Audit of Shareholders' Equity: Auditing Problems
Audit of Shareholders' Equity: Auditing Problems
Audit of Shareholders' Equity: Auditing Problems
Manila
AUDITING PROBLEMS CPA Review
PROBLEM NO. 1
KAYA CO. began operations on January 1. Authorized were 120,000 shares of P10 par value
ordinary shares and 240,000 shares of 10%, P100 par value preference shares. The following
transactions involving shareholders’ equity occurred during the first year of operations.
Jan. 1 Issued 30,000 ordinary shares to the corporation promoters in exchange for land valued
at P1,020,000 and services valued at P420,000. The property had cost the promoters
P540,000 3 years before and was carried on the promoters’ books at P300,000.
Feb. 23 Issued 60,000 preference shares with a par value of P100 per share. The shares were
issued at a price of P150 per share, and the company paid P450,000 to an agent for
selling the shares.
Mar. 10 Sold 18,000 ordinary shares for P390 per share. Issue costs were P150,000.
Apr. 10 24,000 ordinary shares were sold under share subscriptions at P450 per share. No
shares are issued until a subscription contract is paid in full. No cash was received.
July 14 Exchanged 4,200 ordinary shares and 8,400 preference shares for a building with a fair
value of P3,060,000. The building was originally purchased for P2,280,000 by the
investors and has a book value of P1,320,000. In addition, 3,600 ordinary shares were
sold for P1,440,000 in cash.
Aug. 3 Received payments in full for half of the share subscriptions and payments on account
on the rest of the subscriptions. Total cash received was P8,400,000. Share certificates
were issued for the subscriptions paid in full.
Nov. 2 Issued 5,000 ordinary shares for an outstanding bank loan of P2,100,000, including
accrued interest of P100,000. KAYA CO.’s ordinary shares are quoted at P410 per share
on this date.
10 Issued 10,000 preference shares for P1,250,000, with 10,000 warrants to acquire 5,000
ordinary shares at P400 per share. On this date, the warrants have a market value of
P10, but the preference share has no known market value ex-warrant.
Dec. 10 9,000 warrants issued on Nov. 10 were exercised and the remainder lapsed.
31 Declared a cash dividend of P10 per share on preference shares and P20 per share on
ordinary shares, payable on February 10 to shareholders of record on January 15.
Based on the preceding information, calculate the balances of each of the following:
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PROBLEM NO. 2
You were engaged by CITY CORPORATION, a publicly held company whose shares are traded on
the Philippine Stock Exchange, to conduct an audit of its 2020 financial statements. You were
told by the company’s controller that there were numerous equity transactions that took place in
2020. The shareholders’ equity accounts at December 31, 2019, had the following balances:
Share capital--Preference, P100 par value, 6% cumulative;
9,000 shares authorized; 5,400 shares issued
and outstanding P540,000
Share capital--Ordinary, P1 par value, 540,000 shares authorized;
360,000 shares issued and outstanding 360,000
Share premium 720,000
Retained earnings 294,000
Total shareholders’ equity P1,914,000
You summarized the following transactions during 2020 and other information relating to the
shareholders’ equity in your working papers as follows:
• January 6, 2020 – Issued 13,500 ordinary shares in exchange for land. On the date issued,
the shares had a market price of P16.50 per share. The land had a carrying value of P126,000.
• January 20, 2020 – Issued 10,000 ordinary shares to Atty. A. Santiago as compensation for
500 hours of legal services performed. Atty. Santiago usually bills P400 per hour for legal
services. On the date of issuance, the share was trading at P17.
• January 31, 2020 – Sold 720, P1,000, 12% bonds due January 31, 2030, at 98 with one
detachable share warrant attached to each bond. Interest is payable annually on January 31.
The fair value of the bonds without the share warrants is 95. The detachable warrants have
a fair value of P50 each and expire on January 31, 2021. Each warrant entitles the holder to
purchase 10 ordinary shares at P10 per share.
• February 22, 2020 – Purchased 4,500 of its own ordinary shares to be held as treasury
shares for P24 per share.
• February 28, 2020 – Subscriptions for 12,600 ordinary shares were received at P26 per
share, payable 50% down and the balance by March 15.
• March 15, 2020 – The balance due on 10,800 ordinary shares was received and those
shares were issued. The subscriber who defaulted on the 1,800 remaining shares forfeited
the down payment in accordance with the subscription agreement.
• August 30, 2020 – Reissued 1,800 treasury shares for P20 per share.
• September 14, 2020 – There were 567 warrants detached from the bonds and exercised.
• November 30, 2020 – Declared a cash dividend of P0.50 per share to all ordinary
shareholders of record December 15, 2020. The dividend was paid on December 30, 2020.
• December 15, 2020 – Declared the required annual cash dividends on preference shares
for 2020. The dividend was paid on January 15, 2021.
• January 8, 2021 – Before closing the accounting records for 2020, CITY became aware that
no depreciation had been recorded for 2019 for a machine purchased on July 1, 2019. The
machine was properly capitalized at P288,000 and had an estimated useful life of eight years
when purchased. The appropriate correcting entry was recorded on the same date.
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Based on the foregoing and the result of your audit, answer the following: (Ignore
income tax implications.)
PROBLEM NO. 3
Jan. 15 Completed the building renovation for which P750,000 of retained earnings had been
restricted. Paid the contractor P727,500, all of which is capitalized.
Mar. 3 Issued 150,000 additional ordinary shares for P18 per share.
May 18 Declared a dividend of P1.50 per share to be paid on July 31, 2020, to shareholders of
record on June 30, 2020.
June 19 Approved additional building renovation to be funded internally. The estimated cost of
the project is P600,000, and retained earnings are to be restricted for that amount.
Nov. 12 Declared a property dividend to be paid on January 5, 2021. The dividend is to consist
of equipment that has a carrying amount of P360,000 and a fair value of P472,500 on
November 12.
Dec. 31 Net income for 2020 (before recognition of impairment loss on the equipment declared
as property dividend) is P1,327,500. The equipment’s fair value less cost to distribute
on December 31 is P330,000.
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