The sole proprietor of the FM2 Financial Services, Bondo, receives allaccounting profits earned by her firm and a K28,000-a-year salary she pays herself. Itis noteworthy that she also has a standing salary offer of K35,000 a year if she agreesto work for Bank of Zambia. If she had invested her capital outside her own company,she estimates that would have made a return of K22,000 a year. Further, informationhas reached you that last year, Bondo's accounting profit was K50,000. Calculate hereconomic profit?

Economic Profit Economic Profit and accounting profit are different. The calculation of economic…

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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

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