J Wild started business on 1 April 2002 selling one model of digital cameras on hire purchase.
Question:
J Wild started business on 1 April 2002 selling one model of digital cameras on hire purchase.
During the year to 31 March 2003 he purchased 2,000 cameras at a uniform price of £90 and sold 1,900 cameras at a total selling price under hire purchase agreements of £150 per camera, payable by an initial deposit of £45 and 10 quarterly instalments of £10.50p.
The following trial balance was extracted from Wild's books as at 31 March 2003.
The personal accounts of customers are memorandum records (i.e. they are not part of the double entry system).
Wild prepares his financial statements on the basis of taking credit for profit (including interest)
in proportion to cash collected from customers.
Prepare Wild’s hire purchase income statement for the year ending 31 March 2003 and a balance sheet as at that date.
Ignore depreciation of non-current assets.
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Frank Woods Business Accounting Volume 2
ISBN: 9780273712138
11th Edition
Authors: Frank Wood, Alan Sangster