Ashley Ltd is a manufacturing firm. The bookkeeper supplies you with the following financial information for the
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Ashley Ltd is a manufacturing firm. The bookkeeper supplies you with the following financial information for the year ended 31 March 20X3.
Factory buildings ..........................................100,000
Provision for depreciation on buildings .................. 15,000
Plant and equipment ...................................... 500,000
Provision for depreciation on plant ..................... 150,000
Motor vehicles (administration) ........................... 25,000
Provision for depreciation on motor vehicles............ 9,000
Trade receivable ........................................... 156,000
Bank ........................................................... 8,000
Cash ............................................................. 700
Trade payables ............................................. 56,000
Other selling and distribution expenses ................. 33,600
Other administration expenses ........................... 24,000
Raw materials purchases ................................ 500,000
Factory rates ................................................ 23,000
Direct labour ............................................. 200,000
Factory heat and light .................................... 38,000
Direct expenses ........................................... 161,800
Other factory overheads .................................. 29,000
Indirect factory labour .................................... 32,000
Inventories at 1 April 20X2
Raw materials ........................................... 130.000
Finished goads ........................................... 96.000
Work in progress ....................................... 105,000
Factory maintenance casts ............................ 176.000
Machine repairs ......................................... 23.000
Sales of finished goods in the year ............... 1,903.400
Sales representatives' salaries........................... 30,000
Commission to sales representatives ................. 10,000
Bad debts .................................................. 4.000
Bookkeeper's salary............................... 15,000
Postage .............................................. 1,000
Other information
1. On 1 April 20X2 the company arranged a long-term loan of £500,000 at a fixed rate of interest of 10 per cent per annum. The loan was used to buy a building worth £300,000, plant worth £150,000 (including an installation charge of £16,000) and three sales representatives' vehicles for £50,000. No provision had been made for the payment of the interest.
2. During the year an obsolete machine costing £60,000, but written down to £44,000, was sold as scrap for £10,000.
3. The company depreciates its assets as follows:
Buildings .............................. 5 per cent per annum
Plant and equipment ................ 20 per cent reducing balance
Motor vehicles (administration) ... 25 per cent reducing balance
Motor vehicles (sales representatives) over four years using the sum of digits method.
A full years depreciation is provided for all assets in ownership at the end of the year.
4. The inventories held at the end of the year were:
.................................................................................. £
Raw materials per inventory sheet ................ 102,800
Finished goods .............................................. 107,600
Work in progress ............................................ 82,000
Required
Prepare the following:
a. The manufacturing account and the statement of profit and loss for the year ended 31 March 20X3.
b. The statement of financial position as at 31 March 20X3?
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Introduction To Financial Accounting
ISBN: 978-0077138448
7th edition
Authors: Anne Marie Ward, Andrew Thomas