need to depreciate non-current assets arises from the accrual assumption. If
money is spent on an asset, then the amount must be charged against
profits.
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Some key terms
 Depreciation: - the allocation of the depreciable amount of an asset over its
estimated useful life.
 Useful life: - the period over which a depreciable asset is expected to be
used by the enterprise; or the number of production or similar units expected
to be obtained from the asset by the enterprise.
 Depreciable amount: - cost/revalued amount – residual value
 Residual value: - the amount the asset is expected to be sold for at the end
of its useful life. It is also known as scrap value

Straight line and reducing balance methods

Main methods
There are two main methods for calculating depreciation
 Straight line method
 Reducing balance method
Straight line method
The depreciation charge is the same every year.

Formula

Cost of asset – residual value

---------------------------------
Expected useful life of asset

OR

(Cost – Residual value) × %

This method is suitable for assets which are used up evenly over their useful
life, e.g. fixtures and fittings in the accounts department.
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Reducing balance method
This method is suitable for those assets which generate more revenue in
earlier years than in later years; for example machinery in a factory where
productivity falls as the machine gets older.
Under this method the depreciation charge will be higher in the earlier years
and reduce over time.
Formula

Depreciation rate (%) × Net Book Value (NBV)

Net book value (NBV) / Carrying value = cost – accumulated depreciation to

date
This method ignores residual value, since the NBV under this method will never
reach zero.

Different methods of appropriate depreciation

Appropriate Method
It is up to the business to decide which method of depreciation to apply to its
non-current assets.
The chosen method of depreciation should be applied consistently from year
to year.
This is an instance of the fundamental accounting assumption of consistency.
The depreciation method has to be reviewed. If there are any changes in the
expected pattern of use of the asset, then the method used should be
changed.
 In such cases, the remaining net book value is depreciated under the new
method, i.e. only current and future periods are affected.
The change is prospective.

Change in useful life.

Useful life
The useful life of an item of property, plant and equipment should be
reviewed at least every financial year-end and, if expectations are
significantly different from previous estimates, the depreciation charge for
current and future periods should be revised.
This is achieved by writing the net book value off over the asset's revised
remaining useful life.

NBV – residual value

----------------------
Revised useful life

Recording Depreciation
Depreciation expense and accumulated depreciation are recorded in
ledger accounts
Depreciation has a dual effect which needs to be accounted for
 It reduces the value of the asset in the statement of financial position.
 It is an expense in the statement of profit or loss.
The double-entry for depreciation is:

Dr Depreciation expense (I/S)

Cr Accumulated Depreciation (SOFP)

with the depreciation charge for the period.

D6. Intangible non-current assets and amortisation

Difference between tangible and intangible

The difference between tangible and intangible non-current assets
Tangible non-current assets are defined as those which
1. are held for use in the production or supply of goods or services for
administrative purposes; and
2. are expected to be used during more than one period.
An intangible non-current asset is an identifiable, non-monetary asset without
physical substance.

Types of intangible assets

Examples of intangible assets
 Development expenditure
 Goodwill
 Concessions, patents, licences, trademarks, copy rights
 Computer software
 Paper F3 only requires the accounting treatment of research and
development expenditure

Research costs and development costs

Research and Development Expenditure
Many businesses in the commercial world spend vast amounts of money, on
an annual basis, on the research and development of products and services.
These entities, including pharmaceutical and motor companies, do this with
the intention of developing a product or service that will, in future periods,
provide significant amounts of income for years to come.
Definitions
Research is original and planned investigation undertaken with the prospect
of gaining new scientific or technical knowledge and understanding.
An example of research could be a company in the pharmaceuticals
industry undertaking activities or tests aimed at obtaining new knowledge to
develop a new vaccine. The company is researching the unknown, and
therefore, at this early stage, no future economic benefit can be expected to
flow to the entity.
Development is the application of research findings or other knowledge to a
plan or design for the production of new or substantially improved materials,
devices, products, processes, systems, or services, before the start of
commercial production or use.
An example of development is a car manufacturer undertaking the design,
construction, and testing of a pre-production model.
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Accounting Treatment of Research and Development

IAS 38, Intangible Assets, separates a research and development project into
a research phase and a development phase.
 Research phase
It is impossible to demonstrate whether or not a product or service at the
research stage will generate any probable future economic benefit. As a
result, IAS 38 states that all expenditure incurred at the research stage should
be written off to the statement of profit or loss as an expense when incurred,
and will never be capitalised as an intangible asset.
 Development phase
 Under IAS 38, an intangible asset must demonstrate all of the following
criteria:
o Probable future economic benefits
o Intention to complete and use or sell the asset
o Resources (technical, financial and other resources) are adequate and
available to complete and use the asset
o Ability to use or sell the asset
o Technical feasibility of completing the intangible asset (so that it will be
available for use or sale)
o Expenditure can be measured reliably
If any of the recognition criteria are not met then the expenditure must be
charged to the statement of profit or loss as incurred.
Note that if all the recognition criteria have been met, capitalisation must
take place:
Dr Intangible non-current assets (SOFP)
Cr Bank/Payables

Purpose of amortisation
Treatment of Capitalised Development Costs
Once development costs have been capitalised, the asset should be
amortised in accordance with the accruals concept over its finite life.
What is amortization?
A tangible non-current asset, e.g. machinery, is capitalised and then
depreciated over its useful life. Similarly, the cost of the development
expenditure should be amortised over the useful life. Therefore, the cost of
the development expenditure is matched against the revenue it produces.
Amortisation must only begin when the asset is available for use (hence
matching the income and expenditure to the period in which it relates). It is
an expense in the statement of profit or loss: -
Dr Amortisation expense (I/S)
Cr Accumulated amortization (SOFP)

Each development project must be reviewed at the end of each accounting

period to ensure that the recognition criteria are still met. If the criteria are no
longer met, then the previously capitalised costs must be written off to the
statement of profit or loss immediately.
If the intangible asset is considered to have an indefinite useful life, it should
not be amortised but should be subjected to an annual impairment review,
i.e. check whether there has been a fall in the value of the intangible asset.

Disclosure notes
Disclosure note for intangible non-current assets
For each class of intangible asset, disclose
 useful life or amortisation rate
 amortisation method
 gross carrying amount
 accumulated amortisation and impairment losses
 line items in the statement of profit or loss in which amortisation is included
 reconciliation of the carrying amount at the beginning and the end of the
period showing:
o additions (business combinations separately)
o assets held for sale
o retirements and other disposals
o revaluations
o impairments
o reversals of impairments
o amortisation
o foreign exchange differences
o other changes
 basis for determining that an intangible has an indefinite life
 description and carrying amount of individually material intangible assets
 certain special disclosures about intangible assets acquired by way of
government grants
 information about intangible assets whose title is restricted
 contractual commitments to acquire intangible assets
Additional disclosures are required about
 intangible assets carried at revalued amounts
 the amount of research and development expenditure recognised as an
expense in the current period
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D7. Accruals and prepayments

Matching concept
We have mentioned that one of the underlying assumptions in the
“Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements” is
the accruals concept.
It is also known as the matching concept because of the way it strives to
match costs against the revenues generated by incurring those costs.
Its basic tenet is that revenues should be recognised (i.e. included in the
statement of profit or loss) in the period in which they are earned, not
necessarily when they are received in cash.
Thus, for example, a sale made to a customer on credit just before the year-
end would be included in that year's statement of profit or loss, even though
the cash may not be received until the following year.
In the same way, expenses are recognised according to the period to which
they relate, and not when they are paid.
 For example, an electricity bill not paid by the year-end would still be
charged in that year's statement of profit or loss whereas rates paid in
advance would be held back and not charged until the next year

Adjustments needed
Accrued expenses
Accrued expenses (accruals) are expenses which relate to an accounting
period but have not been paid for. They are expenses which are charged
against the profit for a particular period, even though they have not yet
been paid for.
Accruals are included in payables as current liabilities as they represent
liabilities which have been incurred but for which no invoice has yet been
received.

Accounting Treatment: Accruals

Dr Expense (I/S)
Cr Accruals (SOFP)
Prepaid expenses
Prepaid expenses (prepayments) are expenses which have already been
paid but relate to a future accounting period. Therefore, these are payments
which have been made in one accounting period, but should not be
charged against profit until a later period, because they relate to that later
period.

Prepayments are included in receivables in current assets in the statement of

financial position. They are assets as they represent money that has been
paid out in advance of the expense being incurred.
Accounting Treatment: Prepayments
Dr Prepayments (SOFP)
Cr Expense (I/S)

Reversal of Accruals and Prepayments

Reversal of Accruals and Prepayments
Accruals and prepayments brought forward at the beginning of the year
must be reversed.
Five steps are involved
1. At the beginning of the year, reverse opening accrual or prepayment
2. Double-entry: -
1. Reversal of an accrual
Dr Accruals (SOFP)
Cr Expense (I/S)
2. Reversal of a prepayment
Dr Expense (I/S)
Cr Prepayment (SOFP)
3. Post the cash paid during the year
4. Post any closing accrual or prepayment
5. Balance off the expense and accruals/prepayments accounts

Accrued and deferred Income

An entity will accrue income when it has earned the income during the
period but it has not yet been invoiced or received. This will increase income
in the statement of profit or loss and be shown as a receivable in the
statement of financial position at year end.

