1. [单选题]Which of the following statements relating to internal and external auditors is correct?
A. Internal auditors are required to be members of a professional body
B. Internal auditors’ scope of work should be determined by those charged with governance
C. External auditors report to those charged with governance
D. Internal auditors can never be independent of the company
2. [单选题]In 2014 Mr Yuan inherited an estate of RMB2 million from his uncle who had died two months earlier.
A. What is the correct treatment of the estate income for individual income tax purposes?
B. The estate income is not taxable
C. The estate income will be taxed as occasional (ad hoc) income
D. The estate income will be taxed as other income
E. The estate income will be taxed as service income
3. [单选题]17 A business income statement for the year ended 31 December 2004 showed a net profit of $83,600. It was later
found that $18,000 paid for the purchase of a motor van had been debited to motor expenses account. It is the company’s policy to depreciate motor vans at 25 per cent per year, with a full year’s charge in the year of acquisition. What would the net profit be after adjusting for this error?
A. $106,100
B. $70,100
C. $97,100
D. $101,600
4. [单选题]A corporate taxpayer has under-reported its taxable revenue in 2002 and hence underpaid value added tax (VAT) and enterprise income tax (EIT). In 2014, the taxpayer was charged by the tax authority with committing an act of tax evasion in 2002.
A. Which of the following statements is correct?
B. The taxpayer must pay the additional taxes due, plus a late payment surcharge and a penalty
C. There is no need for the taxpayer to pay any additional taxes, late payment surcharge or penalty as the statute of limitation is ten years
D. The taxpayer must pay the additional taxes, but no late payment surcharge or penalty as the statute of limitation is ten years for late payment surcharge and penalties
E. The taxpayer must pay the additional taxes and a late payment surcharge but not a penalty as the statute of limitation is five years for penalties
5. [单选题]Hindberg is a car retailer. On 1 April 2014, Hindberg sold a car to Latterly on the following terms:
A. Latterly paid $12,650 (half of the cost) on 1 April 2014 and would pay the remaining $12,650 on 31 March 2016 (two years after the sale). Hindberg’s cost of capital is 10% per annum.
B. What is the total amount which Hindberg should credit to profit or loss in respect of this transaction in the year ended 31 March 2015?
C. $23,105
D. $23,000
E. $20,909
F. $24,150
6. [单选题]C Co uses material B, which has a current market price of $0·80 per kg. In a linear program, where the objective is to maximise profit, the shadow price of material B is $2 per kg. The following statements have been made:
A. (i) Contribution will be increased by $2 for each additional kg of material B purchased at the current market price
B. (ii) The maximum price which should be paid for an additional kg of material B is $2
C. (iii) Contribution will be increased by $1·20 for each additional kg of material B purchased at the current market price
D. (iv) The maximum price which should be paid for an additional kg of material B is $2·80
E. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
F. (ii) only
G. (ii) and (iii)
H. (i) only
I. (i) and (iv)
7. [单选题]The following statements have been made about life cycle costing:
A. (i) It focuses on the short-term by identifying costs at the beginning of a product’s life cycle
B. (ii) It identifies all costs which arise in relation to the product each year and then calculates the product’s profitability on an annual basis
C. (iii) It accumulates a product’s costs over its whole life time and works out the overall profitability of a product
D. (iv) It allocates costs to each stage of a product’s life cycle and writes them off at the end of each stage
E. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
F. (i) and (iii)
G. (iii) only
H. (i) and (iv)
I. (ii) only
8. [单选题]13 Which of the following correctly describes the imprest system for operating petty cash?
A. A
B. All expenditure out of petty cash must be supported by a properly authorised voucher.
C. A regular equal amount of cash is transferred into petty cash.
D. The exact amount of expenditure out of petty cash is reimbursed at intervals.
E. A budget is fixed for a period which petty cash expenditure must not exceed.
9. [单选题]8 P and Q are in partnership, sharing profits in the ratio 2:1. On 1 July 2004 they admitted P’s son R as a partner. P
guaranteed that R’s profit share would not be less than $25,000 for the six months to 31 December 2004. The profitsharing arrangements after R’s admission were P 50%, Q 30%, R 20%. The profit for the year ended 31 December 2004 is $240,000, accruing evenly over the year. What should P’s final profit share be for the year ended 31 December 2004?
A. $140,000
B. $139,000
C. $114,000
D. $139,375
10. [单选题]18 How should interest charged on partners’ drawings appear in partnership financial statements?
A. As income in the income statement
B. Added to net profit and charged to partners in the division of profit
C. Deducted from net profit and charged to partners in the division of profit
D. Deducted from net profit in the division of profit and credited to partners