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Corporate Sector
Financial Accounting (04.05.2015)
Duration: 3 hrs. Marks-100
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Required: 15
Calculate the followings Ratios for both the years and based on your workings, Comment upon the
differences and similarities of the ratios for both the years.
(i) Current Ratio
(ii) Quick Ratio
(iii) Interest Cover
(iv) Dividend Cover
(v) PE Ratio if market price is Rs.120 in 2014.
Q.2. Mr. Khan is a small trader, and is financially incapable of engaging the services of an accountant. He
keeps no books but only an account with a bank in which all takings are lodged after meeting
business expenses and his personal drawings and thought in which all payments for business
purchased are passed.
Required: 18
You are required to ascertain his trading result for the year ended December 31, 2014 and the
Financial Position of his business as on that date with necessary notes.
Q.3. Following is the Trial Balance of Al-Maroof Honey (Private) Limited as at June 30, 2014.
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Q.4. The Balance Sheets of Real Crafts (Private) Limited as at December 2014 and 2013 are as follows:
Dec-31-2014 Dec-31-2013
Current Assets 276,000 286,000
Cash and Bank Balances 158,000 48,000
Fixed Assets 1,033,000 887,000
Total Assets 1,467,000 1,221,000
Required:
Prepare Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 2014 using Indirect Method in 12
accordance with IAS -7.
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Q.5. The cost of inventory of Softstyle Boot House(SBH) based on inventory count carried out on July
03, 2014 was Rs. 675,000. These included goods costing Rs. 15,000 which were purchased in June
2014 and have a realizable value of Rs. 12,000.
During the period between June 30, 2014 and July 03, 2014 following transactions took place:
Value of goods purchased amounted to Rs. 155,710.
Sales of goods amounted to Rs. 250,000.
SBH normally sells goods at a mark-up of 25% of cost.
20% of the sales were made at a discount of 8% of the normal selling price.
Purchase Return to supplier amounting to Rs. 1,990.
Required: 08
You are required to calculate the Value of Stock as at June 30, 2014 that should be reported in the
Financial Statement.
Q.6. a) As per IAS-1, Financial Statements should be presented at least annually. When an entity 04
changes the end of its reporting period and presents Financial Statements for a period longer or
shorter than one year. What disclosure should be given by the entity, in addition to the period
covered by the Financial Statement?
b) As per IAS-1, what are the circumstances which allows an enterprise to continue to classify its 06
long term interest bearing liabilities as non current, even they are due to be settled within twelve
months of the Balance Sheet date?
Q.7. a) As per IAS - 16, what factors should be considered to estimate the useful life of a depreciable 04
asset?
b) Softstyle Boot House(SBH) made off its used delivery van for a new model. The van given up
has a book value of Rs. 160,000. (Original Cost = Rs. 240,000 less Accumulated Depreciation
Rs. 80,000) and a fair value of Rs. 120,000. It is traded for a new model that has a list price of
Rs. 320,000. After the negotiation between the SBH and Dealer, a trade in allowance of Rs.
180,000 is finally agreed on the van.
Required:
(i) Calculate the cost of New Van alongwith Computation for Gain / Loss on Exchange 05
Transaction.
(ii) Record the transaction in the books of SBH. 03
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Summer Exam-2015
Corporate Sector
Performance Measurement (05.05.2015)
Duration: 3 hrs. Marks-100
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Q.1. A company produces a single product. The planned production and sales for the latest quarter
was 46,000 litres. The budgeted costs per litre were as under:
Rs.
Prime costs 5.20
Production overheads – all fixed 2.80
Non-production overheads
Variable 0.65
Fixed 1.70
10.35
Q.2. Star Ltd has designed a new product MLH. Based on the current market, the price of MLH has
been fixed at Rs. 200 per unit.
Q.3. A company manufactures three products. Sales demand for the products in the next period is
estimated as follows:
Product A 6,200 units
Product B 8,000 units
Product C 11,500 units
Selling prices and unit costs are estimated as under:
Product A Product B Product C
Rs. Rs. Rs.
