Waec 2023 Financial Past Questions And Answers
Use the following information to answer the question
| $ | |
Trade creditors (31/12/2020) | 4,000 |
| Paid for purchases in 2021: Cheques | 110,000 |
| Carriage inwards | 1,000 |
| Trade creditors (31/12/2021) | 6,000 |
The balance c/d on trade creditors will be recorded in the balance sheet as
- A. current asset
- B. short-term liability
- C. long-term liability
- D. fixed asset
The purchase day book is used to record
- A. purchases returns
- B. cash purchase
- C. total purchases
- D. credit purchase
In the final account of a limited liability company, debenture interest paid is recorded in the
- A. capital account
- B. profit and loss account
- C. trading account
- D. current account
The accounts maintained in the nominal ledger are
- A. liabilities and capital
- B. assets and liabilities
- C. income and capital
- D. expenses and income
a. The following is the trial balance of Abete Trading Company as at 31st December 2020:
| Le | Le | |
Depreciation of fixed assets | 9,260 | |
Stock as 1st January 2020 | 3,600 | |
Purchases and sales | 100,000 | 174,000 |
General expenses | 170,00 | |
Fixed assets | 42,600 | |
Returns | 2,400 | 4,800 |
Discounts | 400 | 2,000 |
Salaries and wages | 21,000 | |
| Suspense account | 3,060 | |
| 190,060 | 190,060 |
Additional information
(i) Stock in hand on 31st December 2020 was Le 4,000
(ii) Investigation revealed the following errors which necessitated the opening of suspense account:
- Drawings of Le 1,000 was posted to salaries and wages account
- Furniture bought at Le 1,560 was wrongly debited to fixed asset as Le 300
- Purchases day book was undercast by Le 2,000
- Discount allowed of Le 200 to a customer had not been posted to the customer's account
(iii) Depreciation of fixed assets is 10% per annum.
You are required to:
Correct the errors through journal entries (no narration is required).
b. The following is the trial balance of Abete Trading Compnay as at 31st December 2020:
| Le | Le | |
Depreciation of fixed assets | 9,260 | |
Stock as 1st January 2020 | 3,600 | |
Purchases and sales | 100,000 | 174,000 |
General expenses | 170,00 | |
Fixed assets | 42,600 | |
Returns | 2,400 | 4,800 |
Discounts | 400 | 2,000 |
Salaries and wages | 21,000 | |
| Suspense account | 3,060 | |
| 190,060 | 190,060 |
Additional information
(i) Stock in hand on 31st December 2020 was Le 4,000
(ii) Investigation revealed the following errors which necessitated the opening of suspense account:
- Drawings of Le 1,000 was posted to salaries and wages account
- Furniture bought at Le 1,560 was wrongly debited to fixed asset as Le 300
- Purchases day book was undercast by Le 2,000
- Discount allowed of Le 200 to a customer had not been posted to the customer's account
(iii) Depreciation of fixed assets is 10% per annum.
You are required to:
Prepare Trading, Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 31st December, 2020
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2023 THEORYSuppliers' personal account are found in the
- A. private ledger
- B. nominal ledger
- C. purchases ledger
- D. sales ledger
Use the following information to answer the question
Taurus Ltd was incorporated with the legal right to issue five million ordinary shares. The company has issued three million of the shares at GHC 0.60 per share. To date, the company has made calls of GHC 0.40 per share. All calls have been paid by shareholders except for GHC 100,000 owing from one shareholder.
The authorized number of shares is
- A. 3,000,000
- B. 8,000,000
- C. 5,000,000
- D. 100,000
List five users of accounting information and state their respective interest in the accounting information
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2023 THEORYThe accounting concept which is the basis upon which assets of a business are valued is the
- A. dual aspect concept
- B. consistency concept
- C. accrual concept
- D. historical concept
Discount allowed is shown in financial statements as
- A. an asset
- B. an income
- C. a liability
- D. an expenses

