Task 1: Understand the regulatory framework for financial reporting (LO 1: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 ) – Due Week 5
1.1. Explain who the different users of financial statements are; their need
1.2. Write a report as how regulatory bodies like (ASBs, IASB, IASC and IPSAS) influences on the preparation of financial statements. Students are required to mention companies act, stock exchange rules, and EU directives.
1.3. Assess the implication for users in the conceptual framework.
1.4. Explain reporting standards are dealing with regulatory requirements. Students are required to
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explain qualitative characteristics, underlying assumptions and capital maintenance concept in the light of these regulations.
Task 2: Be able to prepare financial statements from complete or incomplete records (LO 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and M1, M2) – Due Week 10
2.1. The trial balance for Tor enterprise as at 30 September 2015 is as follows:
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£000
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£000
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Revenue
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72,900
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Purchases
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31,220
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Inventory 1 October 2014
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6,650
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Distribution costs
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3,240
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Administration costs
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7,480
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Land at valuation (note (iv))
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32,000
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Property at cost (note (iii))
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42,000
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Property accumulated
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7,410
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depreciation as at 1
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October 2014
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Plant and equipment at cost
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56,260
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(note (iii))
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Plant and equipment
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10,920
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accumulated depreciation
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as at 1 October 2014
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Trade receivables
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18,740
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Trade payables
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9,860
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Bank
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14,060
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Ordinary issued 50p shares
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65,000
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Share premium account
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15,000
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Revaluation reserve as at 1
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11,500
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October 2014
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Retained earnings as at 1
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11,560
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October 2014
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8% loan redeemable 2112
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7,500
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(note (ii))
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211,650
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211,650
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(Note that figures in the above table are in £000s - thousands)
The following notes are applicable:
(i) Inventory as at 31 September 2015 amounted to £6,240,000 at cost. A review of inventory revealed the following:
(a) Items costing £320,000 that had been included in the inventory at 30 September
2015 were found to have deteriorated, after remedial work of £80,000, these items could only be sold for £360,000.
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(ii) The interest on the loan has not been paid for the year ended 30 September 2015 and must be accrued.
(iii) Depreciation is to be calculated for the year ended 31 December 2014 as follows:
(a) Property 2% per annum on cost
(b) Plant and equipment 15% per annum on cost
(iv) Land is to be revalued to £40,000,000 as at 30 September 2015.
(v) Tax for the year ended 31 December 2014 is chargeable at 20% of profits for the year before receiving or paying dividends.
(vi) Adjustments for accruals and prepayments are required as follows:
Accruals Prepayments
Distribution costs £26,000
Administration costs £22,000
Required:
Prepare the Income Statement for the year ended 31 December 2014 and the Balance Sheet as at that date for Tor in accordance with International Accounting Standards (IASs)
Task 2.2
Sajid is running Corner shop due to the fire in the office some of the accounting records has been burned you are required to prepare the income statement and balance sheet from given information for the year ended 31-12-2014
The balance sheet of Sajid’s a trader, on 1 January 2014 was as follows:
BALANCE SHEET AS AT 01 JAN 2014
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Assets
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£
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Non-Current Assets
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Property Plant and Equipment
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126,000
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Current assets
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Closing Stock
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10,360
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Trade receivables
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21,360
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Bank
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13,690
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171,410
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Equity & Liabilities
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Capital
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150,000
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Current liabilities
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Trade Payables
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21,410
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171,410
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Sajid pays all his takings into his bank account and draws cheque for all business payments. The following transactions incurred during the year 2014:
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
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£
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Salaries and wages paid
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6,532
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Repair and maintenance
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4,560
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General Expenses paid
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4,361
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Receipts from Trade receivables
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130,130
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Payment to Trade payables
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124,356
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Additional information:
Closing Balances
At December 2014 trade receivables amounted £ 45,650 and trade payables amounted to £ 13,654. Closing stock is valued at £ 4,560.
There are no transactions other than those which can be ascertained from the information given above.
Depreciation on Property, plant and equipment is to be charged at the rate of 10% per annum on the value at 01 January each year.
Required: Prepare the Income Statement and Balance sheet for the year ended 31-12-2014 according to format explained in the class.
