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Questions 1

The following information is extracted from the statement of financial position for ZZ at 31 March 20X3:

Included within cost of sales in the statement of profit or loss for the year ended 31 March 20X3 is $20 million relating to the loss on the sale of plant and equipment which had cost $100 million in June 20X1.

Depreciation is charged on all plant and equipment at 25% on a straight line basis with a full year's depreciation charged in the year of acquisition and none in the year of sale.

The revaluation reserve relates to the revaluation of ZZ's property.

The total depreciation charge for property, plant and equipment in ZZ's statement of profit of loss for the year ended 31 March 20X3 is $80 million.

The corporate income tax expense in ZZ's statement of profit or loss for year ended 31 March 20X3 is $28 million.

ZZ is preparing its statement of cash flows for the year ended 31 March 20X3.

What figure should be included within cash flows from investing activities for the proceeds of sale of plant and equipment?

Options:

A.  

$55 million

B.  

$95 million

C.  

$80 million

D.  

$120 million

Discussion 0
Questions 2

Mr K is being pressured by his manager to change figures in his report so that it will improve his manager's bonus.

His manager has promised Mr K a promotion if he agrees to do this.

What threats is Mr K facing?

Options:

A.  

Intimidation and familiarity

B.  

Familiarity and self-interest

C.  

Self-review and advocacy

D.  

Intimidation and self-interest

Discussion 0
Questions 3

An entity had a current tax liability of $187,000 in its statement of financial position as at 30 September 20X5. It was subsequently negotiated and eventually agreed with the tax authorities that the entity would pay $192,000 and this was paid on 6 January 20X6.

The entity's management estimate that the tax due on profits for the year to 30 September 20X6 is $231,000.

Calculate the entity's corporate income tax expense included in its statement of profit or loss for the year ended 30 September 20X6.

Give your answer to the nearest whole $000.

Options:

Discussion 0
Questions 4

Which of the following is the most appropriate definition of the term 'factoring'?

Options:

A.  

Where a business sells its accounts receivable to a third party at a discount

B.  

Where a business borrows a loan with short-term conditions from a third party

C.  

Where a business sells equity to third parties to gain short-term finance

D.  

Where a business is provided with a highly flexible regular source of short-term finance by a bank

Discussion 0
Questions 5

The following information is extracted from QQ's statement of financial position at 31 March:

Included in other payables is interest payable of $80,000 at 31 March 20X2 and $73,000 at 31 March 20X1.

The following information if included within QQ's statement of profit or loss for the year ended 31 March 20X2.

Included within finance cost is $124,000 which relates to interest paid on a finance lease. QQ includes finance lease interest within financing activities on its statement of cash flows.

What cash outflow figure should be included as interest paid within the net cash flow from operating activities for QQ for the year ended 20X2?

Give your answer to the nearest $000.

Options:

Discussion 0
Questions 6

An entity purchased equipment on 1 April 20X4 for $200,000. The equipment was depreciated using the reducing balance method at 20% a year.

Depreciation was charged up to and including 31 March 20X7. At that date the recoverable amount of the equipment was $94,000.

Calculate the impairment loss on the equipment in accordance with IAS 36 Impairment of Assets.

Give your answer to the nearest whole $.

Options:

Discussion 0
Questions 7

LM is preparing its cash forecast for the next three months.

Which of the following items should be left out of its calculations?

Options:

A.  

Tax payment due, that relates to last year's profits.

B.  

Receipt of a new bank loan raised for the purpose of purchasing new machinery.

C.  

Expected loss on the disposal of a piece of land.

D.  

Rental payment on a leased vehicle.

Discussion 0
Questions 8

Entity RH has an recognised a taxable profit of $1.Smillion for 20X1'. In Entity RH's resident country. Country M, depreciation charges and entertaining expenses are disallowed expenses. Below is some information on

Entitry RH's outgoings for the period:

Depreciation charged on PPE: $450,000

Political donations: $155,000

Staff parties: $3,200

Cost of updating assets: $10,000

Other expenses: $83,500

In Country M, there is a standard corporation tax of 12% charged on all corporation profits. What is Entity RH's total tax liability for this period?

Options:

A.  

$234,384

B.  

$125,616

C.  

$254,184

D.  

$252,984

Discussion 0
Questions 9

Which of the following is not a possible tax rate structure?

Options:

A.  

Progressive

B.  

Proportional

C.  

Direct

D.  

Regressive

Discussion 0
Questions 10

In accordance with IFRS 3 Business Combinations, acquisition accounting of an investment in another entity within the consolidated statement of financial position means that the:

Options:

A.  

Parent's and 100% of the other entity's assets and liabilities are added together line by line.

B.  

