Exercise 3.1
a. Analysing Chart
Date
Accounts affected
Classification (A / L / Oe / R / E)
Increase / Decrease
Debit $
Credit $
May 1 Bank Capital 2 Prepaid rent Bank 3 Stock Control Creditors Control 4 Office furniture Bank 5 Advertising Bank 6 Computer Capital
A Oe A A A L A A E A A Oe
Inc. Dec. Inc. Dec. Inc. Inc. Inc. Dec. Inc. Dec. Inc. Inc.
40 000 40 000 500 500 8 000 8 000 3 000 3 000 150 150 1 200 1 200
Exercise 5.2
a. Explanation
Phils Pianos
To summarise all credit purchases of stock; total credit purchases of stock can then be posted to the ledger in fewer entries, increasing the efficiency of the recording system
OR: Ledger entries can be traced to the source document that verified the transaction b. Purchases Journal
Date Creditor Invoice number Stock GST Total Creditors
12 000 54 120
Date
27 000 49 200
4 920
Aug. 1 Balance
600
Exercise 5.3
a. Explanation
Glow Warm
Invoices in the Purchases Journal do not run in sequence because they are issued by the suppliers, who will also issue them to their other customers between transactions with Glow Warm.
8 000 12 000
1 200
April 1 Balance
1 700
Exercise 7.10
a. General Journal
Blue Lines
Date
Details
June 30 Equipment Cleaning expenses June 30 Advertising Drawings June 30 Interest expense Loan HBM June 30 Debtor B. Quack Debtor B. Quick June 30 Wages Creditors Control Creditor N. Smythe
Insert a new row between those showing Wages and Creditors Control. This new row will read "Bank" in the Details column and "45" in General Ledger - Debit column.
120 120 500 500 100 100 350 350 505 505 505 350 350
Delete
b.
Explanation Cleaning expenses would be overstated by $120, meaning Net profit would be understated by $120. (Equipment is an asset, not an expense.) c. Explanation No effect: Drawings decreases meaning Owners equity increases, but Advertising expenses increase meaning Net profit and Owners equity decrease.
d.
Amount $
No effect Overstated (Loan HBM) Understated (Overstated interest expense means Net profit is understated) 100 100
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d. General Journal
General Ledger Debit Credit $ $ Subsidiary Ledger Debit Credit $ $
Date
Details
Mar. 31 Stock loss Stock Control Stock loss revealed by stocktake (Memo 5)
160 160
e. Calculation
Should read "2 790". Should read "1 120".
Sales revenue less Cost of sales Gross profit less Stock loss Adjusted Gross profit
Explanation No effect: although Drawings would be understated by $240, the loss of these units would be detected (by the stocktake) as a stock loss, reducing profit by $240. As a result, Owners equity would be unchanged.
e. Calculation
Sales revenue less Cost of sales Gross profit add Stock gain Adjusted Gross profit
3 230
Explanation It would be reported under the heading Other expenses as Advertising, as it is a loss or outflow of an economic benefit in the form of a decrease in assets (Stock Control), which leads to a decrease in Owners equity, but it occurs after the goods are ready for sale.
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Exercise 3.1
a. Analysing Chart
Date
Accounts affected
Classification (A / L / Oe / R / E)
Increase / Decrease
Debit $
Credit $
May 1 Bank Capital 2 Prepaid rent Bank 3 Stock Control Creditors Control 4 Office furniture Bank 5 Advertising Bank 6 Computer Capital
A Oe A A A L A A E A A Oe
Inc. Inc. Inc. Dec. Inc. Inc. Inc. Dec. Inc. Dec. Inc. Inc.
40 000 40 000 500 500 8 000 8 000 3 000 3 000 150 150 1 200 1 200
Exercise 5.2
a. Explanation
Phils Pianos
To summarise all credit purchases of stock; total credit purchases of stock can then be posted to the ledger in fewer entries, increasing the efficiency of the recording system
OR: Ledger entries can be traced to the source document that verified the transaction b. Purchases Journal
Date Creditor Invoice number Stock GST Total Creditors
12 000 54 120
27 000 49 200
4 920
Aug. 1 Balance
600
Exercise 5.3
a. Explanation
Glow Warm
Invoices in the Purchases Journal do not run in sequence because they are issued by the suppliers, who will also issue them to their other customers between transactions with Glow Warm.
8 000 12 000
1 200
April 1 Balance
1 700
Exercise 7.10
a. General Journal
Blue Lines
Date
Details
June 30 Equipment Cleaning expenses June 30 Advertising Drawings June 30 Interest expense Loan HBM June 30 Debtor B. Quack Debtor B. Quick June 30 Wages Bank Creditors Control Creditor N. Smythe
120 120 500 500 100 100 350 350 505 45 550 550
b. Explanation Cleaning expenses would be overstated by $120, meaning Net profit would be understated by $120. (Equipment is an asset, not an expense.) c. Explanation No effect: Drawings decreases meaning Owners equity increases, but Advertising expenses increase meaning Net profit and Owners equity decrease.
d.
Overstated / Understated / No effect Amount $
No effect Understated (Loan HBM) Overstated (Understated interest expense means Net profit is overstated)
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100 100
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d. General Journal
General Ledger Debit Credit $ $ Subsidiary Ledger Debit Credit $ $
Date
Details
Mar. 31 Stock loss Stock Control Stock loss revealed by stocktake (Memo 5)
160 160
e. Calculation Sales revenue less Cost of sales Gross profit less Stock loss Adjusted Gross profit $5 440 2 790 2 670 160 $2 490 Adjusted Gross profit $ 2 490 f. Explanation No effect: although Drawings would be understated by $240, the loss of these units would be detected (by the stocktake) as a stock loss, reducing profit by $240. As a result, Owners equity would be unchanged. (34 units $160 per unit) (970 + 700 + 1 120)
e. Calculation Sales revenue less Cost of sales Gross profit add Stock gain Adjusted Gross profit $6 930 4 350 1 950 650 $2 600 Adjusted Gross profit $ f. Explanation It would be reported under the heading Other expenses as Advertising, as it is a loss or outflow of an economic benefit in the form of a decrease in assets (Stock Control), which leads to a decrease in Owners equity, but it occurs after the goods are ready for sale. 2 600 (7 units $900 per unit) (3 050 + 1 300)
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