SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION – 2005 EXAMINER’S REPORT ACCOUNTING 1.0 INTRODUCTION This year’s paper examined the very basics of accounting such as the work covered at the FJC and FSLC levels. Some 4‚400 candidates sat for the paper‚ showing varying range of abilities and skills towards problem solving. It was disappointing to note that candidates were not able to handle some very basic concepts and calculations. Computations of income tax as per Form 5 and value
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Question 1 Product costs are costs that are associated with manufactured goods until the time period during which products are sold. It involved all costs in acquiring or making a product. These costs consist of direct materials‚ direct labour and manufacturing overhead. Product costs are initially assigned to an inventory account on the balance sheet. When the goods are sold‚ the costs are released from inventory as expenses and matched against sales revenue. Since product costs are initially
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Why would a parent choose to handicap their child‚ hinder and obstruct their well- being‚ or diminish their future quality of life by spoiling their special child? To spoil means to do harm the character nature or attitude of something or someone by over solitude‚ over indulgence‚ or special praise. So why do so many parents spoil their children? Most parents will argue that they spoil their children out of love and to avoid hurting their feelings. Some parents give their children what they want
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documents used by investors to understand the financial condition of a company. Structurally‚ the balance sheet is relatively simple in concept. Every company’s balance sheet is comprised of three elements: Assets: often defined as an economic resource which is owned by the corporation and is expected to provide future benefits to its operation. Accounting rules allow assets to take two forms: Tangible Assets‚ which have a physical form such as a building or a piece of machinery. Intangible
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CHAPTER 1 DECISION MAKING AND THE ROLE OF THE ACCOUNTANT DISCUSSION QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS 1. ‘Accounting is irrelevant in decision making because the information it provides relates only to the past.’ Discuss. Accounting is relevant to the decision-making process as it helps provide financial information as to the most efficient use of available economic resources. Although accounting provides financial information based on past financial transactions‚ it is useful in giving details on how efficiently
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The Business Entity Concept Money Measurement Concept Going concern concept Accrual basis concept Consistency Concept Materiality and aggregation concept Concept on Prudence Matching Principle Dual Aspect Relevance Concept Introduction Financial accounting has a number of conservative laws which have been considered over the years and all the possible identifiable rules are: Business Entity Concept‚ Money Measurement Concept‚ Going concern Concept‚ Accrual basis of accounting concept
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Accounting Concepts Underlying Assumptions‚ Principles‚ and Conventions Assumptions The following are basic financial accounting assumptions: Separate entity assumption - the business is an entity that is separate and distinct from its owners‚ so that the finances of the firm are not co-mingled with the finances of the owners. • Going concern assumption - the business is going to be operating for the foreseeable future. Stable monetary unit assumption - e.g. the U.S. dollar • Fixed
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ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS What are the Account Concepts? In order to maintain uniformity and consistency in preparing and maintaining books of accounts‚ Certain rules or principles have been evolved. These rules/principles are classified as concepts and conventions. These are foundations of preparing and maintaining accounting records. “Accounting concept refers to the basic assumptions and rules and principles which work as the basis of recording of business transactions and preparing accounts
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INTRODUCTION The accounting concepts are rules and guidelines which the accountant follows and uses when deciding between differing options to make. They help to ensure the accounting information is presented accurately and consistently. All formal accounting statements should be created‚ preserved and presented according to the concepts and conventions’. The following will look at each of the concepts and conventions and relate them to the profit and loss account for a sole trader. GOING
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reached self reliance in engine and component manufacturing from the status of large scale importer. With comparatively higher rate of economic growth rate index against that of great global powers‚ India has become a hub of domestic and exports business. The automobile sector has been contributing its share to the shining economic performance of India in the recent years. With the Indian middle class earning higher per capita income‚ more people are ready to own private vehicles including cars and
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