Group's share of the net assets of the other entity are shown as one line under non-current assets.

C.  

Parent's and group share of the other entity's assets and liabilities are added together line by line.

D.  

Group's share of the net assets of the other entity are shown as one line within equity.

Discussion 0
Questions 11

Which of the following is the main purpose of corporate governance regulation?

Options:

A.  

To ensure that shareholder wealth is maximized.

B.  

To protect the interests of shareholders in a quoted entity.

C.  

To guarantee that corporate scandals do not happen in the future.

D.  

To ensure that financial reports are produced on a regular basis and in line with relevant regulations.

Discussion 0
Questions 12

RST operates in Country X where the tax rules state entertaining costs and accounting depreciation are disallowable for tax purposes.

In year ending 31 May 20X4, XYZ made an accounting profit of $480,000.

Profit included $16,300 of entertaining costs and $15,150 of income exempt from taxation.

XYZ has plant and machinery with accounting depreciation amounting to $24,200 and tax depreciation amounting to $45,200.

Calculate the tax charge for the year ended 31 May 20X4 assuming all profits are taxed at 25%.

Options:

A.  

$115,038

B.  

$114,463

C.  

$125,538

D.  

$124,963

Discussion 0
Questions 13

It costs PWR £7.50 to produce product H, per product. Product H is typically sold for £89.99. It costs £5.00 to package product H and £15 to deliver product H to customers.

PWR is currently selling faulty versions of product H from a defunct batch, (let's call this version product I), for 25% of the original price.

Which of the below options represent the correct inventory price for product I?

Options:

A.  

£2.50

B.  

£7.50

C.  

£20.00

D.  

£3.50

Discussion 0
Questions 14

UV's financial statements for the year ended 31 March 20X8 were approved for publication on 30 June 20X8.

In accordance with IAS 10 Events After the Reporting Period, which of the following material events would have been classified as a non-adjusting event in these financial statements?

Options:

A.  

On 1 June 20X8 UV's auditors discovered that an error in valuation had caused the closing inventory to be overvalued by $150,000.

B.  

On 10 April 20X8 UV received a communication stating that one of its customers had ceased trading and gone into liquidation. The balance outstanding at 31 March 20X8 was unlikely to be paid.

C.  

On 1 June 20X8 UV was awarded damages of $70,000 in respect of a legal claim that it had made against the local government authority in October 20X7.

D.  

On 28 April 20X8 a fire destroyed half of UV's main production facility. Output was severely reduced for six months.

Discussion 0
Questions 15

An entity has a number of subsidiary and associate investments.

Which of the following must be disclosed in the entity's separate financial statements if it is exempt from presenting consolidated financial statements?

Options:

A.  

The bases on which significant investments in subsidiaries and associates have been accounted for in those separate financial statements.

B.  

A copy of the summarised financial statements of each of its subsidiaries.

C.  

A list of all its significant investments in subsidiaries and associates which includes the date of acquisition and the price paid.

D.  

A list of its top ten shareholdings including number of shares held and their market value.

Discussion 0
Questions 16

Which THREE of the following must an auditor consider in order to form an opinion on the truth and fairness of an entity's financial statements?

Options:

A.  

Whether the entity has kept proper accounting records.

B.  

Whether the entity has complied with the relevant legislator requirements in respect of the necessary disclosures.

C.  

Whether all the information and explanations necessary for the purposes of the audit have been received.

D.  

Whether every transaction that underpins the financial statements has been correctly recorded.

E.  

Whether the entity has been exposed to any fraud.

Discussion 0
Questions 17

An entity has a working capital cycle of 120 days which has been calculated in part from the following data:

What is the stock holding period on the basis of 365 days in a year?

Give your answer to the nearest whole day.

Options:

Discussion 0
Questions 18

The following data relates to Company AB.

Statement of Profit or Loss for the year ended 30 June 20X4:

During the year ending 30 June 20X4, which was not a leap year, the average stock holding period was 102 days.

Calculate the working capital cycle in days.

Give your answer to the nearest full day.

Options:

Discussion 0
Questions 19

The following information relates to ABC.

Which of the following would be a reason for the movement in the trade receivable days?

Options:

A.  

A new credit controller was appointed during the year ended 30 June 20X3 who has been chasing customers for payment.

B.  

A system of early settlement discount was introduced during the year ended 30 June 20X3 which was taken up by quite a few customers.

C.  

One customer who regularly took 120 days to pay their invoices stopped buying goods from ABC during the year ended 30 June 20X3.

D.  

It was decided during the year ended 30 June 20X3 to stop undertaking credit checks on new customers.

Discussion 0
Questions 20

Which of the following is the responsibility of the International Financial Reporting Standards Interpretations Committee?

