Accounts - Principles of Accounts Past Questions and Answers

Given:
Furniture and fittings..................N20,000
Equipment...............................N15,000
Bank overdrafts.........................N6, 500
Bar creditors...........................N4,800
Subscription in arrears.................N4,700
Subscription in advance.................N650
What is the accumulated fund?

i Space occupied by each department.
ii Average value of stock held by each department.
iii Departmental turnover.
iv Number of articles sold by each department .
From the information above, the two most logical bases for apportioning expenses that are common to departments are?

Use the information to answer question below
......................... Departments
........................... P Q R
Sales value............... N23,400
Selling expenses.......... 1,100 N1,400 N1,280
Administrative expenses...N1,400 N1,000 N1,020
Cost of sales............. N6,900.... N6,700 N5,500
Sales value of department Q doubles that of p, which is 1/3 of R. Depreciation which amounts to N1,800 is to be apportioned among the three departments in the ratio 3:5:7 respectively.
What is the sales value of department R?

Use the information to answer questions
......................... Departments
........................... P Q R
Sales value............... N23,400
Selling expenses.......... 1,100 N1,400 N1,280
Administrative expenses...N1,400 N1,000 N1,020
Cost of sales............. N6,900.... N6,700 N5,500
Sales value of department Q doubles that of p, which is 1/3 of R. Depreciation which amounts to N1,800 is to be apportioned among the three departments in the ratio 3:5:7 respectively.
Determine the total expenses of department P?

One of the purposes of maintaining the account of a branch at the head office is to?