Selling Price 9.70 11.10 13.80
Costs:
Direct Materials 2.80 3.90 4.92
Direct Labour (Rs. 8 per hour) 2.40 2.40 3.20
Variable Overheads 0.90 0.90 1.20
Fixed Overheads 2.70 2.70 3.60
The company is experiencing a shortage of direct labour and estimates that a maximum of 8,500
labour hours will be available in the next period.
Required:
Determine the Production Schedule for the next period which will maximize profit. 14
Q.4. A publisher makes an initial payment of Rs. 25,000 to authors for each accepted manuscript.
Thereafter, royalty is paid at 15% of the net sales price of the books sold.
The net sales price of a book is the revenue received by the publisher which is the listed selling
price of the book less the bookstore margin of 20% of the listed selling price.
A particular book has a listed selling price of Rs. 15. Costs incurred on the book by the publisher
(excluding payments to the author) are:
Rs.
Variable costs per copy 3.20
Total fixed costs 80,000
Required:
Calculate the number of copies of the book that need to be sold to allow the publisher to:
a) Break Even. 09
b) Make a profit of Rs. 35,000. 03
Q.5. Mars Limited (ML) operates an activity-based costing system and projected the following, for the
next year.
Cost Number
Cost Pool
(Rs.) of Drivers
Production Set-ups 105,000 300 set-ups
Product Testing 300,000 1,500 tests
Component Supply and Storage 25,000 500 orders
Customer Orders and Deliveries 112,500 1,000 orders
The annual costs of production and general overheads which cannot be linked to any specific
activity are estimated at Rs. 900,000 and these overheads are absorbed on a direct labour hour
basis. Total direct labour hours for next year are estimated at 300,000 hours.
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ML is introducing a new product AB1. The projected cost and profit relating to AB1 is as
follows:
Component Cost: Rs. 1 per unit
Direct Labour: 10 minutes per unit at Rs. 7.80 per hour
Profit Mark up: 40% of total unit cost
During the next year, ML expects to receive 100 orders of 60 units per order and 60 orders of 50
units per order for Product AB1. 900 units would be produced in each production run. Four
tests would be carried out during each production run to ensure that quality standards are
maintained. Components would be purchased prior to each production run.
Required:
(a) Calculate the activity – based recovery rates for each cost pool. 04
(b) Calculate the total unit cost and selling price of Product AB1. 09
Q.6. The following information relates to Yazdan Motor Car Company for the year ended
31st December 2014 and 2013.
Operating Results 2014 2013
Rs. Rs.
Sales 5,930 4,096
Gross profit 570 272
Operating profit 470 184
Profit before taxation 496 180
Profit after taxation 270 110
Dividend 50 28
Profit retained 220 82
Capital employed:
Share capital 170 142
Revenue reserves 580 334
Unappropriated profit 2 1
752 477
Long term and deferred liabilities 842 12
1,594 489
Represented by:
Property, plant & equipment 124 100
Non current receivables 28 24
152 124
Current Assets
Stores & spares 24 26
Stock in trade 1,214 822
Trade debtors 48 36
Cash & bank 514 304
Other current assets 1,152 82
2,952 1,270
Less: Current liabilities 1,510 905
Net current assets 1,442 365
Total Assets 1,594 489
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Required:
From the above information calculate the following for both the years:
(a) Gross Profit Percentage 02
(b) Current Ratio 02
(c) Quick Ratio 02
(d) Debt Equity Ratio 02
(e) Inventory Turnover Ratio 02
(f) Debtor Days 02
Q.7. The Capital employed at Division A of Moon Ltd is Rs. 2 million. Currently, the division earns a
return on investment of 22%. It can make an additional investment of Rs. 500,000 for a 5 year
life with nil residual value. The average net profit from this investment would be Rs. 48,000 per
annum. Division A’s cost of capital is 14%.
Required:
Calculate Residual Income before and after additional investment. 07
Q.8. A company manufacturing ‘distempers’ operates a Standard Costing System. The Standard Cost
of one of its products is as follows:
Standard Total
Materials Quantity
Price Per kg (Rs.)
A 40 kg. Rs.75 3,000
B 10 kg. Rs.50 500
C 50 kg. Rs.20 1,000
Material Cost per unit (Total) 4,500
The Standard Input Mix is 100 kg. and the standard output of the finished product is 90 kg.