Accounting Treatment: Accrued Income

Dr Accrued income (SOFP)
Cr Income Account (I/S)
When an entity has received income in advance of it being earned, it should
be deferred to the following period. This will reduce income in the statement
of profit or loss and be shown as a payable in the statement of financial
position at the year end.
Accounting Treatment: Deferred Income
Dr Income Account (I/S)
Cr Deferred Income (SOFP)

Impact on profit and net assets

effect on effect on profit effect on

income/expenses assets/liabilitie

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D8. Receivables and payables

Offering credit facilities to customers

The benefits and costs

Today, very few businesses expect to be paid immediately in cash.

Most businesses buy and sell to one another on credit terms.
 A business will allow credit terms to customers and receive credit terms from
its suppliers.
This provides the benefit of allowing businesses to keep trading without
having to provide cash 'up front'.
However, providing credit facilities to customers can lead to problems.
Customers might fail to pay, either out of dishonesty or because they have
gone bankrupt.
Therefore, the costs of offering credit facilities to customers can include:
1. Interest costs of an overdraft, if customers do not pay promptly.
2. Costs of trying to obtain payment, e.g. chasing customers by phone
3. Court costs, e.g. the costs of legal letters
If an entity fails to pay its suppliers by the normal due dates, it may lead to:
 Reduction in credit rating
 Therefore, difficulty in obtaining credit from new suppliers

Aged receivables analysis

The Accounts Receivable Aging
A tool to control these problems of providing credit facilities is the aged
receivables analysis.
All outstanding accounts receivable are compiled into the accounts
receivable aging report
This shows how long invoices have been outstanding, current, 30 days, 60
days, 90 and 90+ days, and may also indicate that a customer is unable to
pay.
Most credit controllers will have a system of chasing up payment for long
outstanding invoices.

The purpose of credit limits

Credit Limit
Another tool in credit control is the credit limit. A customer will be given a
credit limit, which cannot be exceeded. This is a threshold that a company
will allow its customers to owe at any one time without having to go back
and review their credit file. Credit limit is the maximum amount that a firm is
willing to risk in an account.

Write off an irrecoverable debt

Irrecoverable debts (bad debts)
Irrecoverable debts (bad debts) are specific debts owed to a business which
it decides are never going to be paid. If a debt is definitely irrecoverable, the
prudence concept dictates it should be written off to the statement of profit
or loss as a bad debt.
The value of outstanding receivables must be reduced by the amount written
off. This is because the customers are no longer expected to pay, and it
would be misleading to show them in the statement of financial position as
current assets of the business for which cash payment is expected within one
year.
 Accounting treatment
Dr Bad debts expense (I/S)
Cr Trade Receivables (SOFP)

An irrecoverable debt recovered

An irrecoverable debt paid off
An irrecoverable debt which has been written off might occasionally be
unexpectedly paid. If it is paid in the same accounting period, the write-off
journal can simply be reversed. The only accounting problem to consider is
when a debt written off as irrecoverable in one accounting period is
subsequently paid in a later accounting period. In this case, the amount paid
should be recorded as additional income in the statement of profit or loss of
the period in which the payment is received

Accounting Treatment
Dr Cash
Cr Trade Receivables

Dr Trade Receivables
Cr Bad debts recovered (I/S)

Create and adjust an allowance for receivables

Doubtful Debts
If a debt is possibly irrecoverable, an allowance for the potential
irrecoverability of that debt should be made
Accounting treatment
Dr Doubtful debt expense (I/S)
Cr Allowance for receivables (SOFP)
This allowance is offset against trade receivables in the statement of financial
position.
Types of allowances
There are two types of allowance for receivables

1. Specific allowance – an allowance against a particular receivable

2. General allowance – a percentage allowance based on past experience of
irrecoverable debts (e.g. 2% of all outstanding receivables)
Therefore, an allowance for receivables provides for future irrecoverable
debts, as a prudent precaution by the business. For both types of allowance
for receivables, the double-entry still remains: -
Dr Doubtful debt expense (I/S)
Cr Allowance for receivables (SOFP)
Specific allowance
There are two situations in which a specific allowance previously done is no
longer required
 customer pays outstanding amount
 customer goes bankrupt
 Customer pays outstanding amount
Accounting treatment
Dr Cash (SOFP)
Cr Trade Receivables (SOFP)
Therefore, this will be credited to income in the statement of profit or loss or it
will reduce the total expense for bad and doubtful debts.

Dr Allowance for receivables (SOFP)

Cr Doubtful debts expense (I/S)
Customer goes bankrupt
Accounting treatment
Dr Allowance for receivables (SOFP)
Cr Trade Receivables (SOFP)
Therefore, no entry is posted in the bad and doubtful debts account as this
would have already been debited with the expense in the first year when we
have taken the specific allowance.

Movements in allowance for receivables

How do we calculate the general allowance?
There are a number of steps which must be followed.
1. Take the balance on the trade receivables account after posting credit sales
and cash received from credit customers
2. Deduct bad debts from this balance of trade receivables
3. Deduct also any specific allowances from trade receivables
4. Calculate the general allowance by applying the percentage given to the
remaining balance
Example: - General allowance
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trade receivables (net of bad debts written off) 10000

less: specific allowance (2000)

--------

8000

--------
 general allowance @ 2% (2% x 8,000) 160

=====

General allowance – subsequent years

In subsequent years, adjustments may be needed to the amount of the
allowance. The procedure to be followed then is
1. Calculate the new allowance required.
2. Compare it with the existing balance on the allowance account (i.e. the
balance b/f from the previous accounting period).
3. Calculate increase or decrease required.
(i) If a higher allowance is required now:
Dr Irrecoverable debts expense
Cr Allowance for receivables
with the amount of the increase.
(ii) If a lower allowance is needed now than before:
Dr Allowance for receivables
Cr Irrecoverable debts expense

with the amount of the decrease.

D9. Provisions and contingencies

Provisions.
A provision is a liability of uncertain timing or amount.
IAS 37 requires a provision be recognised when all of the following apply:
1. an entity has a present obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of a past
event
2. it is probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will
be required to settle the obligation
3. a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation
Therefore, a provision is made for something which will probably happen. It
should be recognised when it is probable that a transfer of economic events
will take place and when its amount can be estimated reliably.
Provisions can be distinguished from other liabilities (e.g. trade payables and
accruals) due to the uncertainty concerning the timing or amount of the
future expenditure required in settlement. In contrast, trade payables are
liabilities to pay for goods that have been received and invoiced, hence the
timing and amount of the expenditure is agreed with the supplier.
A provision is accounted for as follows: -

Dr Expense (I/S)
Cr Provision (SOFP)
 The required provision will be reviewed at each year end and increased or
decreased as necessary.
To increase a provision:

Dr Expense (I/S)
Cr Provision (SOFP)

To decrease a provision:

Dr Provision (SOFP)
Cr Expense (I/S)
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Measurement of Provision
The amount recognised as a provision should be the best estimate of the
expenditure required to settle the present obligation at the end of the
reporting period.
Provisions for one-off events (restructuring, environmental clean-up,
settlement of a lawsuit) are measured at the most likely amount.
Provisions for large populations of events (warranties, customer refunds) are
measured at a probability-weighted expected value.
Worked out example
A company sells goods with a warranty for the cost of repairs required in the
first 2 months after purchase.
Past experience suggests:
 88% of the goods sold will have no defects
 7% will have minor defects
 5% will have major defects
If minor defects were detected in all products sold, the cost of repairs will be
$24,000; if major defects were detected in all products sold, the cost would
be $200,000.
What amount of provision should be made?
(88% x 0) + (7% x 24,000) + (5% x 200,000) = $11,680.
Disclosure note
 For each class of provision, an entity should disclose
o the net book value at the beginning and the end of the period
o additional provisions made in the period, including increases to existing
provisions
o amounts utilised during the period
o unused amounts reversed during the period
 An entity should also disclose, for each class of provision
o a brief description of the nature of the obligation and the expected timing of
any resulting outflows of economic benefits
o an indication about the uncertainties about the amount and timing of those
outflows
o the amount of any expected reimbursement, stating the amount of any asset
that has been recognised for that expected reimbursement

Contingent liability.
Contingent liabilities are
1. possible obligations that arise from past events and whose existence will be
confirmed only by the occurrence or nonoccurrence of one or more
uncertain future events not wholly within the control of the entity
2. present obligations that arise from past events but are not recognised
because:
i. they are not probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic
benefits will be required to settle the obligation; or
ii. the amount of the obligation cannot be measured with sufficient reliability
Recognition
Contingent liabilities should not be recognized in financial statements but
they should be disclosed, unless the possibility of any outflow is remote. The
required disclosures are:
 A brief description of the nature of the contingent liability;
 An estimate of its financial effect;
 An indication of the uncertainties that exist relating to the amount or timing of
any outflow; and
 The possibility of any reimbursement.
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Disclosure Note
Unless the possibility of any outflow is remote, for each class of contingent
liability, an entity should disclose at the end of the reporting period, a brief
description of the nature of the contingent liability and where practicable
 an estimate of its financial effect
 an indication of the uncertainties relating to the amount or timing of any
outflow; and
 the possibility of any reimbursement
Contingent asset.
Contingent assets
Contingent assets are possible assets that arise from past events and whose
existence will be confirmed only by the occurrence or nonoccurrence of one
or more uncertain future events not wholly within the control of the entity.
A contingent asset must not be recognized. Only when the realization of the
related economic benefits is virtually certain should recognition take place.
At that point, the asset is no longer a contingent asset!
Contingent assets must only be disclosed in the notes if they are probable. A
brief description of the contingent asset must be provided together with an
estimate of its financial effect and details of any uncertainties
Disclosure Note
Where an inflow of economic benefits is probable (contingent asset), an
entity should disclose a brief description of the nature of the contingent
assets at the end of the reporting period and, where practicable, an
estimate of their financial effect.

