Miss Fitt owns a retail shop. The statement of profit and loss and statement of financial position

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Miss Fitt owns a retail shop. The statement of profit and loss and statement of financial position are prepared annually by you from records consisting of a bank statement and a file of unpaid suppliers and outstanding trade receivables.
The following balances were shown on her statement of financial position at
1 January 20X2:
.............................................................................................................. £
Shop trade payables .................................................... 24,500
Shop fittings cost £25,000 at written down value ...................... 20,000
Inventory in hand ........................................................................ 47,500
Trade receivables ........................................................ 5,000
Cash at bank ............................................................ 11,000
Cash float in till ......................................................... 1,000
The following is a summary of her bank statement for the year ended 31 December 20X2:
Takings banked ................................................... 698,300
Payments to credit suppliers ................................... 629,000
Rent of premises to 31 December 20X2 ....................... 40,000
A. Smith - shop fitters ............................................ 8,500
Advertising in local newspaper .................................. 5,000
Sundry expenses .................................................. 3,800
You obtain the following additional information:
1. Takings are banked daily and all suppliers are paid by cheque, but Miss Fitt keeps £1,500 per week for herself, and pays her assistant £1,100 per week out of the takings.
2. The work done by A. Smith was for new shelving and repairs to existing fittings. The cost of new shelves was estimated at £5,000.
3. The cash float in the till was considered insufficient and raised to £1,500.
4. Miss Fitt took £7,500 worth of goods for her own use without payment.
5. Your charges will be £2,500 for preparing the financial statements.
6. The outstanding accounts file shows £23,000 due to credit suppliers, £1,000 due in respect of sundry expenses, and £8,500 outstanding trade receivables.
7. Depreciation on shop fittings is provided at 10 per cent on cost, a full year's charge being made in year of purchase.
8. Inventory in hand at 31 December 20X2 was £71,000.
You are required to prepare Miss Fitt's statement of profit and loss for the year ended 31 December 20X2, and her statement of financial position as at that date.
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Introduction To Financial Accounting

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