Actual output of the finished product was 420,000 kg. The actual consumption for the period
was as follows:
A 240,000 kg @ Rs. 80 / kg
B 40,000 kg @ Rs. 52 / kg
C 220,000 kg @ Rs. 21 / kg
Required:
Calculate the following Material Variances:
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Summer Exam-2015
Corporate Sector
Bus. Com. & Beh. Studies (06.05.2015)
Duration: 3 hrs. Marks-100
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Q.2. You are Manager Loan Department. You have received Rs. 2.5 million running 10
finance loan request which you have to decline. Assume necessary details and
draft a refusal letter?
Q.3. Paraphrase the following passage taken from Raymond S. Nickerson's "How We 10
Know and Sometimes Misjudge What Others Know: Imputing One's Own
Knowledge to Others”.
Q.5. (a) How does Job Enrichment adds to the motivation of an employee? 05
(b) What is meant by Attitude? What are its components? 05
Q.6. Your Organization provides consultancy and training services in the area of 10
Accounting, Finance and Human Resources along with providing different
services of Accounts and Finance department as an outward agency.
Write an unsolicited sales letter to introduce your products and services to
the prospective corporate clients.
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Q.9. You are Director Training and Development. In your organization employee 15
turnover rate is higher than industry average. You have been assigned the task to
research the problem and submit a detailed formal report. Assume necessary
details.
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Summer Exam-2015
Corporate Sector
Business Laws & Taxation (07.05.2015)
Duration: 3 hrs. Marks-100
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Q.1. List down any four Rules of Precedent the Courts in Pakistan have to follow. 06
Q.2. a) What do you understand by the term Misrepresentation under Contract Act, 02
1872?
b) “Misrepresentation can be innocent or fraudulent”. Discuss. 04
c) Examine the following situations and discuss the liability of Agent. Also mention 06
the relevant rule of Agent’s duties to Principal.
(i) Ali (Agent) was directed by Bilal (Principal) to warehouse the goods at
Custom bounded warehouse but Ali warehoused them at some private
place and the goods were destroyed.
(ii) Bilal (Principal) asked Ali (Agent) to buy a certain house for him. Ali
tells Bilal that it cannot be bought and buys that house for himself.
Q.3. Irfan agreed to sell two of his paintings to Faisal at a price to be fixed by Riaz. 04
Riaz refused to fix the price. By that time Faisal has taken delivery of one
painting. What option is available to Irfan? Also mention relevant provisions of
Sale of Goods Act, 1930.
Q.4. a) Alpha Limited runs a family owned business. The CEO wants to increase the 06
number of Board of Directors so that he can place his two sons in the Board. The
present Board of Directors consists of 7 members and the election took place 2
years ago. You as a Company Secretary are required to guide CEO in the light of
the relevant Legal Provisions.
b) Under what circumstances, election of Directors may be declared invalid? 04
Q.5. Discuss the legal provisions relating to Notice of Annual General Meeting. 04
Q.6. a) Briefly describe the documents required to be filed with the Registrar for 07
registration of a Private Limited Company.
b) AB Limited, a private company has been incorporated to provide security 03
services to Financial Institutions. List additional requirements for filing
documents with Registrar by AB Limited. You don’t need to mention documents
listed in 6(a) above.
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Q.7. What do you understand by Legal Sources? Also list them down. 03
Q.8. Examine each of the following cases and explain with reasons, obligation of 05
partner for performance of contract.
(a) Ali promises to deliver goods to Faisal on May 15, 2015 on payment of
Rs. 25,000. Ali dies before May 15, 2015.
(b) Ali promises to paint a picture for Faisal by May 15, 2015, on payment
of Rs. 100,000. Ali dies before May 15, 2015.
Q.9. Explain the term “Draft” under the provisions of Negotiable Instrument Act, 06
1881.
Q.10. a) Explain the following terms with reference to election of Directors of a Listed 07
Company.
(i) Notice of Intention to offer for Election.
(ii) Withdrawal of Nomination Papers.
(iii) Notice of Contesting Candidates to Shareholders.
b) The AGM of Delta Limited was scheduled to be held on 31st December, 2014 at 03
9:30 a.m., however due to traffic jam in the surrounding of the place of the
meeting, the required quorum was not present until 10:30 a.m. Discuss the legal
provisions for holding this AGM.