D10. Capital structure and finance costs

Introduction
Fundamental differences
 There are some fundamental differences between the accounts of sole
traders and partnerships and limited liability companies.
The following are perhaps the most significant.
1. Legislation governing the activities of limited liability companies tends to be
very extensive.
It may specify that the annual accounts of a company must be filed with a
government bureau and so available for public inspection; and they often
contain detailed requirements on the minimum information which must be
disclosed in a company's accounts.
Also, the financial statements of companies must be audited annually.
2. The owners of a company (its shareholders) may be very numerous.
Their capital is shown differently from that of a sole trader; and similarly the
'appropriation account' of a company is different.
3. The liability for the debts of the business in a sole trader or partnership is
unlimited, which means that if the business runs up debts that it is unable to
pay, the proprietors will become personally liable for the unpaid debts, and
would be required, if necessary, to sell their private possessions in order to
repay them.
On the other hand, limited liability companies offer limited liability to their
owners.
Limited liability means that the maximum amount that an owner stands to
lose in the event that the company becomes insolvent and cannot pay off its
debts, is his share of the capital in the business.

Capital structure - limited liability company

Capital structure of a limited liability company
The owners' capital in a limited liability company consists of share capital.
When a company is originally set up, it issues shares.
These are paid for by investors, who then become shareholders of the
company. Shares are issued in units of 10 cents, 25 cents, 50 cents, $1 or even
$2.
The 'face value' of the shares is called their par value or nominal value, e.g.
100,000 shares of $1 each par value were issued at $1 each.
However, shares may be issued at a price higher than their par value, e.g. the
company may issue 20,000 shares of $1 each at $1.25 per share. This excess
over the par value is called share premium.
1. Authorised capital is the maximum amount of share capital that a company
is empowered to issue.
The amount of authorised share capital can change by agreement. For
example, a company's authorised share capital might be 10,000,000 ordinary
shares of $1 each.
2. Issued capital is the amount at nominal value of share capital that has been
issued to shareholders.
This amount of issued share capital cannot exceed the amount of authorised
capital.
Therefore, the company with authorised share capital of 10,000,000 ordinary
shares of $1 might have issued 6,000,000 shares.
 It may issue 4,000,000 more shares at some time in the future.
3. Called-up capital. When shares are issued, a company may not always be
paid the full amount for the shares at once.
It might call up only a part of the issue price, and wait until a later time before
it calls up the remainder.
For example, if a company issues 6,000,000 ordinary shares of $1, it might call
up only, say, 80 cents per share.
Although the issued share capital would be $6,000,000, the called-up share
capital would only be $4,800,000.
4. Paid-up capital. When capital is called up, some shareholders might delay
their payment (or even default on payment).
Paid-up capital is the amount of called-up capital that has been paid.
For example, if a company issues 6,000,000 ordinary shares of $1 each, calls
up 80 cents per share, but only receives payments of $3,600,000, the capital
not yet paid up would be $1,200,000 (4,800,000 – 3,600,000)

Ordinary shares
Ordinary shares carry no right to a fixed dividend but ordinary shareholders
are entitled to all profits.
In fact, the amount of ordinary dividends fluctuates from year to year.
Ordinary shareholders are sometimes referred to as equity shareholders
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Rights of Ordinary shareholders:
1. Shareholders can attend company general meetings.
2. They can vote on company matters such as:
- the appointment or re-election of directors
- the appointment of auditors
3. Ordinary shareholders are the effective owners of a company.
They own the 'equity' of the business including any reserves of the business.
4. They are entitled to receive dividends
5. They will receive the annual report and accounts
Equity finance
 is raised through the sale of ordinary shares to investors.
Liquidation
 The ordinary shareholders are the ultimate bearers of risk as they are at the
bottom of the creditor hierarchy in a liquidation.
This means that they might receive nothing after the settlement of all the
company's liabilities.

Preference Shares
1. Carry the right to a final dividend
which is expressed as a percentage of their par value
 e.g. a 5% $1 preference share carries a right to an annual dividend of 5c.
2. Have priority over ordinary dividends
The managers of a company are obliged to pay preference dividend first.
Also, preference shareholders have priority over ordinary shareholders to a
return of their capital if the company goes into liquidation.
3. If the preference shares are cumulative
it means that before a company can pay any ordinary dividend it must not
only pay the current year's preference dividend, but must also make good
any arrears of preference dividends which were not paid in previous years.
4. Do not carry a right to vote
However, Preference shares carry LIMITED voting rights where dividends are in
arrears.
5. Should be classified as liabilities
Preference shares may be either redeemable or irredeemable
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Redeemable preference shares
Redeemable preference shares mean that the company will repay the
nominal value of those shares at a later date.
For example, 'redeemable 6% $1 preference shares 20X8' means that the
company will pay these shareholders $1 for every share they hold on a
certain date in 20X8.
Redeemable preference shares are treated like loans and are included as
non-current liabilities in the statement of financial position.
However, if the redemption is due within 12 months, the preference shares will
be classified as current liabilities.
Dividends paid (6c per share in our example) on redeemable preference
shares are included as a finance costs (added to interest paid) in the
statement of profit or loss.
Irredeemable preference shares
Irredeemable preference shares form part of equity and their dividends are
treated as appropriations of profit.

Loan notes
Limited liability companies may issue loan stock or bonds to raise finance.
These are non-current liabilities but are different from share capital
1. Shareholders are the owners of a company, while providers of loan capital
are creditors of the company.
2. Shareholders receive dividends whereas loan holders are entitled to a fixed
rate of interest every year. This interest is an expense in the statement of profit
or loss and is calculated on the par value, regardless of its market value.
3. Loan holders have to be paid interest when due. Otherwise, they can take
legal action against the company if their interest is not paid. Therefore, loan
stock is generally less risky than shares
 Other reserves
Other reserves which appear in the company SFP
When describing ordinary shareholders, we have said that these own the
‘equity’ of the business including any reserves. Shareholders' equity consists of
 Share capital (at nominal value)
 Share premium – the difference between the issue price of the share and its
par value
 Revaluation surplus – a non-distributable reserve representing unrealised
profits on the revalued assets
 Other reserves – very often, these are revenue reserves which may either
have a specific purpose (e.g. asset replacement reserve) or not (e.g. general
reserve)
 Retained earnings – these are profits earned by the company and which
have been retained by the business, i.e. they have not been paid out as
dividends, taxes or transferred to another reserve. This reserve usually
increases from year to year as companies do not normally distribute all their
profits

Bonus (capitalisation) issue

Increase Share Capital
A company may wish to increase its share capital without needing to raise
additional finance. A bonus issue raises no funds.
A company can make a bonus issue to re-classify some of its reserves as
share capital. Any reserve may be re-classified in this way, including a share
premium account or other reserve. Therefore, these reserves will be debited
and share capital credited. Such a re-classification increases the capital
base of the company and gives greater protection to the company’s
creditors.
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Advantage
 Increases share capital without reducing present shareholders' holdings
 Capitalises reserves, therefore less is available for distribution as dividends
Disadvantages
 Does not increases cash
 If profits fall, the payment of dividends could be jeopardised

Effects of a bonus issue in SFP

Accounting Treatment
Dr Share Premium
Cr Share Capital
 A bonus issue is always done at nominal value.

Rights issue
Issue of shares for cash
A rights issue is an issue of shares for cash.
These shares are usually issued at a discount to the current market price.
The 'rights' are offered to existing shareholders, who can sell them if they wish.
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Advantages
 Raises cash
 Reserves are available for future dividend distribution
Disadvantages
 If a shareholder sells his rights, he will be losing (diluting) his control in the
company

Illustration 1 - TERP
Cow Co. makes a 1 for 5 rights issue, at $2.50 (MV before issue made $3)
This market value just before the issue is known as the cum rights price.
What is the theoretical ex-rights price?
Solution
5 shares @ $3.00
1 share @ $2.50

# of shares $

5 shares @$3.00 15.00

1 share @ $2.50 2.50

6 shares 17.50

So the value per share after the rights issue (TERP) is: $17.50/6 = $2.92

Effects of a rights issue in SFP

Accounting Treatment
Dr Cash
Cr Share Capital
Cr Share Premium

Record dividends
Appropriation of retained earnings to shareholders
Dividends are an appropriation of retained earnings to shareholders. They are
not an expense in the statement of profit or loss.
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Accounting treatment
Dr Retained Earnings (SOFP)
Cr Dividends Payable (SOFP)

Dividends can be paid during the year (interim dividends) or at the end of
the year (final dividends). The final dividend will only be accounted for if it
has been declared before year end. Otherwise, it will be disclosed as a note
to the financial statements

Finance costs
Interest expense incurred
The interest expense incurred on loan stock and bonds will be shown as an
expense called ‘finance costs' in the statement of profit or loss. We have also
seen that dividends paid on redeemable preference shares are also
included as finance costs.
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Accounting treatment
Dr Finance Costs (I/S)
Cr Bank

Statement of changes in equity

The revised statement of changes in equity separates owner and non-owner
changes in equity. It includes only details of transactions with owners, with all
non-owner changes in equity presented as a single line – total
comprehensive income.
Statement of changes in equity – Proforma

Syllabus E: Preparing A Trial Balance

E1. Trial balance
The purpose of a trial balance
Purpose
The entries in each ledger account are then totalled and a balance is found.
Balances are usually collected in a trial balance which is then used as a basis
for preparing a statement of profit or loss and a statement of financial
position.
A trial balance is a list of ledger balances shown in debit and credit columns.
It lists the balances on ledger accounts and totals them.
Total debits should equal total credits.
Therefore, it is a method used to test the accuracy of the double-entry
bookkeeping, i.e. the accuracy of the accounting records.

