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.
Company RET's financing activities are exactly 35% of their operating activities expenses each month. Below is a list of Company RET's total expenses for this month:
Inventory supplies purchased: £145,000
Employee wages: £65,000
Purchase of a shop: £105,000
Dividend payments: ??
Cash repayments on loan: £61,000
What is company RET's total dividends payment for this month?
XY acquired 75% of the equity shares of CD on 1 January 20X2 for $230,000.
On 1 January 20X2 CD had the following balances:
XY uses the proportionate share of net assets method to value non controlling interest at acquisition.
Calculate the goodwill arising on the acquisition of CD.
Give your answer to nearest whole number.
An entity's inventory days are 45 days.
An entity ceased to manufacture a product in 20X4. Raw materials used solely in the manufacture of that product are still held in inventory at 31 December 20X4.
Place the appropriate response below to show how inventory days will be affected if this raw material inventory is written off as obsolete.
AA manufactures computers. These are sold to BB at $100 a computer plus a 5% sales tax. BB subsequently sells the computers to CC for $200 a computer plus a 5% sales tax. C sells the computers to customers at $300 a computer plus a 5% sales tax.
The total tax received by the tax authority is $30.
Which type of tax is described above?
Statements of financial position for YZ, BC and DE at 31 March 20X2 include the following balances:
YZ purchased 90% of BC's equity shares for $508,000 on 1 January 20X2. On 1 January 20X2 BC's retained earnings were $183,000. YZ uses the proportion of net assets method to value non-controlling interest at acquisition.
YZ purchased 30% of DE's equity shares on 1 April 20X1 for $112,000. DE's retained earnings at 1 April 20X1 were $88,000.
On 1 February 20X2 YZ sold goods to BC for $28,000 at a mark up of 25% on cost. All the goods were still in BC's inventory at 31 March 20X2.
Calculate the value of inventory that will be included in YZ's consolidated statement of financial position at 31 March 20X2.
Give your answer to the nearest whole $.
Which of the following is NOT an appropriate description of the meaning of the term incidence of tax?
XY purchased a building on 1 April 20X1 for $300,000 with a useful economic life of 30 years. On 1 April 20X7 the building was revalued at $525,000.
What will the new depreciation charge be following the revaluation?
Give your answer as a whole number.