2.3 On 1st October 2014, Parent enterprise acquired 80% of Subsidiary enterprise’s ordinary shares paying £3.20 per share. At the date of acquisition, the retained earnings of Sabine were £600,000. The draft Income statement and Statement of Financial Position of the two enterprises as at 30th September 2015 were as follows:
Income Statement for the year ended 30 September 2015
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Parent
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Subsidiary
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£000
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£000
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Revenue
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92,500
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45,000
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Cost of Sales
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70,500
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36,000
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Gross Profit
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22,000
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9,000
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Distribution Cost
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2,500
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1,200
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Administrative Expenses
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5,500
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2,400
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Finance Cost
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1,000
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Profit before Tax
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13,900
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5,400
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Income Tax Expense
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3,900
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1,500
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Profit for the Year
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10,000
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3900
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Statement of Financial Position as at 30 September 2015
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Parent
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Subsidiary
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Assets
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£000
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£000
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Non-current assets
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Land
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5,500
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3,900
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Plant and equipment
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20,000
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10,000
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Investment in Subsidiary
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12,800
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38,300
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13,900
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Current assets:
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Inventory
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4,925
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1,295
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Trade receivables (debtors)
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5,710
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1,105
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Cash
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1,865
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Total assets
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50,800
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16,300
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Equity and liabilities
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Equity:
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Ordinary shares £1
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13,000
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5,000
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Revaluation reserve
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2,500
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Retained Earnings
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12,300
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4,500
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27,800
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9,500
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Non-current liabilities:
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10% loans
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13,000
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Current liabilities:
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Trade payables (creditors)
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7,000
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5,000
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Bank overdraft
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875
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Tax
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3,000
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925
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Total equity and liabilities
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50,800
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16,300
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The following information is also relevant:
- The fair value of Subsidiary’s land at the date of acquisition was £1.2million, in excess of the carrying values. Subsidiary’s Statement of Financial Position has not taken account of these fair values. Group depreciation policy is land not depreciated.
- An impairment review has been carried out on the consolidated goodwill as at 30th September 2015 and it has been found that the goodwill has been impaired by £1,000,000 during the year.
Required
Prepare the Consolidated Income statement and Statement of Financial Position of the Parent group as at 30th September 2015.
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For M1: An effective approach of study is required to solve the complex problem (Task 2.1)
For M2: Appropriate learning methods/technique should have to apply (Task 2.3)
NOTE: 2.2 will be assessed by a time constraint assessment in the class. Student will be required to prepare the financial statements from incomplete records.
Task 3: Be able to present financial information in accepted formats for publication (LO 3: 3.1, 3.2 and M3
& D2) – Due Week 14
3.1. Identify the different users of financial statements and analyse the fact that every user groups have different information need which need to be served by the financial reporting.
3.2. Students are required to prepare the financial statements for sole traders, partnerships and limited companies. Student should also highlight the difference between financial statements in a separate paragraph for different business organisations.
For D2: Autonomy / Independence should be presented (Task 3.1)
For M3: Appropriate structure and approach should have been used (Task 3.2)
Task 4: Be able to interpret financial statements (LO 4: 4.1, 4.2 and D1, D3) - Due 5th Jan 2015
Alpha Ltd is a construction firm and Beta Ltd is a property company which specialises in letting property to professional firms. The following information is relevant:
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Alpha Ltd £
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Beta Ltd £
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£1 ordinary shares
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600,000
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150,000
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£1 preference shares (10%)
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15,000
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450,000
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Retained profits
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600,000
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75,000
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8% debentures
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75,000
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450,000
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Operating profit for the year
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300,000
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300,000
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Current market price per
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£3.65
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£10.20
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ordinary share
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The rate of corporation tax is 25%
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Required:
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4.1:
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(a) (i) What do you understand by the term gearing?
(ii) Calculate the gearing ratios for both Alpha Ltd and Beta Ltd.
(b) Prepare a schedule for each company in which you indicate the profit remaining after allowing for debenture interest, taxation and the preference dividend.
(c) Calculate the earnings per share for each company.
(d) Calculate the price earnings ratio for each company.