Limitations of a trial balance

We have seen that the trial balance is a method used to test the accuracy of
the accounting records.
Therefore, if the two columns of the list are not equal, there must be an error
in recording the transactions in the accounts.
However, the trial balance will not disclose the following types of errors.
 The complete omission of a transaction, because neither a debit nor a credit
is made.
 The posting of a debit or credit to the correct side of the ledger, but to a
wrong account.
 Compensating errors (e.g. an error of $500 is exactly cancelled by another
$500 error elsewhere).
 Errors of principle, e.g. cash from receivables being debited to receivables
account and credited to cash at bank instead of the other way round.
These errors will be discussed again in the chapter “Correction of Errors”.
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Closing Inventories
A business will purchase goods to sell during the year. It is unlikely that all of
these goods will have been sold by the year end.
The goods still held at the year end are known as closing inventories.
These are an asset of the business and so should be included in the statement
of financial position.
Also, these inventories will be included in the cost of sales calculation.
When a business determines its profit for the year it should match the sales
revenue earned to the cost of goods it sold.
The double-entry for closing inventories is: -

Dr Inventories (SOFP)
Cr Closing Inventories (COS)

Closing inventories will be discussed in further detail in the chapter

“Inventories”.

E2. Correction of errors

Types of error
Types of error which may occur in bookkeeping systems
The following are five frequent types of error
1. Errors of transposition
When two digits in an amount are accidentally recorded the wrong way
round.
2. Errors of omission
Failing to record a transaction at all, or making a debit or credit entry, but not
the corresponding double entry.
3. Errors of principle
Making a double entry in the belief that the transaction is being entered in
the correct accounts, but subsequently finding out that the accounting entry
breaks the 'rules' of an accounting principle or concept.
4. Errors of commission
 Where the bookkeeper makes a mistake in carrying out his or her task of
recording transactions in the accounts. Two examples are: - putting a
debit/credit entry in the wrong account; errors of casting (adding up)
5. Compensating errors
Errors which are, coincidentally, equal and opposite to one another.
Errors corrected by journal entry
Some of these errors can be corrected by journal entry; some require the use
of a suspense account.
 If the correction involves a double entry in the ledger accounts, then it is
done by using a journal entry in the journal.
 When the error breaks the rule of double entry (single entry or error on one
side only), then it is corrected by the use of a suspense account as well as a
journal entry.

Errors highlighted by trial balance

Errors highlighted by the extraction of a trial balance
Errors that can be detected by a trial balance include
 Errors of transposition
 Errors of omission (if the omission is one-sided)
 Errors of commission (for e.g. if one-sided, or two debit entries are made)
Other errors will not be detected by extracting a trial balance, but may be
spotted by other controls (such as bank or control account reconciliations).

Journal entries to correct errors

Suspense Accounts
A suspense account is a temporary account. It never appears in the final
accounts.
It is used for two main reasons:
1. To account for a debit or credit entry when the accountant is unsure as to
where it should go
2. To make a preliminary trial balance balance when an error has been
detected.
Steps to clear a suspense account
 Determine the original accounting entry which was made.
 Decide what entry should have been made.
 Make the required adjustment.

Impact of errors
When errors are corrected they may affect the business' profit for the year
figure. In order to find the correct figure for profit, a statement of adjustments
to profit has to be prepared.

Proforma – Statement of Adjustment to Profit

$ $ $
 + -

original profit x

adjustment:

over depreciation expense charged x

unrecorded expense x

unrecorded sale x

---- ----

x (x) x

---

adjusted profit x

==

E3. Control accounts and reconciliations

Purpose of control accounts
A control account
A control account is a total account in the nominal ledger. Its balance
represents an asset or a liability which is the grand total of many individual
assets or liabilities.
The control accounts provide a convenient total which can be used
immediately in extracting a trial balance or preparing accounts.
Most businesses operate control accounts for trade receivables and
payables, but such accounts may be useful in other areas too, e.g. sales tax
control account.
The accounts of individual trade receivables and payables are found in the
Receivables Ledger (RL) and Payables Ledger (PL) respectively.
These are maintained for memorandum purposes only.
Therefore, entering a sales invoice in the account of an individual customer is
not part of the double entry process.
These individual accounts are necessary for administrative convenience.
For example, a customer may wish to query the balance he owes to the
business.
Reconciliation between the control account total and the receivables ledger
will help to detect errors, thus providing an important control.
Control accounts and double-entry system
In previous topic, we discussed the books of prime entry. We have also
looked at the flow of information where we have seen that the totals from
the books of prime entry are posted in the nominal accounts using double-
entry.

The trade receivables figure shows the total amount owed by all customers at
a particular point in time. It is also called the receivables ledger control
account (RLCA).
The trade payables figure shows the total amount owed to all suppliers at a
particular point in time. It is also called the payables ledger control account
(PLCA).
Control accounts from given information
Main entries in control accounts
The two main entries in the RLCA are credit sales and cash received from
credit customers.
The double-entry for credit sales is: -
Dr RLCA
Cr Sales
The double-entry for cash received from customers is: -
Dr Bank/Cash
Cr RLCA
The two main entries in the PLCA are credit purchases and cash paid to
credit suppliers.
The double-entry for credit purchases is: -
Dr Purchases
Cr PLCA
The double-entry for cash paid to suppliers is: -
Dr PLCA
Cr Bank/Cash
There are other entries which will be included in the control accounts. It is
important to note that any transaction recorded in the RLCA or the PLCA is
also reflected in the memorandum ledgers.
Other entries in control accounts
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This is where an amount of money is owed to a supplier, who is also a
customer who owes money, i.e., a payable who is also a receivable.
Instead of paying the full amount to the creditor, who then pays the full
amount of their debt to you, the two amounts owed and owing are offset
against each other and only the difference is settled in cash. This must be
reflected in the individual accounts in the sales and purchase ledgers and in
the control accounts in the nominal ledger.

The double entry for a contra is: -

Dr PLCA
Cr SLCA
The contra value is of the maximum common amount. A contra always has
the effect of reducing both receivables and payables.
Returns, Credit Notes and Refunds
When a customer returns goods which have already been paid, he may
either be given a credit note or refunded for the value of these returned
goods.
When a credit note is given, the double-entry is: -
 Dr Returns In (sales returns)
Cr RLCA
When the customer is refunded: -
Dr RLCA
Cr Bank
The same applies when a customer over-pays an invoice.

Interest charged on overdue accounts

An entity may decide to charge interest if a customer does not pay within the
specified credit period.
The double-entry for interest charged on these overdue accounts is: -
Dr RLCA
Cr Interest Receivable (Income (I/S))
Discounts
There are two types of discounts
1. Trade discount is a reduction in the list price of an article, given by a
wholesaler or manufacturer to a retailer. It is often given in return for bulk
purchase orders.
2. Cash/settlement discount is a reduction in the amount payable for the
purchase of goods or services in return for payment in cash, or within an
agreed period.
Trade discounts received are deducted from the cost of purchases. Trade
discounts allowed are deducted from sales. Therefore, sales are recorded net
of trade discounts but inclusive of settlement discounts.
Purchases are also recorded net of trade discounts but inclusive of settlement
discounts. Therefore, trade discounts never appear in the financial
statements.
Sales Tax and Discounts
Sales tax is calculated on the amount after all discounts, regardless of
whether the discount is taken or not.
 Control account balances
Very often, PLCA’s have a credit balance since payables are a liability.
However, there may be situations when there will be a debit balance on a
PLCA
 Returning goods which have been paid for and receiving a ‘credit’ (to us, a
debit) on our account
 Overpayment
 Payments in advance
Credit balance on a RLCA
There may be situations when there will be a credit balance on a RLCA
 Returned goods credit to account
 Overpayment
 Payments in advance

Control account reconciliation

Reconcile control accounts
Both the receivables and payables control accounts should be balanced
regularly and the balance agreed to the sum of the balances on the
memorandum ledgers, the receivables ledger and the payables ledger
respectively.
 Therefore, if the balances in the receivables/payables ledgers are added up,
they should agree to the RLCA/PLCA balances. If not, an error must have
occurred at the same point in the system

Correct errors
Types of error
 Errors which affect the control accounts
o Over/undercast SDB, PDB, CB.
o Transposition error in posting total from SDB/PDB/CB to nominal ledger.
o Entry omitted from SDB/PDB/CB.
 Errors which affect the list of balances (receivables/payables ledger)
o Omit balance from the list
o List a debit balance as a credit/vice versa.
o Transposition error in filling ledger from books of prime entry.
 Errors which affect both the lists of balances and RLCA/PLCA
o Details being incorrectly recorded on the original source documentation i.e.
sales/purchase invoice.
o Loss of original source documentation so it is not recognised anywhere in the
system.
E4. Bank reconciliations

Purpose of bank reconciliations

Bank Reconciliation
We have already discussed the cash book as one of the main books of prime
entry. The cash book is used to record the detailed transactions of receipts
and payments affecting the bank account. These are then posted to the
nominal ledger periodically. At the end of each accounting period, the
balance on the cash book should equal the balance in the nominal ledger
cash/bank account.
As an extra control over the cash figure, it should be possible to agree this
figure to an independent figure provided by the bank statement. This is not
always a straightforward agreement as there are many reasons why the two
figures may not be exactly the same. Therefore, we need to produce a
reconciliation.
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 Aim of reconciliation
The aim of the reconciliation is to prove the
 completeness
 accuracy
 validity
of cash receipts and payments.

