WAEC Accounting Past Questions & Answers - Page 201

Taiwo is a sole trader who keeps his petty cash on the imprest system, the imprest amount being N4,000. The following transactions took place for a particular month: \(\begin{array}{c|c} & & & N \\ \hline Dec. & 1 & \text{petty cash in hand} & 517 \\ & 1 & \text{petty cash to imprest amount} & 3,483 \\ & 6 & \text{Bought notebooks} & 328\\ & 7 & \text{Paid wages} & 914\\ & 14 & \text{Bought postage stamps} & 375 \\ & 16 & \text{Paid to J. Thomas, a creditor} & 536 \\ & 21 & \text{Paid wages} & 928 \\ & 23 & \text{Bought envelopes} & 437 \\ & 27 & \text{Bought postage stamps} & 210\end{array}\)

Amount sent on stationery is

Taiwo is a sole trader who keeps his petty cash on the imprest system, the imprest amount being N4,000. The following transactions took place for a particular month: \(\begin{array}{c|c} & & & N \\ \hline Dec. & 1 & \text{petty cash in hand} & 517 \\ & 1 & \text{petty cash to imprest amount} & 3,483 \\ & 6 & \text{Bought notebooks} & 328\\ & 7 & \text{Paid wages} & 914\\ & 14 & \text{Bought postage stamps} & 375 \\ & 16 & \text{Paid to J. Thomas, a creditor} & 536 \\ & 21 & \text{Paid wages} & 928 \\ & 23 & \text{Bought envelopes} & 437 \\ & 27 & \text{Bought postage stamps} & 210\end{array}\)

Amount to be posted to the personal ledger is

\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N\\ \hline \text{Motor Van} & 120,000\\ \text{Buildings} & 300,000 \\ \text{Stock of goods} & 40,000\end{array}\)

In addition, he had cash ofN60,000 out of which N20,000 was borrowed from a friend. The liabilities of the business amount to

\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N\\ \hline \text{Motor Van} & 120,000\\ \text{Buildings} & 300,000 \\ \text{Stock of goods} & 40,000\end{array}\)

In addition, he had cash ofN60,000 out of which N20,000 was borrowed from a friend. The capital of the business is

\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N \\ \hline \text{Opening stock of raw materials} & 8,000\\ \text{Purchases} & 45,000 \\ \text{Closing stock of raw materials} & 9,500 \\ \text{Direct wages} & 6,450 \\ \text{Indirect wages} & 2,800 \\ \text{Depreciation - Plant and Machinery} & 3,200 \\ \text{Factory rents and rates} & 350 \\ \text{Opening work-in-progress} & 3,250 \\ \text{Closing work-in-progress} & 3,750\end{array}\)

Production cost is