Accounting 9706 · AS & A Level · Preparation of financial statements

Preparation of financial statements — practice question

Cherie and Harry operate as partners in a partnership.
(a)[6]

Explain three disadvantages of running a partnership instead of being in business as a sole trader.

(b)[5]

Prepare the income statement for the year ended 30 June 2017. Begin the statement with gross profit for the year of $40960$.

(c)[4]

Prepare the appropriation account for the year ended 30 June 2017.

(d)[6]

Prepare the partners’ current accounts for the year ended 30 June 2017.

(e)[4]

Analyse the business’s efficiency by using these ratios.

(f)[5]

Advise which course of action the partners should choose in order to improve the rate of inventory turnover. Support your advice by discussing both suggested options.

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This 30-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: In a partnership, profits are divided, whereas a sole trader keeps every profit

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