Differences between cash book and bank statement

The balance on the cash account (which should be the same as the
balance in the cash book) is compared to the balance on the bank
statements at a given date. However, these two balances may not agree.
There are various reasons
1. Time lag between writing a cheque and the payment appearing on the
bank statement (unpresented cheques)
2. Time lag between depositing amounts into the bank account and these
appearing on the bank statement (unrecorded lodgements)
3. Direct debits and standing orders are not yet recorded in the cash account
(or cash book)
4. Bank charges not recorded in the cash account (or cash book)
5. Errors, such as transposition errors, or casting errors in the cash account (or
cash book)
6. Errors made by the bank on the bank statement
Differences between the cash book and the bank statement
Therefore, differences between the cash book and the bank statement arise
for 3 reasons
 Errors – usually in the cash book
 Omissions – such as bank charges, standing orders and direct debits not
posted in the cash book
 Timing differences – such as unpresented cheques and unrecorded
lodgements
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Always remember
In our cash book,
A debit bank balance indicates an asset
but
In the bank statement,
A debit balance indicates a bank overdraft (we owe money to the bank – an
asset for the bank)
In our cash book,
A credit bank balance indicates a liability (overdraft)
but
In the bank statement,
A credit balance indicates a positive balance (the bank owes us money)

Correct cash book errors and/or omissions

Bank reconciliation statement

Bank reconciliation
The bank reconciliation is produced after checking that all the items on the
bank statement have been recorded in the cash book. Any items not in the
cash book will need to be recorded. The balance per bank statement must
be adjusted for any timing differences or errors by the bank.

Syllabus F: Preparing Basic Financial Statements

F1. Statements of financial position
Statement of financial position.
The accounting equation expresses the statement of financial position as an
equation. It emphasises the equality between assets and liabilities (including
capital as a liability).
In accounting, capital is an investment of money (funds) with the intention of
earning a return. A business proprietor invests capital with the intention of
earning profit.
As long as that money is invested, accountants will treat the capital as
money owed to the proprietor by the business.
 Also, the business entity concept states that, regardless of how a business is
legally set up, in accounting a business is always treated separately from its
owners(s).
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Assets = Liabilities
Assets = (Capital + Profit - Drawings) + Payables
Assets - Payables = Capital + Profit - Drawings
Net Assets = Proprietor’s Interest
Example
At 1.1.X3 Henry has net assets of $120,000. During the year he puts in capital
of $50,000 and draws out $90,000. His net assets at 31.12.X3 are $25,000.
Required:
What is his profit or loss for the year?
Answer
Closing Net Assets = Opening Net Assets + Capital Introduced + Profit -
Drawings
25,000 = 120,000 + 50,000+ P - 90,000
Loss = 55,000

Extracts of a statement of financial position

Balances remaining
The balances on all remaining ledger accounts (including the profit or loss in
the statement of profit or loss) can be listed and rearranged to form the
statement of financial position.
A credit balance brought down denotes a liability.
An asset would be represented by a debit balance brought down.
The statement of financial position is not part of the double-entry system so
the balances are not transferred out.

IAS 1 (revised) Presentation of FS

IAS 1 (revised) “Presentation of Financial Statements”
Prescribes the basis for presentation of FSs to ensure comparability:
 with the entity’s financial statements of previous periods and
 with the FS of other entities.
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It sets out overall requirements for the presentation of FS, guidelines for their
structure and minimum requirements for their content.
 Purpose of FS
is to provide users with information about the financial position, financial
performance and cash flow of an entity.
Per IAS1, FS provide information about an entity's:
1. Assets
2. Liabilities
3. Equity
4. Income and expenses
5. Other changes in equity
6. Cash flows
Responsibility for the FS
Responsibility for the preparation and presentation of an entity's financial
statements rests with the board of directors
A complete set of financial statements comprises
1. a statement of financial position as at the end of the period (SOFP);
2. a statement of comprehensive income for the period (SOCI);
3. a statement of changes in equity for the period (SOCIE);
4. a statement of cash flows for the period (SOCF);
5. notes, comprising a summary of significant accounting policies and other
explanatory information; and
6. a statement of financial position as at the beginning of the earliest
comparative period when an entity applies an accounting policy
retrospectively or makes a retrospective restatement of items in its financial
statements, or when it reclassifies items in its financial statements.
An entity shall present a complete set of financial statements (including
comparative information) at least annually.

Statements of financial position

Statement of financial position as at 31 March 20X8

$'000

assets

non-current assets

property, plant and equipment x

other intangible assets x

----

current assets
inventories x

trade receivables x

other current assets x

cash and cash equivalents x

----

----

total assets x

===

equity and liabilities

equity

share capital x

share premium account x

revaluation reserve x

retained earnings x

----

non-current liabilities

long term borrowings x

long term provisions x

 current liabilities

trade payables x

short term borrowings x

current tax payable x

short term provisions x

----

total equity and liabilities x

===

F3. Disclosure notes

Purpose of disclosure notes

Notes to the accounts
Notes to the accounts are prepared for the following three purposes:
1. present information about the basis of preparation of the financial statements
and the specific accounting policies used;
2. disclose the information required by IFRSs that is not presented elsewhere in
the financial statements; and
3. provide information that is not presented elsewhere in the financial
statements, but is relevant to an understanding of any of them.

Non current assets including tangible and in tangible assets

Property, Plant and Equipment
For each class of property, plant and equipment, disclose
 basis for measuring carrying amount
 depreciation method(s) used
 useful lives or depreciation rates
 gross carrying amount and accumulated depreciation and impairment losses
 reconciliation of the carrying amount at the beginning and the end of the
period, showing:
o additions
o disposals
o acquisitions through business combinations
o revaluation increases or decreases
o impairment losses
o reversals of impairment losses
o depreciation
 o net foreign exchange differences on translation
o other movements
Revalued amounts
If property, plant, and equipment is stated at revalued amounts, certain
additional disclosures are required:
 the effective date of the revaluation
 whether an independent valuer was involved
 the methods and significant assumptions used in estimating fair values
 for each revalued class of property, the carrying amount that would have
been recognised had the assets been carried under the cost model
 the revaluation surplus, including changes during the period and any
restrictions on the distribution of the balance to shareholders
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land & machinery office tota

building equipment

$ $ $ $

cost or valuation

at 1 january 2010 50000 10000 8000 680

revaluation surplus 12000 2000 2000 160

additions in year 4000 4000 --- 800

disposals in year -1000 -1000 --- -20

------- ------- ------- ----

at 31 december 2010 65000 15000 10000 900

===== ===== ===== ===

depreciation
 at 1 january 2010 16000 6000 4000 260

charge for year 4000 3000 2000 900

eliminated on disposals -500 -500 --- -10

------- ------- ------- ----

at 31 december 2010 19500 8500 6000 340

===== ===== ===== ===

carrying amount

at 31 december 2010 45500 6500 4000 560

===== ===== ===== ===

at 1 january 2010 34000 4000 4000 420

Intangible non-current assets (IAS 38)

For each class of intangible asset, disclose
 useful life or amortisation rate
 amortisation method
 gross carrying amount
 accumulated amortisation and impairment losses
 line items in the statement of profit or loss in which amortisation is included
 reconciliation of the carrying amount at the beginning and the end of the
period showing:
o additions (business combinations separately)
o assets held for sale
o retirements and other disposals
o revaluations
o impairments
o reversals of impairments
o amortisation
o foreign exchange differences
o other changes
 basis for determining that an intangible has an indefinite life
 description and carrying amount of individually material intangible assets
 certain special disclosures about intangible assets acquired by way of
government grants
 information about intangible assets whose title is restricted
 contractual commitments to acquire intangible assets
Additional disclosures
Additional disclosures are required about:
 intangible assets carried at revalued amounts
 the amount of research and development expenditure recognised as an
expense in the current period

development expenditure

net book value at 1 april 20x0 x

additions x

amortisation charge (x)

disposals (x)

----

net book value at 31 march 20x1 x

===

at 31 march 20x0

cost x

accumulated amortisation (x)

----

net book value x

===

at 31 march 20x1

cost x
 accumulated amortisation (x)

----

net book value x

===

Provision
Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets (IAS 37)

provisions

at 1 april 20x0 x

increase in period x

released in period (x)

----

at 31 march 20x1 x

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Contingent liabilities
Contingent liabilities should not be recognized in financial statements but
they should be disclosed, unless the possibility of any outflow is remote. The
required disclosures are:
 A brief description of the nature of the contingent liability;
 An estimate of its financial effect;
 An indication of the uncertainties that exist relating to the amount or timing of
any outflow; and
Inflow of economic benefits is probable
Where an inflow of economic benefits is probable, an entity should disclose
 a brief description of its nature; and where practicable
 an estimate of the financial effect
 Events after the reporting periods
IAS 10 requires these three disclosures
1. the date when the financial statements were authorised for issue and who
gave that authorisation.
2. if information is received after the end of the reporting period about
conditions that existed at the end of the reporting period, disclosures that
relate to those conditions should be updated in the light of the new
information.
3. where non-adjusting events after the reporting period are of such
significance that non-disclosure would affect the ability of the users of
financial statements to make proper evaluations and decisions, disclosure
should be made for each such significant category of non-adjusting event
regarding the nature of the event and an estimate of its financial effect or a
statement that such an estimate cannot be made.

