The following file of papers was found in a cupboard of the general office of Green Ltd at the end of the accounting year. Explain how each would be treated in the financial statements and state the total amount to be reported as an accrued liability on the financial year-end date. The year-end is 31 December Year 1.

Item Description Amount

£

1 Invoice dated 23 December for goods received 21 December. 260 2 Invoice dated 23 December for goods to be delivered on 3 January Year 2. 310 3 Foreman’s note of electricity consumption for month of December – no invoice yet received from electricity supply company. 100 4 Letter from employee claiming overtime payment for work on 1 December and note from personnel office denying entitlement to payment. 58 5 Telephone bill dated 26 December showing calls for October to December. 290 6 Telephone bill dated 26 December showing rent due in advance for period January to March Year 2. 90 7 Note of payment due to cleaners for final week of December (to be paid in January under usual pattern of payment one week in arrears). 48 8 Invoice from supplier for promotional calendars received 1 December

(only one-third have yet been sent to customers). 300 9 Letter dated 21 December Year 1 to customer promising a cheque to reimburse damage caused by faulty product – cheque to be sent on 4 January Year 2. 280 10 Letter dated 23 December promising donation to local charity – amount not yet paid. 60 Activities for study groups Turn to the annual report of a listed company which you have used for activities in previous chapters. Find every item of information about current liabilities. (Start with the financial statements and notes but look also at the operating and financial review, chief executive’s review and other non-regulated information about the company.) Divide into two groups. One group should take on the role of the purchasing director and one should take on the role of a company which has been asked to supply goods or services to this company on credit terms.

l Supplier group: What questions would you ask to supplement what you have learned from the annual report?

l Purchasing director: What questions would you ask about the supplier? What might you learn about the supplier from the annual report of the supplier’s company?

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