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

Preparation of financial statements — practice question

Hamza and Noor are partners in a service business. The information below has been taken from the partnership’s books of account for the year ended 31 December 2019.
(a)[1]

State how profits and losses are divided in a partnership when no agreement exists.

(b)[4]

Explain two reasons why you would advise partners to have a written agreement, other than giving a ratio for sharing profits and losses.

(c)[11]

Prepare the income statement for Hamza and Noor for the year ended 31 December 2019.

(d)[4]

Prepare the appropriation account for Hamza and Noor for the year ended 31 December 2019.

(e)[5]

Calculate Hamza’s current account balance at 31 December 2019.

(f)[5]

Advise which option the partners should select. Justify your advice.

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This 30-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: Profits and losses should be divided equally among the partners

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