Inventories
The financial statements should disclose
 accounting policy for inventories
 carrying amount, generally classified as merchandise, supplies, materials,
work in progress, and finished goods. The classifications depend on what is
appropriate for the entity
 carrying amount of any inventories carried at fair value less costs to sell
 amount of any write-down of inventories recognised as an expense in the
period

F4. Events after the reporting period

Event after the reporting period
IAS 10
According to IAS 10, “Events after the reporting period” are those events,
both favourable and unfavourable, that occur between the end of the
reporting period and the date when the financial statements are authorised
for issue”.
These events can have important effects on the financial statements

Adjusting or non-adjusting
Types of events
Two types of events can be identified
1. those that provide evidence of conditions that existed at the end of the
reporting period (adjusting events); and
2. those that are indicative of conditions that arose after the end of the
reporting period (non-adjusting events).
Examples of adjusting events given in IAS 10 are
 the resolution of a court case, as the result of which a provision has to be
recognised instead of the disclosure by note of a contingent liability;
 evidence of impairment of assets;
 bankruptcy of a major customer;
 sale of inventories at prices suggesting the need to reduce the figure in the
Statement of Financial Position to the net value actually realized;
 discovery of fraud or errors that show the financial statements were incorrect
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Examples of non-adjusting events given in IAS 10 are
 decline in market value of investments;
 announcement of a plan to discontinue part of the enterprise;
 major purchases and sales of assets;
 destruction of a major asset by fire etc;
 sale of a major subsidiary;
 major dealings in the company's ordinary shares;

Further provisions covered by IAS 10

1. Authorisation for issue of financial statements
An enterprise should disclose the date when the financial statements were
authorised for issue and who gave that authorisation. If the owners or others
have the power to amend the financial statements after issue, that fact
should be disclosed.
2. Going concern
If the management decides after the end of the reporting period that it is
necessary to liquidate the enterprise, the financial statements should not be
prepared on a going concern basis.
3. Dividends
If an entity declares dividends after the reporting period, the entity shall not
recognise those dividends as a liability at the end of the reporting period.
That is a non-adjusting event.

Reporting events
How adjusting and non-adjusting events are reported
Financial statements should be adjusted for adjusting events. This means that
the amounts in the financial statements should be changed.
Non-adjusting events do not, by definition, require an adjustment to the
financial statements, but if they are of such importance that non-disclosure
would affect the ability of users of the financial statements to make proper
evaluations and decisions, the enterprise should disclose by note:
 the nature of the event; and
 an estimate of its financial effect, or a statement that such an estimate
cannot be made.

F5. Statements of cash flows (excluding partnerships)

Differences between profit and cash flow

Control cash flow
A business may appear profitable on its statement of profit or loss, however if
its cash outflow exceeds its cash inflow over a prolonged period then it will
not survive.
Readers of a company's financial statements might also be misled by a
reported profit figure.
1. Shareholders might believe that if a company makes a profit after tax, then
this is the amount which it could afford to pay as a dividend.
2. Employees might believe that if a company makes profits, it can afford to
pay higher wages next year.
3. Survival of a business entity depends not so much on profits as on its ability to
pay its debts when they fall due.
Indeed, a business must generate sufficient cash from its operations to reward
the various stakeholders e.g., shareholders and lenders. An expanding
company might have negative operating cash flow as it builds up the level of
its inventories and receivables in line with the increased turnover. However,
an increase in working capital without an increase in turnover might indicate
operational inefficiencies and will lead to liquidity problems.

Benefits and drawbacks

Advantages and Disadvantages
One of the most useful financial statements produced by a business is the
statement of cash flow because it provides a clear and understandable
picture of cash movements over the financial year.
A statement of cash flow provides useful additional information that is not
provided by the statement of profit or loss.
For example, it identifies whether cash has increased or decreased from one
year to the next and also where the cash has come from.
Statements of cash flow are a useful addition to the financial statements of a
company because accounting profit is not the only indicator of
performance.
They concentrate on the sources and uses of cash and are a useful indicator
of a company's liquidity and solvency.
Also, users of accounts can readily understand cash flows, as opposed to
statements of profit or loss and statements of financial position which are
subject to manipulation by the use of different accounting policies.
However, the main weakness of a statement of cash flow is that it is a historic
statement.
Therefore, it does not indicate whether the business will be able to meet its
debts in the future.
A more helpful statement would be a forecast statement of cash flow
 The effect of transactions on cash flows

IAS 7, Statements of Cash Flows

IAS 7, Statements of Cash Flows, splits cash flows into the following headings:
 Cash flows from operating activities
 Cash flows from investing activities
 Cash flows from financing activities
 Cash flows from operating activities
These represent cash flows derived from operating or trading activities.
There are two methods which can be used to find the net cash from
operating activities:
direct and indirect method.
Cash flows from investing activities
These are related to the acquisition or disposal of any non-current assets or
investments together with returns received in cash from investments
i.e. dividends and interest.
Cash flows from financing activities
Financing cash flows comprise receipts from or repayments to external
providers of finance in respect of principal amounts of finance.
For e.g.
1. Cash proceeds from issuing shares
2. Cash proceeds from issuing debentures, loans, notes, bonds, mortgages and
other short or long term borrowings
3. Cash repayments of amounts borrowed
4. Dividends paid to shareholders
In order to calculate such figures the closing statement of financial position
figure for debt or share capital and share premium is compared with the
opening position for the same items.
Statement of cash flows for the year ended 31 December 20X7 (INDIRECT
METHOD)

$000 $0

cash flows from operating activities

profit before taxation 3390

adjustment for:

depreciation 450

investment income -500

interest expense 400

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3740

increase in trade and other receivables -500

decrease in inventories 1050

decrease in trade payables -1740

cash generated from operations 2550

interest paid -270

income taxes paid -900

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net cash from operating activities 13

cash flows from investing activities

purchase of property, plant and equipment -900

proceeds from sale of equipment 20

interest received 200

dividends received 200

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net cash used in investing activities -4

cash flows from financing activities

proceeds from issue of share capital 250

proceeds from long-term borrowings 250

dividends paid* -1290

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net cash used in financing activities -7

--

net increase in cash and cash equivalents 11

cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 12

--

cash and cash equivalents at end of period 23

 --

* This could also be shown as an operating cash flow.

Calculate the figures needed

Direct Method
In the direct method, the cash records of the business are analysed for the
period, picking out all payments and receipts relating to operating activities.
These are summarised to give the net figure for the cash flow statement.
Not many businesses adopt this approach as it can be quite time consuming.
However, this is the preferred method under IAS 7.
 Statement of cash flows for the year ended 31 December 20x7 (DIRECT
METHOD)
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cash flows from operating activities

cash receipts from customers 30150

cash payments to suppliers and employees -27600

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cash generated from operations 2550

interest paid -270

income taxes paid -900

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net cash from operating activities 138

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Incomplete records
Introduction
Incomplete records problems occur when a business does not have a full set
of accounting records, for one of the following reasons.
 The proprietor of the business does not keep a full set of accounts.
 Some of the business accounts are accidentally lost or destroyed.

Accounting equation
Calculating a profit or loss figure
It is still possible to calculate a profit or loss figure by using the fact that the
profit of a business must be represented by more assets. We list and value the
opening and closing net assets, then calculate the profit as the difference
between the two
Profit = Closing net assets - Opening net assets

Allowance must be made for proprietor's drawings and extra capital

introduced, so the formula becomes:

Profit = Closing net assets - Opening net assets + Drawings - Capital

introduced

Calculate missing figures

Control Accounts
A receivables ledger control account can be prepared to calculate missing
credit sales. However, the figures for the opening and closing receivables of
a business and the cash received from customers must be given.

The same technique can be used to calculate credit purchases. A payables

ledger control account can be prepared using given figures for opening and
closing payables and cash paid.
Note

Total sales = Cash sales + Credit sales

Total purchases = Cash purchases + Credit purchases
 Cash/Bank
A cash account may need to be set up to find the figure missing for
proprietor’s drawings or cash stolen. Details of cash receipts and payments
plus details of opening and closing balances must be given
Cost Structure
 Margin: gross profit is expressed as a percentage of sales
For example a margin of 25% gives:
Sales 100%
Cost of sales 75%
Gross profit 25%
 Mark-up: gross profit is expressed as a percentage of cost of sales
For example a mark-up of 35% gives:
Sales 135%
Cost of sales 100%
Gross profit 35%

Cost of sales = opening inventories + purchases – closing inventories

Goods Drawn By Proprietor

The owners of the business may at times take goods or cash from the business
for their own use. This is known as drawings.
 Cash Drawings
Dr Drawings
Cr Cash
 Goods taken for own use
Dr Drawings
Cr Purchases
These are recorded at the cost to the business not at selling price. They are
taken out of purchases and not recorded against inventories
Goods destroyed, stolen or lost
When inventory is stolen, destroyed or otherwise lost, the loss must be
accounted for depending on whether or not these goods were insured
against the loss.
If the lost goods were not insured,
Debit expense (e.g. admin expenses in the I/S)
Credit cost of sales
If the lost goods were insured,
Debit insurance claim account (current asset in SFP)
Credit cost of sales

Syllabus G: Preparing Simple Consolidated Financial Statements

 G1. Subsidiaries
Terms
Group accounting
 Parent
An entity that has one or more subsidiaries
 Subsidiary
An entity, including an unincorporated entity such as a partnership, that is
controlled by another entity (known as the parent).
 Control
The power to govern the financial and operating policies of an entity so as to
obtain benefits from its activities
 Consolidated or group financial statements
The financial statements of a group presented as those of a single economic
entity.
 Non-controlling interest
Non-controlling interest (NCI) arises when the parent entity controls a
subsidiary but does not own 100% of it; e.g. if P owns only 70% of the ordinary
shares of S, there is a NCI of 30%
 Trade/simple investment
An investment in the shares of another entity, that is held for the accretion of
wealth, and is not an associate or a subsidiary. Trade investments are shown
as investments under non-current assets in the consolidated SFP of the group.
 Group structure

Subsidiary within a group structure

P is an individual legal entity, known as the parent. The parent is an entity that
has one or more subsidiaries.
S is an individual legal entity, known as the subsidiary.
P owns more than 50% of the ordinary shares of S. It has enough voting power
to appoint all the directors of S. P has the power to govern the financial and
operating policies of an entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.
Although P and S remain distinct, in economic substance, they can be
regarded as a single unit, the group.
Although control is usually based on ownership of more than 50% of voting
power, IAS 27 lists the following situations where control exists, even when the
parent owns only 50% or less of the voting power of an enterprise.
1. The parent has power over more than 50% of the voting rights by virtue of
agreement with other investors
2. The parent has power to govern the financial and operating policies of the
enterprise by statute or under an agreement
3. The parent has the power to appoint or remove a majority of members of the
board of directors (or equivalent governing body)
4. The parent has power to cast a majority of votes at meetings of the board of
directors
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Consolidated financial statements present the results of the group; they do
not replace the financial statements of the individual group companies.

