S Craven started business on 1 October 19XS5 selling machines of one standard type on hire purchase

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S Craven started business on 1 October 19XS5 selling machines of one standard type on hire purchase terms. During the year to 30 September 19X6 he purchased machines at a uniform price of £60 and sold 1,900 machines at a total price under hire purchase agreements of £100 per machine, payable by an initial deposit of £30 and 10 quarterly instalments of £7.

The following trial balance was extracted from Craven’s books as at 30 September 19X6.image text in transcribed

The personal accounts of customers are memorandum records (i.e. they are not part of the double entry system).
Craven prepares his annual accounts on the basis of taking credit for profit (including interest) in proportion to cash collected from customers.
Prepare Craven’s hire purchase trading account and a profit and loss account for the year ended 30 September 19X6 and a balance sheet as at that date.
Ignore depreciation of fixed assets.

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Business Accounting

ISBN: 9780273619826

7th Edition

Authors: Frank Wood, Alan Sangster

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