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QUESTION ONE William Limited has the following trial balance at 3 1 st December 2 0 1 7 table [ [ , Dr .

QUESTION ONE
William Limited has the following trial balance at 31st December 2017
\table[[,Dr.,Cr.],[,(GHC),(GHC)],[Stated capital,,310],[Income surplus at 1 January 2017,,456],[Inventory at 1 January 2017,236,],[Tumover,,1,468],[Purchases,856,],[Salaries,46,],[Directors salaries (admin expense),116,],[Land & building at cost,550,],[Plant & equipment at cost,578,],[Land & building- accumulated depreciation as at 1 January 2017,,154],[Plant & equipment -accumulated depreciation as at 1 January 2017,,266],[Bank interest received,,6],[Sundry expenses,56,],[Trade receivables,110,],[Trade payables,,122],[Accruals,,42],[Cash at bank,43,],[Dividends paid,36,],[Administrative expenses,183,],[Interest paid,14,],[,2.824,2.824]]
The following information is also relevant:
(1) Inventory at 31st December 2017 is GHC256
(2) The tax liability for the
(3) The original cost of land and buildings is made up of GH100 land and GH450 buildings. Buildings are used in administration and depreciation is charged on a straight line basis over the estimated useful life of 50 years.
(4) Plant & equipment are used in distribution and depreciation is charged at 15% reducing balance basis.
(5) Trade receivables include GH4 owed by a customer who is in liquidation. Due to the economic climate the company wish to make an allowance of 5% of remaining debts.
(6) No account has been made for the audit fee of GH10(admin expense).
(7) Unless otherwise stated, expenditure should be split evenly between administration and distribution costs.

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