Preparing a consolidated SFP.

Consolidated SFP
1. Take the individual accounts of the parent and subsidiary and cancel out
items which appear as an asset in one company and a liability in another,
e.g. receivables in one company and payables in another.
2. Add together all the uncancelled assets and liabilities throughout the group
on a line by line basis.
3. The investment in the subsidiary (S) shown in the parent’s (P) statement of
financial position is replaced by the net assets of S.
The consolidated statement of financial position shows
 The net assets of the whole group (P + S)
 The share capital of the group which always equals the share capital of P
only and
 The retained profits, comprising profits made by the group (i.e. all of P’s
historical profits + profits made by S post-acquisition)

Goodwill
The value of a company will normally exceed the value of its net assets. The
difference is goodwill. This goodwill represents assets not shown in the
statement of financial position of the acquired company such as the
reputation of the business and the loyalty of staff.

Value of the subsidiary

Where less than 100% of the subsidiary is acquired, the value of the subsidiary
comprises two elements:
 The value of the part acquired by the parent;
 The value of the part not acquired by the parent, known as the non-
controlling interest.
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Positive goodwill
1. An intangible non-current asset in the SFP
2. Tested annually for impairment (amortisation of goodwill is not permitted).
Impairment of goodwill is not examinable for F3 purposes
Negative goodwill
1. Arises where the cost of the investment is less that the value of net assets
purchased.
2. Negative goodwill is credited directly to the statement of profit or loss.
Although there are two methods in which goodwill may be calculated
following the update to IFRS 3, only the full goodwill method is examined in F3.

Non-controlling interest (NCI)

Fair value of non-controlling interest method (Full Goodwill)
This results in 100% of the goodwill being shown in the group statement of
financial position – that belonging to the shareholders of the parent and
that belonging to the non-controlling interest.
As mentioned above, a parent may not own all of the shares in the
subsidiary, e.g. if P owns only 70% of the ordinary shares of S, there is a non-
controlling interest of 30%.
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Accounting treatment
 In the consolidated statement of financial position, include all of the net
assets of S
 Transfer back the net assets of S which belong to the non-controlling interest
within the capital and reserves section of the consolidated statement of
financial position. A proportion of goodwill on acquisition is also transferred
back to the NCI.

Pre- and Post-Acquisition Profits

Profits
Pre-acquisition profits are the reserves which exist in a subsidiary company at
the date when it is acquired.
These are included in the goodwill calculation.
Post-acquisition profits are profits made and included in the retained earnings
of the subsidiary company since acquisition.
They are included in group reserves.
Only the group share of the post-acquisition reserves of S is included in the
group statement of financial position, i.e. the reserves of S which arose after
acquisition by P.
 N.B. Where the acquisition occurs during the financial year, it is important to
calculate the value of profits at the date of acquisition using time-
apportionment

Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities

Fair Value
The fair value of assets and liabilities is defined in IFRS 3 as ‘the amount for
which an asset could be exchanged or a liability settled between
knowledgeable, willing parties in an arm’s length transaction’.
IFRS 3 requires that the subsidiary’s assets and liabilities are recorded at their
fair value for the purposes of the calculation of goodwill and production of
consolidated accounts.
Adjustment required
Adjustments will therefore be required where the subsidiary’s accounts
themselves do not reflect fair value.
1. Adjust both columns of the net assets calculation to bring the net assets to
fair value at acquisition and reporting date.
2. At the reporting date, make the adjustment on the face of the SFP when
adding across assets and liabilities.

Share for share exchanges

Share for share
Share for share exchanges form part, or all, of the cost of investment which is
used in the goodwill calculation.
If this exchange has yet to be accounted for, the double entry is always: -

Dr Cost of Investment
Cr Share capital (with the nominal value of P shares given out)
Cr Share premium (with the premium

Intra Group Balances

Companies within the same group
If the companies within the same group trade with each other, then this will
probably lead to:
• A receivables account in one company’s SFP
• A payables account in the other company’s SFP.
These are amounts owing within the group rather than outside the group and
therefore they must not appear in the consolidated statement of financial
position. They are therefore cancelled against each other on consolidation

Unrealised Profit
Unrealised profit may arise within a group scenario on
1. Inventory where companies trade with each other
2. Non-current assets where one company has transferred an asset to the other
company within the same group.
 Adjustment for unrealised profit in inventory
 Determine the value of closing inventory which has been purchased from the
other company in the group.
 Use mark-up or margin to calculate how much of that value represents profit
earned by the selling company.
 Make the adjustments according to who the seller is
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If the seller is the parent company:
Dr Group retained earnings
Cr Group inventory (deduct the profit when adding P’s inventory + S’s
inventory on the face of the consolidated SFP).
If the seller is the subsidiary:
Dr Subsidiary retained earnings
Cr Group inventory (deduct the profit when adding P’s inventory + S’s
inventory on the face of the consolidated SFP).

Adjustment for unrealised profit in the transfer of non-current assets

Occasionally, a non-current asset is transferred within the group (say from a
parent to a subsidiary).
The parent may have manufactured the asset as part of its normal
production (and therefore included the sale in revenue), or it may have
transferred an asset previously used as part of its own non-current assets.
If the transfer is done at cost, then, in the first case, the cost of the asset must
be removed from both revenue and cost of sales. In the second case, no
elimination would be required.
If one company sells non-current assets to another company in the same
group at a profit, adjustments must be made for:
1. Profit on sale
2. Depreciation
The whole scenario has to be recreated as if the sales have never occurred.

carrying value at reporting date

carrying value at reporting date if intra-group transfer had not occurred

 adjustment

The double-entry of this adjustment is: -

Dr Retained Earnings of the seller

Cr Non-Current Assets (P’s NCA + S’s NCA – Adjustment for UP)

Consolidated statement of comprehensive income

Basic principles
 From sales revenue to profit after tax, include all of P’s income and expenses
plus all of S’s income and expenses (where a mid-year acquisition has
occurred, these must be time-apportioned).
 Once the profit after tax is calculated, deduct share profits due to the non-
controlling interest.
Non-controlling interest
This is calculated as: NCI% x subsidiary’s profit after tax (taken from S’s column
of consolidation schedule).
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Dividends
A payment of a dividend by S to P must be cancelled. Any dividend income
shown in the consolidated statement of profit or loss must arise from
investments other than those in subsidiaries or associates.
Unrealised Profits
The adjustment to unrealised profit should be shown as an increase to cost of
sales. It affects the books of the SELLER.
Sales and Purchases
Intra-group trading must be eliminated from the consolidated statement of
profit or loss.
Consolidated sales revenue = P’s revenue + S’s revenue – intra-group sales
Consolidated cost of sales = P’s COS + S’s COS – intra-group sales
 Interest on loan
If loans are outstanding between group companies, intra-group loan interest
will be paid and received. Both the loan and loan interest must be excluded
from the consolidated results.
Transfers of non-current assets
If one group company sells a non-current asset to another group company,
the following adjustments are needed in the statement of profit or loss
 Any profit or loss arising on the transfer must be deducted
 The depreciation charge must be adjusted so that it is based on the cost of
the asset to the group
Mid-year acquisitions
If a subsidiary is acquired part way through the year, then it is important to
time apportion the results of S in the year of acquisition. Unless indicated
otherwise, assume that revenue and expenses accrue evenly.
Other Comprehensive Income
The consolidated statement of comprehensive income is produced using the
consolidated statement of profit or loss as a basis. Remember that in F3/FFA,
the only item of other comprehensive income you may have is the
revaluation of PPE. This is shared between the owners of the parent and NCI
according to the percentage of their investment.

G2. Associates
Definition Associate
IAS 28 defines an associate as
An entity over which the investor has significant influence but not control or
joint control and that is neither a subsidiary nor an interest in joint venture.
Significant influence is the power to participate in the financial and operating
policy decisions of the investee but is not in control or joint control over those
policies.
There are several indicators of significant influence, but the most important
are usually considered to be a holding of between 20% and 50% of the voting
shares and board representation.
The existence of significant influence by an investor is usually evidenced in
one or more of the following ways:
 representation on the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the
investee
 participation in the policy-making process
 material transactions between the investor and the investee
 interchange of managerial personnel
 provision of essential technical information

Equity accounting
Associate investment in parent FS
Equity accounting brings an associate investment into the parent company’s
financial statements initially at cost.
The basic principle of equity accounting is that P Co should take account of
its share of the earnings of A Co whether or not A Co distributes the earnings
as dividends. A’s sales revenue, cost of sales, expenses and revenue are not
added with those of the group. Instead the group share only of A’s profit after
tax is included in the consolidated statement of profit or loss as a single
amount.
P Co should also include its share of A Co’s other comprehensive income in
its consolidated statement of comprehensive income.

