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Accounting Questions
Accounting Questions
At 31st December 2018, a company’s receivables totaled $400,000 ad an allowance for bad
debts of $50,000 had been brought forward from the year ended 31st December 2017. Write
off totaled $38,000 during the year. It was decided to adjust the allowance for bad debts to
10% of the receivables.
How much is the bad debts expense that should be reflected in the Company’s income
statement for the year ended 31at December 2018?
o 28,000
o 24,200
o 74,200
o 51,800
A. The company expects to make operating losses from a new business operation next
year. The losses are expected to be $3 million.
B. The company has just purchased a new asset and it is expected that when the asset is
decommissioned in ten years' time, the company will be required under current
environmental laws to incur $4 million in decontamination costs.
C. A decision was made by the board of directors to shut down one of its business
divisions. The closure is likely to cost $8 million. Details of the closure arrangements
have been announced to the employees and the media.
o A only
o A and B only
o B and C only
o C only
3. On August 15 of the current year, an entity sold goods for which it received a note bearing the
market rate of interest on that date. The 4-month note was dated July 15 of the current year.
Note principal, together with all interest, is due November 15 of the current year. When the
note was recorded on August 15, which of the following accounts increased?
o Cash
o interest receivable
o interest revenue
o unearned discount
o prepaid interest
4. What is the effect on the elements of the accounting equation when a company receives
payment from a customer for an account receivable?
5. Beginning capital was $10,000. Withdrawals were $24,000. The owner made additional
investments during year of $60,000. The ending capital balance was $90,000. What was the
net income or net loss for the period?
6. At 3 1st March 2009 a company had oil in hand to be used for heating costing $8,200 and an
unpaid heating oil bill for $3,600 .
At 3 1st March 2010 the heating oil in hand was $9,300 and there was an outstanding heating
oil bill of $3,200. Payments made for heating oil during the year ended 31st March 2010
totaled $34,600.
Based on these figures, what amount should appear in the company's profit and loss (income
statement) for heating oil for the year?
o 33,100
o 45,300
o 36,100
o 23,900
7. Keith Farfalle withdrew $5,000 from his pet store, KM's Pets. Recording the withdrawal will
result in which of the following changes to the components of the accounting equation?
o An account shows increase and decreases, but does not show tile balance
o Journalizing precedes posting
o Journalizing errors should be erased and a correct entry made
o Debit entries are entries involving the right-hand side on an account
o Revenue accounts are increased by debit entries
9. At the beginning of the year, a business had a two-yea r, $2,400 insurance policy on its office
equipment. On July 1, it purchased a three-year, $3,600 policy on a newly constructed
building. Which of the following will be the December 31, year-end, adjusting entry?
10. Homer,a company, purchased an office building on 1st January 2004 for $800,000. The
property was depreciated at 2% on a straight-line basis. On 1st January 2009 it was decided to
revalue the building to $1,125,000. The useful life was not revised.
o 396,000
o 398,500
o 405,000
o 325,000
11. Company A sells its single product for $30 per unit. The contribution margin ratio is 45% and
the company has fixed costs of $ 10,000 per month. If 3,000 units are sold in the current
month, the operating profit would be:
o $40,500
o $10,000
o $30,500
o $49,500
o $90,000
12. ANGELO received $5,000 after he completed excavation work for a local home builder.
Recording the transaction requires which of the following?
13. Client Jay pays ABC Co. $1,000 in December for ABC to perform services for Jay in 45 days.
ABC uses the accrual basis of accounting. In December ABC will debit Cash for $1,000. What
will be the other account involved in the December accounting entry prepared by ABC (and
what type of account is it)?
14. Total revenues were $ 105,000, total expenses, except for wage expense were $50,000, and
net income was $35,000. What was the amount of wage expense?
o $55,000
o Cannot be determined from information provided
o $20,000
o $70,000
o $15,000
15. On 31 May 2009, Engro disposed of a non-current asset by way of a part-exchange agreement.
Details were as follows:
Engro depreciates similar assets straight line over ten years on a pro rata basis, to a nil
residual value. What is the loss on disposal of the old asset and what should be the recorded
cost of the new asset?
16. The Allowance for Doubtful Accounts account has a year-end credit balance, prior to
adjustment of $ 1,500 . The bad debts are estimated at 6% of outstanding accounts receivable
of $ 180,000. What is the amount of the credit in the journal entry that needs to be made to
adjust the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts?
17. The issuance of a note by an entity for services received should be recorded as
o An unearned revenue
o An accounts receivable
o A prepaid expense
o A notes payable
o A note receivable
19. Which will not require an adjusting entry on the depositor's books?
o Collection from customer deposited in the amount of P100,000 but recorded by the
depositor only as P10,000
o Check in payment of account payable amount ing to P50,000 is recorded by the
depositor as P5,000
o Bank service charge
o None of the above
o Deposit of another company is credited by the bank to the account of the depositor
20. The company collected in full an account receivable. Considering this transaction alone
21. An NBA basketball team sells season tickets worth $40 million before the basketball season
starts late in the year. Assume this $40 million is debited to Cash and credited to Unearned
Ticket Revenue. By the end of the year, 15% of the games have been played. What adjusting
journal entry should be made at the end of the year?
23. The bookkeeper recorded a bank deposit at $960, but the bank recorded the deposit at its
correct amount of $690. How will this error be treated on the bank reconciliation?
24. A provider of health insurance received payment of $24,000 cash from a customer for
insurance coverage for the next two years. Recording the receipt of this cash will recuire
which of the following?
25. Dilby forgot to record depreciation for the year. What will be the effect on the financial
statements of Dilby's omission?
26. Which of the following concept or principle assumes that the business has a real existence
that is separate and distinct from that of the owner or owners?
27. The non-current assets of a business entity had a carrying value of $340,000. An asset which
had cost $23,000 was sold for $15,000, at a profit of $2,000. What is the revised carrying value
of non-current assets?
o 0 317,000
o 0 327,000
o 0 323,000
o 0 325,000
28. The Fitness Health Spa charges a non refundable annual membership fee of $6,000 for its
services. For this fee, each member receives a fitness evaluation (value $1,000), a monthly
magazine (annual value $320), and 2 hours use of the equipment each week (annual value
$7,000). Each of the three elements of the annual membership can be purchased separately.
The initial direct costs to obtain the membership are $1,200. The direct cost of the fitness
evaluation is $500, and the monthly direct costs to provide the other services are estimated to
be $ 150 per person. A membership was sold to a customer on April 1, 2018. The total fees
earned by the company on this membership for the year ended December 31, 201B is:
o 0 $ 6,000
o $0
o 0 $ 4,600
o 0 $ 4,750
o 0 $ 4,500
29. East Company's trial balance reflected the following account balances at December 31, 2018.
In East Company's December 31, 2018 balance sheet, the current assets total is
o 0 $950,000
o $0
o 0 $870,000
o 0 $970,000
o 0 $850,000
30. The records for Uptown Pet Shop showed the following:
o 0 $ 15,000
o 0 $ 45 ,000
o 0 $ 75,000
o 0 $120,000
o None of the above