The following trial balance is taken from the records of EVANS Plc at 31 December 2021. 000
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The following trial balance is taken from the records of EVANS Plc at 31 December 2021.
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Revenue | 150,050 | |
Purchases | 101,000 | |
Inventory at 01.01.2021 | 12,000 | |
Cash and bank | 8,260 | |
Operating expenses | 5,400 | |
Freehold buildings and land at cost at 01.01.2021 (land 6,600) | 39,100 | |
Freehold buildings - Accumulated depreciation at 01.01.2021. | 12,250 | |
Equipment at cost at 01.01.2021 | 25,000 | |
Equipment - Accumulated depreciation at 01.01.2021. | 14,760 | |
Trade receivable | 10,800 | |
Capitalised development cost | 150 | |
Allowance for doubtful debts at 01.01.2021. | 372 | |
Trade payable | 3,800 | |
Ordinary share capital at £ 0.50 per share | 5,350 | |
Share premium | 80 | |
Interest expense | 280 | |
Vehicles at cost at 01.01.2021 | 1,812 | |
Vehicles - Accumulated depreciation at 01.01.2021. | 300 | |
Retained earnings at 01.01.2021. | 9,690 | |
Long-term loans at 01.01.2021 | 6,000 | |
Revaluation reserve | 150 |
Additional information
- On the 1st of January 2021, EVANS Plc issued 2,000,000 new
- rdinary shares at issuing (market) value of £0.60 per share and this was taken up in full. The accountant already recorded the total proceeds of £1,200,000 under share capital and Cash and bank accounts.
- On the 1st of December 2021, EVANS Plc received a long-term loan of £3,000,000 but this transaction has not been recorded.
- EVANS Plc collected £300,000 from its credit customers, which is yet to be recorded.
- The purchases account includes £1,000,000 paid on the first of May to acquire new Vehicles which were used immediately. However, no
- ther entries in relation to the purchases have been made. Breakdown of this cost is as follow; purchasing price of £900,000, legal fees of £16,000 and annual insurance of £84,000.
- On the 20th of December 2021, Building, which was bought in 2010 for a cost of £950,000, was sold for £850,000 cash. However, this sale transaction has not been recorded yet. On 1st January 2015, this building was revaluated to £900,000 and depreciation rate is 2%.
- Operating expenses includes paid rent of £90,000 covered the period from 1 January to 30 September 2021.The rent is paid in equal instalments quarterly in arrears.
- Annual interest rate on long-term loans is 5%.
- On 1 August 2021, EVANS plc agreed to provide a special consultancy service (starting immediately for three months) for £100,000 to one of its clients on credit. The customer paid £70,000, which were already recorded when the cash was received. As of at 31st December 2021, this customer went bankrupt.
- Corporation tax of £600,000 has been estimated in respect of the profit for the year.
- Revenue and cash account include £200,000 related to a
- contract to provide a service from 1st November 2021 – 31st March
- The service has been provided equally over that period.
- On 31 December 2021, the board of directors declared a
- dividend of £0.05 per ordinary share and this will be paid in March 2022.
- On 31 December, EVANS paid salaries of £800,000, which is
- yet to be recorded. It is the company policy to report salaries under
- perating expenses.
- EVANS PLC applies the following depreciation policies:
- Vehicles are depreciated at 10% per annum on the straight-line basis.
- Buildings are depreciated at 2% per annum on the straight-line basis.
- Equipment are depreciated at 5% using the reducing balance method.
- The company policy is a full year’s depreciation is provided in the year of purchase of the asset, and none in the year of sale. In addition, depreciation is allocated to operating expenses.
- The allowance for doubtful debts is estimated to be 5% of the
- remaining trade receivables.
- Inventory at 31 December 2021 valued at cost of £445,000.
- Included in this sum, however, £40,000 of items that have been in warehouse for more than two years and directors agreed that this could be sold in January 2022 for £15,000.
Required:
(A) Prepare the income statement for the year ended 31/12/2021 and a statement of financial position as at that date. (Show all calculations)
(B) Critically discuss different methods to account for bad debts.
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