In the consolidated statement of financial position, the associate is included

as a non-current asset investment, calculated as
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cost of investment x

p’s share of post acquisition profits of a x

less: impairment losses of a x

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Syllabus H: Interpretation Of Financial Statements

H1. Importance and purpose of analysis of financial statements
Interpretation of ratios
Financial information
The financial statements of a business provide important financial information
for people outside the business (external users) who do not have access to
the internal accounts. For example, current and potential shareholders can
see how much profit a business made, the value of its assets and the level of
cash reserves.
Although these figures are useful, they do not mean a great deal by
themselves. To summarise and present financial information in a more
understandable form, they need to be properly analysed using accounting
ratios and then compared with either the previous year’s ratios or against
averages for the industry.
 The lack of detailed information available to the external user is a
considerable disadvantage in undertaking ratio analysis. There may simply be
insufficient data to calculate all of the required ratios.
Comparisons with previous year’s ratios can be difficult especially if there
have been changes in accounting policies or in the nature of the
business. Comparability between companies may be impaired due to
different accounting policies and different environments in which the two
companies are operating.

H2. Ratios

Profitability Ratios
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
A business buys assets such as trucks, computers, etc to help makes its
operations more efficient, cut down on costs and make bigger profits.
ROCE shows how well a business has generated profit from its long-term
financing.
It is expressed in the form of a percentage, and the higher the percentage,
the better.
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ROCE is calculated:

How can firms increase the ROCE ratio?

Movements in return on capital employed are best interpreted by examining
profit margins and asset turnover (in more detail below) as ROCE is made up
of these component parts.
Firms can increase their ROCE ratio by:
1. Cutting costs so as to increase the profit margin ratio
2. Increasing the revenue made from their assets, i.e. more efficient use of
assets
Limitations of using ROCE ratio
 Be careful when using the ROCE ratio because it does not always yield the
correct percentage.
For instance, a company may simply run down its old assets.
This means the denominator “Total Assets – - Current Liabilities” (value of
assets is lower) will be lower and so give a higher ROCE percentage.
In this case, there has been no improvement in operations of the company, in
fact the firm is cutting down on potentially profitable capital investments.
 Always compare a company’s ROCE to the interest rate it is charged.
The ROCE needs to be higher.
 Similarly if a company pays off a 5% loan, while its current ROCE is 10%, then
this is illogical. It should use the money to get 10% not pay off a loan which
only costs 5%.
Asset Turnover
Asset turnover shows how efficiently management have utilised assets to
generate revenue.
It is calculated as:

When looking at the components of the ratio, a change will be linked to

either a movement in revenue, a movement in net assets, or both.
An increase in asset turnover can result from:
1. a significant increase in sales revenue
2. the business entering into a sale and operating lease agreement, then the
asset base would become smaller, thus improving the result.
Return on Equity (ROE)
The ROE ratio reveals how much profit has been made in comparison to
shareholder equity.
A business that has a high return on equity is more likely to be one that is
capable of generating cash internally.
Gross Profit Margin
The gross profit margin looks at the performance of the business at the direct
trading level.

Variations in the Gross Profit Margin are as a result of:

1. changes in the selling price/sales volume
2. changes in cost of sales
For example, cost of sales may include inventory write downs that may have
occurred during the period due to damage or obsolescence, exchange rate
fluctuations or import duties.
Net Profit Margin
The net profit margin is generally calculated by comparing the profit before
interest and tax of a business to revenue.
However, the examiner may specifically request the calculation to include
profit before tax.
Analysing the net profit margin enables you to determine how well the
business has managed to control its indirect costs during the period. In the
exam, when interpreting operating profit margin, it is advisable to link the
result back to the gross profit margin.
For example, if gross profit margin deteriorated in the year then it would be
expected that the net profit margin would also fall.
However, if this is not the case, or the fall is not so severe, it may be due to
good indirect cost control or perhaps there could be a one-off profit on
disposal distorting the operating profit figure.
It is important to note that the profit margin and asset turnover together
explain the ROCE.
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
Current Assets
--------------------
Current Liabilities

The current ratio considers how well a business can cover the current liabilities
with its current assets. It is a common belief that the ideal for this ratio is
between 1.5 and 2 : 1 so that a business may comfortably cover its current
liabilities should they fall due.
However this ideal should be considered in the context of the company: the
nature of the assets in question, the company’s ability to borrow further to
meet liabilities and the stability of its cash flows.
For example, a business in the service industry would have little or no
inventory and therefore could have a current ratio of less than 1. This does
not necessarily mean that it has liquidity problems so it is better to compare
the result to previous years or industry averages.
Quick Ratio
Current Assets – Inventories
-----------------------------
Current Liabilities
One of the problems with the current assets ratio is that the assets counted
include inventories which may or may not be quickly sellable (or which may
only be sellable quickly at a lower price).
The ideal ratio is thought to be 1:1, but as with the current ratio, this will vary
depending on the industry in which the business operates.
The quick ratio is also known as the acid test ratio. This name is used because
it is the most demanding of the commonly used tests of short term financial
stability.
When assessing both the current and the quick ratios, remember that both of
these ratios can be too high. This would mean too much cash is being tied up
in current assets as opposed to new more profitable investments.
It is important to look at the information provided within the question to
consider whether or not the company has an overdraft at year-end. The
overdraft is an additional factor indicating potential liquidity problems and
this form of finance is both expensive (higher rates of interest) and risky
(repayable on demand)

Efficiency Ratios
Inventory Turnover Period
Closing (or average) Inventory x 365
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COS

This ratio calculates how long goods to be sold stay in stock.

Generally, the lower the number of days that inventory is held the better as
holding inventory for long periods of time constrains cash flow and increases
the risk associated with holding the inventory. The longer inventory is held the
greater the risk that it could be subject to theft, damage or obsolescence.
However, a business should always ensure that there is sufficient inventory to
meet the demand of its customers.
Receivables Collection Period (in days)
Trade Receivables x 365
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Credit Sales

This ratio calculates how long credit customers take to pay.

A short credit period for receivables will aid a business’ cash flow. However,
some businesses base their strategy on long credit periods to achieve higher
sales in highly competitive markets.
If the receivables days are shorter compared to the prior period, it could
indicate better credit control or potential settlement discounts being offered
to collect cash more quickly whereas an increase in credit periods could
indicate a deterioration in credit control or potential bad debts
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Payables Payment Period (in days)

Trade Payables x 365
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Credit Purchases

This ratio calculates how long the company takes to pay its suppliers.
An increase in payables days could indicate that a business is having cash
flow difficulties and is therefore delaying payments. It is important that a
business pays within the agreed credit period to avoid conflict with suppliers.
If the payables days are reducing, this indicates suppliers are being paid
more quickly. This could be due to credit terms being tightened or taking
advantage of early settlement discounts being offered.
Working Capital Cycle (cash cycle)
A company only gets cash once an item has been in stock and then the
debtor pays (Inventory days + receivables days).
This total should then be reduced by the payable days (the company
doesn’t need the cash until the end of this).
So, the working capital cycle (in days) is:

Inventory (in days) + Receivables (in days) – Payables (in days)

This needs to be kept as small as possible for liquidity purposes.

Debt and Gearing Ratios

Debt Ratio
Total debts
--------------
Total assets

Assets = non-current assets + current assets

Debts include all payables, whether they are due within one year or after
more than one year.
Gearing
A company can raise money by loans (Debt) or issuing shares (Equity).
Gearing can be calculated either:

Debt
---------------
Debt + Equity
OR
Debt
---------
Equity

The gearing ratio is of particular importance to a business as it indicates how

risky a business is perceived to be based on its level of borrowing.
High gearing means high debt (in relation to equity). As borrowing increases
so does the risk as the business is now liable to not only repay the debt but
meet any interest commitments under it. If interest rates increase, then the
company could be in trouble unless they have high enough profits to cover
this. In addition, to raise further debt finance could potentially be more
difficult and more expensive.
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Leverage (equity to sales ratio)

Leverage is the converse of gearing, i.e. the proportion of total assets
financed by equity.

Shareholder’s equity x 100

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Shareholders’ equity + total long term debt
OR
Shareholder’s equity x 100
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Total assets less current liabilities
Interest Cover
If a company has a high level of gearing it does not necessarily mean that it
will face difficulties as a result of this.
For example, if the business has a high level of security in the form of tangible
non-current assets and can comfortably cover its interest payments, a high
level of gearing should not give an investor cause for concern.

The interest cover is calculated:

Profit before Interest and Tax (PBIT)

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Interest payable

A ratio of at least 3 is deemed to be satisfactory.

The interest coverage ratio is a measurement of the number of times a
company could make its interest payments with its earnings.
It is the equivalent of a person taking the combined interest expense from
their mortgage, credit cards etc, and calculating the number of times they
can pay it with their annual income.
PBIT has its short fallings; companies do pay taxes, therefore it is misleading to
act as if they didn’t. A wise and conservative investor would simply take the
company’s earnings before interest and divide it by the interest expense. This
would provide a more accurate picture of safety.