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Q.1. (a) Define the following terms under the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001.
(i) Resident Company 03
(ii) Filer and Non-Filer 02
(b) Identify the various heads of Income under Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, and 05
specify any five types of expenses which are not allowed as a deduction under
the head Income from Business.
Q.2. Mr. Ahmed, a salaried individual donated Rs. 1,800,000 to an approved non- 05
profit organization during a tax year. His taxable income for the year amounted
to Rs. 5,000,000 resulting in a gross tax liability of Rs. 1,022,500.
Q.3. HS Associates has submitted the following data for the month of January 2015:
Rs.
Local sales to registered person 6,000,000
Local sales to un-registered person 500,000
Exports 2,000,000
Exempt supplies 1,000,000
Purchases (registered supplier) 6,500,000
Purchases (un-registered supplier) 500,000
Imports 1,000,000
Compute the sales tax liability for the month (Rate of tax is 17%). 08
Q.4. Discuss the Rules relating to cancellation or return of supply and increase in the 07
value of supply or sales tax amount under Sales Tax Act, 1990.
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Summer Exam-2015
Corporate Sector
Financial Reporting (04.05.2015)
Duration: 3 hrs. Marks-100
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Q.1. The Company X has entered into the following lease contracts with a lessor on start of
current year.
a) A building was taken on lease for five years but the remaining life of building is 20 years. The
other details of the lease are as under: -
i) The rentals are payable in advance and rental of first year is Rs. 10,000 and will
increase by 20% per year on compound basis.
ii) The economic benefits expected from the building are evenly distributed over the five
years.
iii) The building will revert back to the lessor at end of lease term.
b) A motor vehicle costing Rs. 2 million was taken on lease for five year, which is also the
expected economic life of motor vehicle. The other terms and conditions are as under: -
i) The rental is payable in arrears.
ii) The interest rate implicit in the lease is 10.5% p.a.
iii) The vehicle will revert back at the end of lease term to lessor.
iv) The guaranteed residual value at the end of lease term is Rs. 100,000.
v) The expected residual value of asset at the end of useful life is Rs. 80,000.
Required:
Prepare the extracts to Financial Statements for the first year of lease. 15
Q.3. The Company has recently entered into the following transactions during the year and wants to
recognize them as intangible assets under IAS-38.
a) The company has arranged an extensive training program for its employees and incurred cost
of Rs. 1.5 millions on this activity. The training has resulted in marked improvements in the
working of employees.
b) The company purchased licensed operating system from a multinational company costing
Rs. 250,000. The cost of hardware on which operating system is installed is Rs. 4 million.
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c) The company has evolved a new production process during the year. The costs incurred on
technical feasibility and identifying best alternatives were Rs. 500,000 and costs incurred on
construction of pilot plant and trial run was Rs. 1,500,000.
Required:
Discuss the Accounting Treatment of above under IAS-38. 15
Q.4. You have been recently appointed the Chief Accountant of a Listed Company and have been asked
to assist the Auditors in the annual audit of the company. The audit trainee has given you the
following list of outstanding points.
a) There has been sale of inventory after the year end at below cost price and inventory is
appearing at cost in the Statement of Financial Position. When you enquired from the relevant
staff then you came to know that a new competitor entered in the market after the year end
because of which the inventory was sold at below the cost price.
b) The Company has not created a provision for a case pending before the honorable High
Court, Karachi. You approached the legal advisor, who responded that an old employee of the
company has filed this case being aggrieved because he was terminated in the last year. The
legal advisor was of the opinion that there is remote chance that the claim will be awarded to
him.
c) The Company has offered right shares to its shareholders after the year but the share capital
has not been changed accordingly.
d) The company has not written off a debtor from its books even the said party has been
declared bankrupt by the Honorable Court. When you enquired, you came to know that said
debtor was considered good at the reporting date but after the year end a major fire broke out
at his factory and destroyed everything.
e) Mr. Jamil is the major supplier of the raw material of your company but has not been
disclosed as related party in the Financial Statements.
