b) Expenses Unpaid: - Motor Expenses Ghc200 Insurance Ghc450 - Sundry Expenses Ghc400 (c) Prepaid Expenses: - Rates Ghc320 - Sundry Expenses Ghc250 (d) Allowance for receivables to be increased to Ghc2,800 (e) Part of the Premises is sublet at Ghc2,400 per annum (f) Monthly salaries and wages bill Ghc400 (g) Bad debt at 31 December 2019 Ghc600 (h) Loan interest is 5% per annum (i) Provide for depreciation on a straight line method: - Premises 2%; Plant and Machinery 25% - Motor Vehicle 10% G) Write off Preliminary expenses (k) Transfer to general reserves Ghc5,0000 and Ghc5,000 to revenue reserves You are required to: a)Prepare the Income Statement for the year b)Prepare the appropriation Account c)Would you invest in this company base on your answer in (a) ? Give reasons and indicate two benefits that you will gain from such investment (d)Looking at the debtors figure and cash in hand would you say the company is overtrading? Give reasons
b) Expenses Unpaid: - Motor Expenses Ghc200 Insurance Ghc450 - Sundry Expenses Ghc400 (c) Prepaid Expenses: - Rates Ghc320 - Sundry Expenses Ghc250 (d) Allowance for receivables to be increased to Ghc2,800 (e) Part of the Premises is sublet at Ghc2,400 per annum (f) Monthly salaries and wages bill Ghc400 (g) Bad debt at 31 December 2019 Ghc600 (h) Loan interest is 5% per annum (i) Provide for depreciation on a straight line method: - Premises 2%; Plant and Machinery 25% - Motor Vehicle 10% G) Write off Preliminary expenses (k) Transfer to general reserves Ghc5,0000 and Ghc5,000 to revenue reserves You are required to: a)Prepare the Income Statement for the year b)Prepare the appropriation Account c)Would you invest in this company base on your answer in (a) ? Give reasons and indicate two benefits that you will gain from such investment (d)Looking at the debtors figure and cash in hand would you say the company is overtrading? Give reasons
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Transcribed Image Text:The following Trial Balance was extracted from the books of Johnson Ghana
Ltd as at 31* December 2019.
Dr
Cr
GHC
GHC
Issued and fully paid 20,000 ordinary shares
of Ghc1.00 each
20,000
10,000
8,000
3,000
Share Premium
General Reserves
Income statement
Salaries
5,000
Discounts
200
400
Carriage Inwards
160
Purchases and Sales
45,000
91,740
Opening Inventory
Carriage Outwards
8,000
560
Loan
24,000
Interest on loan
1,000
Allowance for receivables
2,000
Preliminary Expenses
Motor Vehicle expenses
12,000
1,800
6,000
Directors Salaries
Repairs to Premises
Rates
250
1,600
20,000
23,000
Premises at Cost
Motor Vehicles at cost
Plant and Machinery at cost
Provision for depreciation
- Plant and Machinery
25,000
2,500
Debtors and Creditors
12,390
8,000
Sundry Expenses
Cash in Hand
3,500
300
4,000
240
170,000
Cash at Hand
Returns
360
170,000
Additional Information:
a) Inventory at close Ghc12,500

Transcribed Image Text:b) Expenses Unpaid:
- Motor Expenses
- Insurance
- Sundry Expenses
Ghc200
Ghc450
Ghc400
(c) Prepaid Expenses:
- Rates
Ghc320
- Sundry Expenses
Ghc250
(d) Allowance for receivables to be increased to Ghc2,800
(e) Part of the Premises is sublet at Ghc2,400 per annum
(f) Monthly salaries and wages bill Ghc400
(g) Bad debt at 31 December 2019 Ghc600
(h) Loan interest is 5% per annum
(i) Provide for depreciation on a straight line method:
- Premises 2%; Plant and Machinery 25%
- Motor Vehicle 10%
(G) Write off Preliminary expenses
(k) Transfer to general reserves Ghc5,0000 and Ghc5,000 to revenue
reserves
You are required to:
a)Prepare the Income Statement for the year
b)Prepare the appropriation Account
c)Would you invest in this company base on your answer in (a) ? Give reasons
and indicate two benefits that you will gain from such investment
(d)Looking at the debtors figure and cash in hand would you say the company
is overtrading? Give reasons
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