Cambridge International AS & A Level

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ACCOUNTING 9706/21
Paper 2 Structured Questions May/June 2020

1 hour 30 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
● Answer all questions.
● Use a black or dark blue pen.
● Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
● Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
● Do not write on any bar codes.
● You may use an HB pencil for any rough working.
● You may use a calculator.
● You should present all accounting statements in good style.
● International accounting terms and formats should be used as appropriate.
● You should show your workings.

INFORMATION
● The total mark for this paper is 90.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

This document has 20 pages. Blank pages are indicated.

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1 Hamza and Noor are in partnership. They own a service business.

The following information has been extracted from the partnership’s books of account for the year
ended 31 December 2019.
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Administrative expenses 18 270
Equipment at 1 January 2019
Cost 11 000
Provision for depreciation 3 300
Loan account (Hamza) 10 000
Motor vehicle at 1 January 2019
Cost 20 000
Provision for depreciation 7 200
Revenue 45 400
Wages of assistant 15 540

The following information is also available.

1 Administrative expenses include $1800 insurance for the three months ended
29 February 2020.

2 The assistant works a 5-day week and is paid a weekly wage of $350. At 31 December 2019
three days’ wages were due but unpaid.

3 Hamza’s loan was provided on 1 April 2019. He is entitled to interest of 8% per annum. Loan
interest has not yet been paid to Hamza.

4 The depreciation policy is:

Equipment 15% per annum straight-line method

Motor vehicle 20% per annum reducing balance method

A full year’s depreciation is charged in the year of purchase but none in the year of disposal.

5 An item of equipment was sold for $480 on 3 August 2019. This equipment had been
purchased on 1 January 2017 for $2000.

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REQUIRED

(a) State how profits and losses are shared in a partnership where there is no agreement.

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(b) Explain two reasons why you would recommend partners to have a written agreement, other
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(c) Prepare the income statement for the year ended 31 December 2019.

Hamza and Noor

Income Statement for the year ended 31 December 2019

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Additional information

Hamza and Noor have an agreement about sharing profits and losses. Their agreement is as
follows.

1 Noor is to be given a salary of $11 000.

2 Partners are allowed to have drawings of $14 000 per annum. Interest of 10% is charged on
any drawings in excess of this amount.

3 Remaining profits and losses are to be shared in the ratio Hamza : Noor, 3 : 2.

The following balances were available.

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Current account balances at 1 January 2019
Hamza 1 290 Debit
Noor 4 350 Credit
Drawings for the year ended 31 December 2019
Hamza 16 900
Noor 13 200

REQUIRED

(d) Prepare the appropriation account for the year ended 31 December 2019.

Hamza and Noor

Appropriation account for the year ended 31 December 2019

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(e) Calculate the balance of Hamza’s current account at 31 December 2019.

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Additional information

Hamza and Noor have been considering expanding their business which will require additional
finance of $90 000. In order to finance the expansion they are considering two options.

Option 1: admit a new partner

Option 2: apply for a bank loan

REQUIRED

(f) Advise which option the partners should choose. Justify your advice.

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2 Ayesha has provided the following extracts from her business’s financial statements.

Extract from the Income Statement for the year ended 31 December 2019
$ $
Revenue 145 500
Opening inventory 11 440
Purchases 120 120
131 560
Closing inventory 14 560
Cost of sales 117 000
Gross profit 28 500

Extract from the Statement of Financial Position at 31 December 2019

$
Current assets
Inventory 14 560
Trade receivables 9 300
Cash and cash equivalents 4 240
28 100
Current liabilities
Bank overdraft 8 000
Trade payables 10 400
18 400

All purchases are on credit. Two-thirds of all sales are on a credit basis.

REQUIRED

(a) Calculate the following ratios. State the formula used.

(i) Trade payables turnover (in days)

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(ii) Trade receivables turnover (in days)

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(iii) Current ratio (to two decimal places)

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Additional information

Ayesha is concerned about her business’s liquidity. She has provided the following ratios based
on the year ended 31 December 2018.

Trade payables turnover 34 days

Trade receivables turnover 32 days
Current ratio 1.90 : 1

(b) Analyse the trend in Ayesha’s business’s liquidity.

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(c) State two factors that should be considered when choosing businesses with which to
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3 Jason is responsible for preparing his business’s accounting records. He has discovered some
errors in this year’s accounts.

REQUIRED

(a) State two types of error which do not affect the agreement of the totals of a trial balance.

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Additional information

When Jason prepared a trial balance on 30 September 2019 the totals did not agree. The total
of debit entries was greater than the total of credit entries by $1140. A suspense account was
opened for the difference. Subsequently the following errors were found.

1 The total of the sales returns journal was undercast by $90.

2 The owner had withdrawn inventory valued at cost, $870. The only entry made was to debit
the drawings account.

3 The total of the discount received column in the cash book, $180, had been debited to the
discounts allowed account.

There were no other errors.

REQUIRED

(b) Prepare entries in the general journal to correct these errors. Narratives are not required.

General Journal

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(c) Prepare the suspense account.

Suspense Account

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Additional information

The business’s draft profit for the year ended 30 September 2019 was $68 440 before taking
account of the errors.

REQUIRED

(d) Calculate the corrected profit for the year ended 30 September 2019.

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4 G Limited manufactures cakes for celebrations. The company uses absorption costing.

REQUIRED

(a) Explain three benefits to a business of using absorption costing.

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Additional information

There are two production departments: baking and decoration.

There are two service departments: stores and maintenance.

Some overheads have already been allocated. The following forecast information is available for the
year ending 31 December 2020.

Budgeted overheads to be apportioned

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Machinery depreciation 33 600
Power 45 500
Lighting and heating 18 000

Baking Decoration Stores Maintenance

department department department department
Floor space (m2) 4 100 2 300 600 200

Kilowatt hours 22 000 9 000 1 000 3 000

Machinery (net book value) ($) 33 000 10 000 4 000 9 000

Number of employees 14 29 4 5

Issues from stores 64% 24% 12%

Budgeted maintenance hours 2 500 1 800

Budgeted machine hours 86 400 37 600

Budgeted labour hours 26 300 51 000

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REQUIRED

(b) Complete the table to show the apportionment of overheads and the reapportionment of the
service department overheads using suitable bases.

Total Baking Decoration Stores Maintenance

department department department department
$ $ $ $ $
Budgeted overheads
57 620 38 530 14 150 2 800 2 140
already allocated
Machinery depreciation 33 600

Power 45 500

Lighting and heating 18 000

Total overheads 154 720

Reapportionment of
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(c) Calculate the overhead absorption rate, to two decimal places, for each production
department using an appropriate basis.

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Additional information

D Limited, a competitor of G Limited, makes a single product. The factory has the capacity to
make 850 units per month. Overtime working is not available at this factory.

The following information is available for each unit of production and is based on operating at full
capacity.
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Selling price 49
Direct labour 16
Direct materials 9
Fixed costs 12

In April 2020 the factory was planned to operate at 80% capacity.

The directors of D Limited have received an offer from Wendy to supply 280 units at $45 per unit.
Wendy stated that the offer would depend on the entire order of 280 units being supplied.
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REQUIRED

(e) Calculate the profit for the month of April if the offer from Wendy is accepted.

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(f) Advise the directors whether or not they should accept the offer from Wendy. Justify your
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