Last year Joe Cash won 5 million in the national lottery, which he used to start up

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Last year Joe Cash won £5 million in the national lottery, which he used to start up a business called Joe Cash Ltd. At the start of the year the business had £5 million capital and £5 million cash. During the year the business purchased inventory. By the end of the year all the inventory had been sold for £6.25 million. Assume there were no other transactions.

(a) Calculate the profit for the year under the financial capital maintenance concept.

(b) Joe finds out that it would cost £5.65 million to replace the inventory at the end of the year in terms of its operating capacity. Calculate the profit for the year under the physical capital maintenance concept.

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Business Accounting An Introduction To Financial And Management Accounting

ISBN: 9780230276239

2nd Edition

Authors: Jill Collis, Roger Hussey, Andrew Holt, Holt Collis, J. Collis

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