Required:
Discuss the Accounting Treatment of above in the Audited Financial Statements of the company. 15
Q.5. Saud Limited (SL) has been acquired at the start of current year by Pakistan Feeds Limited (PFL),
the relevant details at date of acquisition are as under: -
PFL paid the cost of investment as under: -
(i) Issued to the shareholders of SL its own one million shares, the fair value of one share of
PFL is Rs. 25 per share;
(ii) PFL also agreed to pay Rs. 5 per share acquired after four years of acquisition; and
(iii) PFL will pay Rs. 8 per share after two years if the Basic EPS of SL has been at least Rs. 3 per
share. The fair value of this consideration is Rs. 3 per share at acquisition date but by the
reporting date has declined to Rs. 2 per share.
(iv) The discount rate company uses for present value calculation is 12% p.a.
(v) The PFL acquired 1 million shares of SL.
SL has the following detail of net assets at the date of acquisition: -
(i) Share capital of SL consists of 1.25 million shares of Rs. 10 each and reserves of
Rs. 15.7 million based at book value of net assets.
(ii) The fair value adjustments at date of acquisition are as under: -
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Exist on subsequent
Name of Asset Carrying Value Fair Value Useful Life
reporting date
Rs. (m) Rs. (m)
Land 0.50 0.75 -- Yes
Plant 0.60 0.65 5 Yes
Inventory 0.65 0.57 -- No
Provisions 0.55 0.65 -- No
(iii) The fair value per share of SL at date of acquisition is Rs. 17 per share.
(iv) The fair values adjustments relating to above items have not been recorded in SL’s separate
Financial Statements.
Required:
a) Calculate goodwill at the date of acquisition and at the reporting date. 07
b) Non-controlling Interest (NCI) at date of acquisition and reporting date. 07
c) Consolidated Retained Earnings at the reporting date. 08
Q.6. The Company Y has made the following transactions during the year but is not sure how to account
for under International Financial Reporting Standards.
a) The company has decided to close one of its operation located at countryside, the said closure
will result in termination of employees and cancellation of certain customers and supplier
contracts. The employees will be paid Rs. 1.5 million in excess of their post employment benefits.
The cancellation of customer and supplier contracts will require penalties amounting to Rs. 2
million.
b) The company has entered into a contract to purchase a plant from a foreign supplier amounting
to Rs. 1.5 million. The plant will be delivered after six months of the current year end.
c) The company sustained a loss of Rs. 1 million during the year on the goods supplied by another
company. The company filed the case against the supplier for recovery of the loss incurred. The
legal advisor confirmed that there is a probable chance that the case will be decided in the favor
of the company; however, the decision is pending before the Honorable High Court.
Required:
Discuss the Accounting Treatment of above in the Financial Statement of the company. 12
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Q.7. XML company has started the construction of a qualifying asset. Expenses incurred on the
qualifying asset during the year ended December 31, 2014 and detail of loans obtained is as
under:-
i) The detail of loans obtained are as under;-
Date Amount
Rs. (000)
01-04-2014 14,500
01-05-2014 10,250
01-06-2014 12,500
16-07-2014 25,000
31-08-2014 12,000
31-10-2014 18,000
30-11-2014 5,550
iii) Loan taken during the year is specifically raised to finance the construction of qualifying
asset. The excess funds can be invested at the rate of 5.5%.
Required:
Calculate the Borrowing Cost to be capitalized. 10
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Summer Exam-2015
Corporate Sector
Management Accounting (05.05.2015)
Duration: 3 hrs. Marks-100
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Q.1. Anum Ltd. manufactures ball points of different designs. The Company uses their own
material for the manufacturing of ball point. The ballpoints were sold in a box of 6. Each
Box would be sold at selling price of Rs.12. The Company has incurred the following
costs:
Rs.
Variable cost 9/Unit
Total Fixed Cost 120,000
The Company has expected budgeted sales of 900 units a month.
Required:
(i) Calculate the Breakeven Sales in Units. 03
(ii) Calculate the Breakeven Sales in Revenue. 02
Q.2. The Hi Life Co. (HL Co.) makes sofas. It has recently received a request from a
customer to provide a one-off order of sofas, in excess of normal budgeted production.
The order would need to be completed within two weeks. The following cost estimate
has already been prepared:
Direct Material: Note Rs.