Options:

A.  

The development and publication of new international financial reporting standards.

B.  

To provide a forum for interested parties to participate in the formulation of international financial reporting standards.

C.  

To provide authoritative guidance on the application of international financial reporting standards where conflicting practice has developed.

D.  

To advise the International Accounting Standards Board on the agenda and priorities for future work.

Discussion 0
Questions 21

Which THREE of the following statements are true?

Options:

A.  

Tax depreciation replaces accounting depreciation when calculating the taxable profit.

B.  

Tax depreciation increases the taxable profit.

C.  

Balancing allowances increase the taxable profit.

D.  

Balancing charges increase the taxable profit.

E.  

Balancing charges reduce the taxable profit.

F.  

Balancing allowances reduce the taxable profit.

Discussion 0
Questions 22

From the list below identify the item that appears in the statement of financial position.

Options:

A.  

The amount of interest charged on loans during the year.

B.  

The amount of loans outstanding at the year end.

C.  

The amount of loans repaid during the year.

D.  

The amount of interest actually paid during the year.

Discussion 0
Questions 23

AB has been asked to analyze the receivables days of an entity with a view to improving the working capital cycle.

The following results have been produced for receivable days:

Which of the following is NOT an explanation of why the days have increased?

Options:

A.  

The entity has increased turnover for year ended 31 December 20X2 by offering extended credit terms.

B.  

The entity has made substantial sales to overseas entities in the last few months of the year ended 31 December 20X2.

C.  

The entity has transferred all receivables collections to a factoring agency during 20X2.

D.  

An inexperienced credit controller was employed in the last few months of year ended 31 December and requires substantial training.

Discussion 0
Questions 24

There are two main approaches that a country could adopt in respect of corporate governance regulation - a rules based approach and a principles based approach. Match the following statements with the appropriate approach by placing either rules based or principles based against each of them.

Options:

Discussion 0
Questions 25

The statement of profit or loss for PQ, ST and AB for the year ended 31 December 20X0 are shown below:

1. PQ acquired 80% of its subsidiary, ST, on 1 January 20X0 and 40% of its associate, AB, on 1 September 20X0.

2. Since acquistion PQ has sold goods to ST and AB for $20,000 and $30,000 respectively. At the year end both ST and AB have 50% of these goods remaining in inventory. PQ uses a mark-up of 20% on all of its sales.

3. Since acquisition the goodwill in respect of ST has been impaired by $8,000 and the investment in AB has been impaired by $2,000.

4. PQ uses the fair value method for non-controlling interest at acquisition.

What is the value of the unrealized profit in inventory adjustment required to inventory in PQ's consolidated statement of financial position at 31 December 20X0?

Options:

A.  

$3,333

B.  

$2,000

C.  

$4,000

D.  

$1,667

Discussion 0
Questions 26

XYZ operates in Country P where the tax rules state entertaining costs and accounting depreciation are disallowable for tax purposes.

In year ending 31 March 20X4, XYZ made an accounting profit of $240,000.

Profit included $14,500 of entertaining costs and $5,000 of income exempt from taxation.

XYZ has plant and machinery with accounting depreciation amounting to $26,300 and tax depreciation amounting to $35,200.

Calculate the taxable profit for the year ended 31 March 20X4.

Options:

A.  

$221,600

B.  

$258,400

C.  

$239,400

D.  

$240,600

Discussion 0
Questions 27

EF is a large manufacturing entity with several of its manufacturing sites in different locations. Currently all of the sites have a local procurement department. EF's board are looking to implement a centralized purchasing system.

Match the tokens according to whether you believe each statement is either an advantage or disadvantage of implementing a centralized purchasing system for EF.

Options:

Discussion 0
Questions 28

EF purchased an asset on 1 September 20X4 for $800,000, exclusive of import duties of $30,000. EF is resident in country Y where indexation is allowed on purchase costs when the asset is disposed of.

EF sold the asset on 31 August 20X9 for $1,500,000 incurring transaction charges of $20,000. The indexation factor increased by 40% in the period from 1 September 20X4 to 31 August 20X9.

Capital gains are taxed at 30%.

What is the tax due on disposal of the asset?

Options:

A.  

$108,000

B.  

$101,400

C.  

$102,600

D.  

$95,400

Discussion 0
Questions 29

For an entity to be exempt from preparing consolidated financial statements it must meet certain criteria specified in IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements.

Which of the following conditions would give exemption from preparing consolidated financial statements?

Options:

A.  

The parent's securities are publicly traded.

B.  

The parent is in the process of issuing securities in a public securities market.

C.  

The parent is a wholly owned subsidiary of another entity.

D.  

All of the parent's subsidiaries are in one country.

Discussion 0