Chapter 6 Tutorial Questions
Chapter 6 Tutorial Questions
Tutorial Questions
Exercise 6.17
Consider each of the following transactions and examine whether they satisfy the expense
definition criteria under the accrual method of accounting.
a. Paid salaries owing from the previous reporting period.
b. Owner withdrew money to purchase a motor vehicle for private use.
c. Money owed to Optus for internet charges this reporting period.
d. Office equipment is depreciated.
e. Paid a supplier for goods that had been purchased on credit.
f. Purchased a perpetual inventory system to computerise the inventory records.
Exercise 6.21
Using the information relating to Coconut Plantation Pty Ltd in 6.20, recalculate the depreciation
expense to be recorded in the statement of profit or loss for the year in which the machine was
purchased and the subsequent year using the diminishing balance method and the units of
production method. In recalculating the depreciation expense, use the following assumptions:
Exercise 6.29
A list of account balances for Mr Tanner’s business Robotics at the end of the 30 June 2020
reporting period is shown below. Produce the statement of profit or loss for the
reporting period, and the equity balance at the end of the year.
Exercise 6.31
You are the assistant accountant at Sunshine Plantations Pty Ltd, and you have prepared
the following statement of profit or loss for the year ended 31 December 2021.
Additional information
The ‘Other income’ comprises $800 of interest income.
Administrative expenses include $6000 for the depreciation of office
equipment.
Finance expenses of $18 000 represent interest expense on a bank loan.
Administration expenses include the write-off of the amount owed by a major
customer ($22 000 ) who has gone bankrupt.
Warehouse expenses include $27 000 for the depreciation of manufacturing
equipment.
Required
The accountant has asked you to produce the following financial information.
a. Gross profit
b. Profit before interest
c. Profit before material items
d. Earnings before interest, tax and depreciation