Fabric 200 m2 at Rs.17 per m2 1 3,400
Wood 50 m at Rs. 8.20 per m2 2 410
Direct Labour:
Skilled 200 hours at Rs.16 per hour 3 3,200
Semi-Skilled 300 hours at Rs.12 per hour 4 3,600
Factory Overheads 500 hours at Rs. 3 per hour 5 1,500
Total Production Cost 12,110
Administrative Overheads at 10% of
1,211
total production cost
Total Cost 13,321
Notes:
1. The fabric is regularly used by HL Co. There are currently 300 meter in inventory,
which cost Rs. 17 per meter. The current purchase price of the fabric is Rs. 17.50 per
meter.
2. This type of wood is regularly used by HL Co. and usually costs Rs. 8.20 per meter.
However, the Company’s current supplier’s earliest delivery time for the wood is in
three weeks’ time. An alternative supplier could deliver immediately but they would
charge Rs. 8.50 per meter. HL Co. already has 500 meter in inventory but 480 meter
of this is needed to complete other existing orders in the next two weeks. The
remaining 20 meter is not going to be needed until four weeks’ time.
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3. The skilled labour force is employed under permanent contracts of employment under
which they must be paid for 40 hours’ per week’s labour, even if their time is idle due
to absence of orders. Their rate of pay is Rs.16 per hour, although any overtime is
paid at time and a half. In the next two weeks, there is spare capacity of 150 labour
hours.
4. There is no spare capacity for semi-skilled workers. They are currently paid Rs. 12 per
hour or time and a half for overtime. However, a local agency can provide additional
semi-skilled workers for Rs.14 per hour.
5. The Rs. 3 absorption rate is HL Co’s standard factory overhead absorption rate;
Rs. 1.50 per hour reflects the cost of the factory supervisor’s salary and the other
Rs. 1.50 per hour reflects general factory costs. The supervisor is paid an annual
salary and is also paid Rs. 15 per hour for any overtime he works. He will need to
work 20 hours’ overtime if this order is accepted.
6. This is an apportionment of the general administration overheads incurred by
HL Co.
Required:
Prepare, on a Relevant Cost Basis, the lowest cost estimate which could be used as the 15
basis for the quotation. Explain briefly your reasons for including or excluding each of
the costs in your estimate.
Q3. Gam Co. sells electronic equipment and is about to launch a new product onto the
market. It needs to prepare its budget for the coming year and is trying to decide whether
to launch the product at a price of Rs. 30 or Rs. 35 per unit. The following information
has been obtained from market research:
Required:
(a) Calculate each of the six possible profit outcomes which could arise for Gam Co. in 08
the coming year.
(b) Calculate the expected value of profit for each of the two price options and 03
recommend, on this basis, which option Gam Co. would choose
(c) Briefly explain the maximum decision rule and identify which price should be 03
chosen by management if they use this rule to decide which price should be charged.
(d) Discuss the factors which may give rise to uncertainty when setting budgets. 06
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Q4. HY Corporation has obtained following data pertaining to one of its material:
Required:
(a) Economic Order Quantity 02
(b) Safety Stock Minimum 02
(c) Order Point 02
(d) Normal Maximum Inventory 02
(e) Absolute Maximum Inventory 02
Q.5. A company is considering two capital expenditure proposals. Both proposals are for
similar products and both are expected to operate for four years. Only one proposal can be
accepted.
The following information is available:
Profit/Loss
Proposal A Proposal B
(Rs.) (Rs.)
Required:
(a) Calculate the following for both proposals:
i) The Payback Period to one decimal place 05
ii) The Return on Capital Employed on Average 04
(b) Give three advantages for each of the methods of appraisal used in (a) above. 06
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Q.6. Mezen is currently considering the launch of a new product. A market survey was
recently commissioned to assess the likely demand for the product and this showed that
the product has an expected life of four years. The survey cost Rs. 30,000 and this is due
for payment in four months' time. On the basis of the survey information as well as
internal management accounting information relating to costs, the Assistant Accountant
prepared the following profit forecasts for the product.
