29.7A Mary Smith commenced trading on 1 September 2016 as a distributor of the Straight Cut

garden lawn mower, a relatively new product which is now becoming increasingly popular.

Upon commencing trading, Mary Smith transferred 7,000 from her personal savings to open a

business bank account.

Mary Smith's purchases and sales of the Straight Cut garden lawn mower during the three months

ended 30 November 2016 are as follows:

2016 Bought Sold

September 12 machines at 384 each

October 8 machines at 450 each 4 machines at 560 each

November 16 machines at 489 each 20 machines at 680 each

Assume all purchases are made in the first half of the month and all sales are in the second half

of the month.

At the end of October 2016, Mary Smith decided to take one Straight Cut garden lawn mower out

of inventory for cutting the lawn outside her showroom. It is estimated that this lawn mower will

be used in Mary Smith's business for eight years and have a nil estimated residual value. Mary Smith

wishes to use the straight line basis of depreciation.

Additional information:

1 Overhead expenses paid during the three months ended 30 November 2016 amounted to

1,520.

2 There were no amounts prepaid on 30 November 2016, but sales commissions payable of 2

1

/2 of

the gross profit on sales were accrued due on 30 November 2016.

3 Upon commencing trading, Mary Smith resigned a business appointment with a salary of 15,000

per annum.

4 Mary Smith is able to obtain interest of 10% per annum on her personal savings.

5 One of the lawn mowers not sold on 30 November 2016 has been damaged in the showroom and

is to be repaired in December 2016 at a cost of 50 before being sold for an expected 400.

Note: Ignore taxation.

Required:

(a) Prepare, in as much detail as possible, Mary Smith's statement of profit or loss for the quarter

ending 30 November 2016 using:

(/) the first in first out basis of inventory valuation, and

(//) the last in first out basis of inventory valuation.

(b) Using the results in (a) (/) above, prepare a statement comparing Mary Smith's income for the

quarter ended 30 November 2016 with that for the quarter ended 31 August 2016.

(c) Give one advantage and one disadvantage of each of the bases of inventory valuations used in

(a) above.

(Association of Accounting Technicians)