F1 Exam Dumps - Financial Reporting

Identify whether the scenarios below are examples of tax evasion or tax avoidance, by placing either tax evasion of tax avoidance against each one.

RST operates in Country X where the tax rules state entertaining costs and accounting depreciation are disallowable for tax purposes.

In year ending 31 May 20X4, XYZ made an accounting profit of $480,000.

Profit included $16,300 of entertaining costs and $15,150 of income exempt from taxation.

XYZ has plant and machinery with accounting depreciation amounting to $24,200 and tax depreciation amounting to $45,200.

Calculate the tax charge for the year ended 31 May 20X4 assuming all profits are taxed at 25%.

Statements of financial position as at 31 December 20X8 for JK, LM and PQ are as follows:

[1] JK purchased 80% of LM's $1 equity shares on 1 January 20X8 for $260,000 when the retained earnings of JK were $110,000. At that date the non-controlling interest had a fair value of $63,000.

[2] JK purchased 25% of PQ's $1 equity shares on 1 January 20X8 for $90,000 when the retained earnings of PQ were $96,000.

[3] During the year JK sold goods to LM for $32,000 at a mark up of 33.33% on cost. Half of the goods were still in LM's inventory at 31 December 20X8.

[4] LM transferred $32,000 to JK on 30 December 20X8 in settlement of the inter-group trade. JK did not record the cash in its financial records until 2 January 20X9.

Calculate the value of inventory that would be included in JK's consolidated statement of financial position at 31 December 20X8.

Give your answer to the nearest $.

DEF is considering introducing a Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) system but unsure of the advantages of using it.

Which of the following statements are advantages from the employees perspective of an entity using a PAYE system for collecting taxes from employees.

Select ALL that apply.

An entity purchased equipment on 1 April 20X4 for $200,000. The equipment was depreciated using the reducing balance method at 20% a year.

Depreciation was charged up to and including 31 March 20X7. At that date the recoverable amount of the equipment was $94,000.

Calculate the impairment loss on the equipment in accordance with IAS 36 Impairment of Assets.

Give your answer to the nearest whole $.