Financial Past Questions And Answers

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1521

The document that is used to acknowledge the acceptance of the return of goods by the seller from the buyer is known as

  • A) credit note
  • B) Debit note
  • C) invoice
  • D) voucher
View Discussion (0)POST UTME UI
1522

Provision for discount allowed can be recorded as debit to?

  • A. the profit and loss account and a credit to provision for discount allowed
  • B. provision for discount allowed and a credit to the profit and loss account
  • C. discount allowed and a credit to the profit and loss account
  • D. expenses and a credit to customers' account
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2003
1523

Use the information below to answer question

Stock (1/1/02) at selling price..........N2000

Goods sent to branch (selling price).....N?

Sales by branch (selling price)..........N4500

Stock (31/12/02).........................N?

Opening stock is 1/4 of goods sent to branch.

The value of goods sent to branch is?

  • A. N4 000
  • B. N6 000
  • C. N8 000
  • D. N2 000
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2007
1524

Use the information to answer question .

A piece of equipment costing N120,000 was purchased on 1/1/1996. Depreciation was provided at 20% per annum on a straight-line basis. it was sold on 30/6/1999 for N31,500.

The net book value of the piece of equipment at the time of sale was?

  • A. N96 000
  • B. N48 000
  • C. N36 000
  • D. N24 000
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2005
1525

On January 1/2005, a machine was bought for N56,000 to last for five years with a residual value of N1000.

the rate of the yearly depreciation expense would be?

  • A. 50%
  • B. 40%
  • C. 30%
  • D. 20%
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2006
1526

Didi Ltd offered 10,000 ordinary shares of N1.50 each at a discount of 2% which were fully subscribed. With regard to the offer above?

  • A. shares are never offered at a discount; the offer is invalid
  • B. the value of shares in the capital account will be lowered by 2%
  • C. the company incurs a loss to the tune of 2% of the offer
  • D. each of the subscribers loses 2% of investment
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2000
1527

When goodwill is not retained in the business, the entries in the new partners books will be to debit______________

  • A. Goodwill account and credit partners capital account
  • B. Cash account and credit goodwill account
  • C. Goodwill account and credit cash account
  • D. Partners capital account and credit goodwill account
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2018
1528

Why should a new partner contribute towards goodwill on his admission?

  • A. It is a norm
  • B. to ensure new partner also have a stake in the business
  • C. the firm into which he is entering already has some goodwill in the market
  • D. to purchase the business
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2018
1529

Which of the following entries classes the owner’s drawing account ant the end of the period?

  • A) A) Debit the drawing account, credit the owner's capital account
  • B) Debit the income summary account credit the drawing account
  • C) Debit the drawing account credit income summary accounting
  • D) Debit the owner
View Discussion (0)POST UTME OAU
1530

Income and Expenditure account is the same as the --------- of a sole trader

  • A. balance sheet
  • B. trading account
  • C. profit and loss account
  • D. cash book
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2023