1. [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
2. [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
3. [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
4. [单选题]19 What is the company’s return on shareholders’ equity?
A. 15/40 = 37·5%
B. 20/100 = 20%
C. 15/100 = 15%
D. 20/150 = 13·3%
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]A company predicted that the learning rate for production of a new product would be 80%. The actual learning rate was 75%. The following possible reasons were stated for this:
A. (i) The number of new employees recruited was lower than expected
B. (ii) Unexpected problems were encountered with production
C. (iii) Unexpected changes to Health and Safety laws meant that the company had to increase the number of breaks during production for employees
D. Which of the above reasons could have caused the difference between the expected rate of learning and the actual rate of learning?
E. All of the above
F. (ii) and (iii) only
G. (i) only
H. None of the above
7. [单选题]18 Which of the following statements about accounting ratios and their interpretation are correct?
1 A low-geared company is more able to survive a downturn in profit than a highly-geared company. 2 If a company has a high price earnings ratio, this will often indicate that the market expects its profits to rise. 3 All companies should try to achieve a current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) of 2:1.
A. 2 and 3 only
B. 1 and 3 only
C. 1 and 2 only
D. All three statements are correct
8. [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
9. [单选题]The following information is available for a manufacturing company which produces multiple products:
A. (i) The product mix ratio
B. (ii) Contribution to sales ratio for each product
C. (iii) General fixed costs
D. (iv) Method of apportioning general fixed costs
E. Which of the above are required in order to calculate the break-even sales revenue for the company?
F. All of the above
G. (i), (ii) and (iii) only
H. (i), (iii) and (iv) only
I. (ii) and (iii) only
10. [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
