ST has sold its main office property, which had a carrying value of $360,000, to AB, a property management entity.
The property was sold for $400,000 which is equal to its fair value and was immediately leased back under an operating lease agreement.
Which of the following journals will record this transaction?
As at 31 October 20X7 TU's financial statements show the entity having profit after tax of $600,000 and 900,000 $1 ordinary shares in issue. There have been no issues of shares during the year. At 31 October 20X7 TU have 300,000 share options in issue, which allow the holders to purchase ordinary shares at $2 a share in 3 years' time. The average price of the ordinary shares throughout the year was $5 a share.
What is the diluted earnings per share for the year ended 31 October 20X7?
KL acquired 2 million $1 equity shares in MN on 18 July 20X0 for $1.65 a share and classified this investment as available for sale (AFS) in accordance with IAS 39 Financial instruments: Recognition and Measurement.
KL paid a 0.5% transaction fee to its broker on this transaction. MN's shares were trading at $1.78 on 31 December 20X0.
Which of the following journals records the subsequent measurement of this investment at 31 December 20X0?
HJ is currently in dispute with an employee, who is claiming $400,000 in a legal case against them.
HJ's legal advisors have stated that it is probable that they will lose the case and will have to pay the amount claimed.
Also, HJ are claiming $250,000 from a supplier of defective goods and the legal advisors have stated that it is probable that HJ will be successful in this claim.
What is the correct accounting treatment for these two items in HJ's financial statements?
KL issued $100,000 of 6% convertible debentures at par on 1 January 20X7. These debentures are redeemable at par or can be converted into 5 shares for each $100 of nominal value of debentures on 31 December 20X9.
The share price on 1 January 20X7 is $18 a share. The share price is expected to grow at a rate of 7% a year.
The expected redemption value for each $100 nominal value of debentures on the date of conversion is:
Which of the following reduce the usefulness of ratio analysis when comparing entities that operate in the same industry?
Select ALL that apply.
Which of the following are limitations of financial statement figures for ratio analysis? Select the ALL that apply.
An entity undertakes an issue of new debt which has the effect of reducing the entity's weighted average cost of capital (WACC).
Which of the following would best explain why the WACC will have fallen?
At 31 October 20X1 RS has in issue 10% debentures 20X8 with a carrying value of $350,000.
Extracts from its statement of profit or loss for the year ending 31 October 20X7 are as follows:
What is the interest cover for RS for the ended 31 October 20X7?
You are a Financial Controller at BCD and are in the process of preparing the year-end financial statements. A member of your finance team has come to see you about her provisions balance at year-end.
She says that the Managing Director has asked her to increase the provisions balance by $1 million overall. She thinks this is because BCD has had a very good year in terms of profit, and the Managing Director wants to put some profit aside to protect against any future reductions in profit. $1 million is material to BCD.
You believe that the provisions balance was fairly stated without the additional $1 million.
Which TWO of the following would be appropriate actions in this scenario?
