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Question 1

On 1 February 2022, Linda established Linda Consulting. She contributed office equipment worth $20,000 and cash amounting $50,000 to the business. She also managed to get her parents to lend her $100,000 to her business. She does not have to pay interest and will repay her parents 5 years later.

During the first month of operations, her business experienced the following events:

1 Feb.

Purchased $5,000 office supplies on account.

1 Feb.

Paid $30,000 to advertise the business for 3 months (Feb Apr). The ads will appear on the last day of the month.

1 Feb.

Paid $20,000 for rent for 4 months.

1 Feb.

Linda Consulting officially opened for business.

5 Feb.

Received $25,000 from AA Pte Ltd as advance payment for services to be performed next month.

10 Feb.

Returned the office supplies purchased on 1 Feb.

20 Feb

Received $50,000 from BB Pte Ltd for completion of services.

25 Feb.

Linda obtained a $500,000 loan from a bank to finance the purchase of her condominium apartment.

28 Feb.

Paid $5,000 to full-time employees and owed $3,000 to part-time employees.

28 Feb.

Received a utility bill of $200. The bill will be paid next month.

28 Feb.

Depreciation of office equipment is determined to be $500.

Required:

  1. Analyse the above and record the necessary entries. Narration is not required.

(30 marks)

  1. Present the trial balance of Linda Consulting as of 28 February 2022.

(10 marks)

  1. From the trial balance, compute the following and show the workings:

  1. Total assets.

  1. Total liabilities.

  1. Net profit.

(10 marks)

Question 2

Your best friend, Anthony, approached you to invest in his business. In 2019, he started a business providing cleaning and disinfection services for offices and homes. While sales slowed down during the work-from-home period when employees work from home, he shared that this was more than offset by the rising demand for deep cleaning services from homeowners.

You requested from him the latest set of financial statements. However, he asked you not to put too much focus on the financials citing the flaws and limitations in financial statements.

  1. Identify the key financial statements. Describe the information reported in each of the financial statements and how they can help you in your investment decision.

(25 marks)

  1. Examine the limitations of financial statements. Discuss what other information you would request from Anthony to help your investment decision.

(25 marks)

The word limit for Question 2 is 800 words.

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