Year 1 2 3 4
Rs.(000) Rs.(000) Rs.(000) Rs.(000)
Sales 180 200 160 120
Cost of sales (115) (140) (110) (85)
Gross profit 65 60 50 35
Variable overheads (27) (30) (24) (18)
Fixed overheads (25) (25) (25) (25)
Market survey written off (30) − − −
Net profit/(loss) (17) 5 1 (8)
These profit forecasts were viewed with disappointment by the Directors and there was a
general feeling that the new product should not be launched. The Chief Executive
pointed out that the product achieved profits in only two years of its four-year life and
that over the four-year period as a whole, a net loss was expected. However, before a
meeting that had been arranged to decide formally the future of the product, the
following additional information became available:
The new product will require the use of an existing machine. This has a written
down value of Rs. 80,000 but could be sold for Rs. 70,000 immediately if the new
product is not launched. If the product is launched, it will be sold at the end of the
four-year period for Rs. 10,000.
Additional working capital of Rs. 20,000 will be required immediately and will be
needed over the four-year period. It will be released at the end of the period.
The fixed overheads include a figure of Rs. 15,000 per year for depreciation of the
machine and Rs. 5,000 per year for the re-allocation of existing overheads of the
business. The company has a cost of capital of 10%. Ignore Taxation.
Required:
(a) Calculate the Net Present Value of the new product. 10
(b) Calculate the approximate Internal Rate of Return of the product. 05
(c) Outline the Strengths and Weaknesses of the Internal Rate of Return Method as a 05
basis for Investment Appraisal.
Q.7. What are the different methods to hedge Interest Rate Risk? 05
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Required:
(a) Calculate the estimated Cost of Equity using the Capital Asset Pricing Model? 03
(b) Calculate the estimated Cost of Equity using the Dividend Growth Model? 04
(c) Briefly explain what total return is and how wealth of shareholder can be 03
increased?
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Summer Exam-2015
Corporate Sector
Auditing (06.05.2015)
Duration: 3 hrs. Marks-100
[Instructions]
Ensure that the question paper delivered to you is the same, in which you intend to appear.
Read the instructions given on the title page of Answer Script.
Start each question from fresh page.
Q.1. You have recently joined ABC Chartered Accountants as an Audit Manager. One
of your roles and responsibilities in addition to handling various audits is also the
training and development of the audit staff. Your Partner has recently called you to
discuss the importance of remaining alert to the existence of fraud in audit clients.
He has asked you to prepare a comprehensive presentation for the audit staff of
ABC. As part of the preparation, describe what should be included in the
presentation material in relation to the following:
(a) What is fraud and its types as stipulated in International Standard on Auditing 05
(ISA) 240?
(b) What are the Auditor’s responsibilities in relation to fraud in an independent audit 07
of Financial Statements?
Q.2. You are conducting the audit of Pak Pharmaceuticals Limited which is engaged in 15
the manufacture and sale of various pharmaceutical products. The pharmaceutical
industry is highly regulated and the company is required to comply with many
health and safety regulations. As the Audit Manager for the last two years for this
audit client, you understand that the company is exposed to several litigation cases
pending at various Courts of Law across Pakistan. The management’s stance is
that they have a fair chance of winning the cases filed against them. However,
some companies in the industry have recently been charged with penalties for use
of harmful substances and chemicals in excess of the allowed amount in their
medicines.
Prepare an audit plan for the performance of substantive procedures on
provisions and contingent liabilities of Pak Pharmaceuticals.
Q.3. (a) Identify five accounts in the Financial Statements which require the use of 05
estimation and judgment.
(b) What are the roles and responsibilities of the auditor in relation to the audit of 08
Accounting Estimates?
Q.4. The Village School Network is a chain of 100 schools engaged in imparting 14
primary level education to several thousand students in various villages of
Pakistan. The company’s major expense is salary paid to teachers.
Some teachers at senior level are paid a fixed salary per month while most teachers
are paid based on number of hours taught by them in each month. A daily
attendance and Time In and Time Out register is maintained to record the total
number of hours taught by each teacher at each school. Special reward in the form
of bonus is also paid out to teachers who display exceptional results. The bonus is
usually a multiple of monthly salary depending on the result achieved.
Briefly describe the controls you would expect to operate in relation to the
Salaries and Wages System of the Village School Network.
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