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A. Perpetual Inventory System: Depreciation Expense (Asset Cost - Residual Value) / Useful Life of The Asset
A. Perpetual Inventory System: Depreciation Expense (Asset Cost - Residual Value) / Useful Life of The Asset
balance in the Inventory account = Opening balance + Purchases - Cost of Goods Sold
Q. 3
Depreciation expense = (Asset cost – Residual Value) / Useful life of the asset
(22000-2000) =20000/5= 4000
Q. 4
a. Increase. Paying current liabilities reduces current assets and current liabilities by the same
dollar amount. As the current ratio exceeds 1 to 1, however, reducing both current assets and
current liabilities by an equal amount will increase the ratio.
1. Decrease. Purchasing inventory on account increases current assets and current liabilities by
the same amount. This tends to force the current ratio closer to 1 to 1 which, for Azam group of
business,would be a decline. In essence, purchasing inventory on account has the opposite effect
of paying current liabilities, discussed in part
(b) One means of improving the current ratio is to increase current assets without increasing
current liabilities. This could be done by selling noncurrent assets, by borrowing cash on a long-
term basis, or by the owners investing cash in the business. The increase in the current ratio
would be magnified if the proceeds from these transactions were used to reduce current
liabilities.
A second legitimate strategy is to seize any opportunities to sell existing current assets at prices
higher than their carrying value in the accounting records. Selling inventory at a price above
cost, for example, replaces the inventory (valued at cost) with either cash or accounts receivable
in the amount of the sales price. Therefore, a year-end “clearance sale” may help improve the
current ratio.
In part a (2) we stated that purchasing inventory on account would reduce the current ratio. The
reverse strategy, not making normal purchases to replace sold merchandise, increases the current
ratio, because current assets and current liabilities both fall beneath normal levels.
Also, delaying until after year-end any routine transactions that reduce current assets, such as
purchases of equipment or expenditures for repairs or maintenance, will improve the current
ratio.
Q. 1
Cash flow from operation activities
Sales 1000,000
Cash 970,000