Bruce Drake requests your assistance to prepare the financial statements of his business for the year ended
Question:
Bruce Drake requests your assistance to prepare the financial statements of his business for the year ended 30 June 2011 and has provided you with the following information:
(i) The shop’s assets and liabilities include those listed.
(ii) Motor vehicles acquired for £28,000 and written down to £12,000 were sold in 2011 for £9,000.
(iii) Bruce always banks his takings intact, every day at close of business, leaving a float of £500.
(iv) Rent is agreed at £2,000 per month. Bruce and his family occupy a third of the premises.
(v) A fire in May 2011 destroyed a substantial amount of inventory. An insurance claim was agreed at £30,000.
(vi) Payments made in the year, recorded by Bruce in a diary, are summarised as shown.
(vii) The sales are always effected at cost plus a third.
Required:
(a) Record these transactions in a two-column Cash Book.
(b) Prepare the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2011.
Step by Step Answer:
Financial Accounting An Introduction
ISBN: 9780273737650
2nd Edition
Authors: Mr Barry Elliott, Mr Augustine Benedict