What are the main limitations of breakeven charts, Managerial Accounting

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QUESTION 1:

Part A

What are the main components of a set of Financial Statements and what are their respective purposes?

Part B

Trial balances of Hans Ltd on 30 June 2008 were as follows:


Debit Rs

Credit  Rs

Capital (1 July 2007)


1,75,000

Motor vehicles (at cost)

1,50,000


Office equipment (at cost)

37,500


Stock (1 July 2007)

83,750


Debtors and creditors

22,500

25,250

Bank

33,750


Rent

22,750


Repairs and Maintenance

3,400


Carriage outwards

2,700


Carriage inwards

5,750


Purchase returns


5,250

Purchases and sales

1,08,000

2,26,500

Duty on purchases

10,800


Provision for doubtful debts


1,500

Sales returns

1,500


Discounts received


1,400

Bad debts

1,500


Commission


9,000

Provision for depreciation of motor vehicles


45,000

Drawings

5,000



4,88,900

4,88,900




The following additional information was available:

  1. The annual rates used for depreciation are 20% for motor vehicles and 10% for office equipment.
  2. Stock at 30 June 2008 was valued Rs 90,000 at cost and at Rs 100,000 at net realizable value.
  3. Rent included Rs 1,750 paid to the landlord as deposit.
  4. Carriage inwards owing amounted to Rs 3,000.
  5. Goods worth Rs 2,750 were removed from the stores for personal use and were not recorded.
  6. Provision for doubtful debts is to be adjusted to 5% of debtors

Required: (All workings should clearly be shown)

  1. The adjusted Trading Account for Hans Ltd for the year ended 30 June 2008
  2. The adjusted Profit and Loss Account of Hans Ltd for the year ended 30 June 2008.
  3. The adjusted Balance Sheet of Hans Ltd as at 30 June 2008.

QUESTION 2:

Part A

What are the advantages of using an account to control the Debtors' ledger?

Part B

Prepare a Debtors' ledger control account from the following information:


Rs

Total debtors' balances at 1 October 2008

44,000

Cash Sales for the month of October

2,84,000

Credit sales for October

1,72,000

Credit sales returned during October

840

Cash received from Debtors

1,74,420

Discount allowed to debtors

2,830

Bad debts written off

500

Doubtful debts provision created

440

Cheque for the amount of Rs 288 from a customer was not honoured by the bank. The customer has given the assurance that the cheque will be settled in August. A cash discount of Rs 32 was allowed to the customer. A customer has an account of Rs 170 in the creditors ledger and it was decided to settle the two by a transfer.

Part C

State where the information for each entry would be recorded in the account before being entered in the ledger.

QUESTION 3:

The summarized profit and loss accounts of Caffyn plc, at 30 April 2007 and 30 April 2008 are given below:


2007

Rs('000)

2008

Rs('000)

Sales

58,000

66,000

Cost of Sales

43,000

49,000

Gross Profit

15,000

17,000

Operating expenses

10,000

10,500

Profit from operations

5,000

6,500

Interest payable

1,400

2,800

Net profit for the period

3,600

3,700

The Balance Sheets of Caffyn plc, at 30 April 2007 and 30 April 2008 are given below:


Rs('000)

Rs('000)

Rs('000)

Rs('000)

Assets





Tangible Fixed Assets





Cost

51,000


63,000


Accumulated Depreciation

-12,500

38,500

-16,300

46,700

Current Assets





Stocks 

16,400


18,400


Trade Debtors

19,100


20,600


Trade Receivables

3,100


4,000


Total Current Assets 

38,600


43,000


Less Current Liabilities





Trade Creditors

11,400


8,400


Accruals 

3,400


4,200


Bank Overdraft

13,700


4,800



28,500


17,400


Working Capital


10,100


25,600



48,600


72300

Financed By:





Called up Share Capital

10,000


10,000


Share Premium Account

5,000


5,000


Revaluation Reserve

5,000


5,000


Profit and Loss Account 

8,600


12,300


7% Debentures (Rs 20m issued 1 May 2007)  

20,000

48,600

40,000

72,300

Other Information:

All sales on credit.

Required:

(a) Calculate the following ratios for each of the two years:

  1. Gross Profit Margin
  2. Net Profit Margin
  3. Return on Capital employed
  4. Return on owners equity
  5. Current Ratio
  6. Quick Ratio
  7. Gearing Ratio
  8. Debtors Period

 (b) Comment briefly on the movements in these ratios between the two years.

QUESTION 4:

Alphabet Limited manufactures product Z and in the year ended 31st March, 1680 units were made and sold. A statement of the sales, costs and profit for the product Z for the year was as follows:


Rs

Rs

Sales


1,34,400

Production cost of goods sold:



Direct material

38,140


Direct labour

23,620


Overhead: Variable

4,620


Fixed

29,700

96,080

Other costs:



Selling and distribution:



Variable

10,900


Fixed

7,200


Administration: Fixed

5,600

23,700

Total Costs


1,19,780

Profit


14,620

Required:

(a) Calculate the number of units to be sold to break-even.

(b) Produce a break even chart to graphically represent the break-even.

(c) State the profit or loss if 1,100 units were sold.

(d) Calculate the number of units to be sold to make a profit of Rs 27,200 per annum.

(e) What are the main limitations of breakeven charts?


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