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Title: Opening a new business and Accounting Transactions
Description: This PDF file shows accounting transactions that a business/firm carries out when undertaking a business venture. It is a well formatted file and is used in Accounting and Business exams. It is clearly understandable and precise.
Description: This PDF file shows accounting transactions that a business/firm carries out when undertaking a business venture. It is a well formatted file and is used in Accounting and Business exams. It is clearly understandable and precise.
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Acknowledgement
Opening trial balance
List of debtors and creditors
Aims of the business
Description of business
Source of documents
Transactions
Graphs
Books of original entry
Ledger accounts
Closing trial balance
Financial statements
Performance of the business
Ratio analysis
Recommendation
Conclusion
Acknowledgement
The successful completion of this research could not have been a thriving one without the assistance and guidance
of a number of persons
...
Secondly, the researcher would like to extend thanks to her parents for their non-hesitant support throughout this
research
...
Aims of project
The aim of the business (L&A Stationary store) is to:
Determine the business financial statement
Calculate the ratio analysis
To know whether the business is profitable or not
...
It is a sole proprietorship
...
to satisfying
the costumer’s needs and services
...
L&A stationary store
st
Opening trial balance as at 1 October 2015
...
Singh
A
...
Francis
K
...
Budram
M
...
Daniels
$40
$210
Transaction for the month October 2015
1 October 2015
3
4
6
7
8
10
16
17
19
22
26
28
29
30
31
Invest business with $500 in the bank
Bought goods on credit from S
...
Barry $1334, C
...
Budram $100
Paid for stock by cash $300
We return goods to S
...
Francis $70
Bought goods on credit from A Barry $700
Bought motor van on credit from Gordon motor $100
Received loan on cash $1400 from T
...
Budram $20
Paid A
...
Budram
M
...
Daniels
Purchase
Sales
Rent
Rates
Stock
Return inwards
Return outwards
Motor van
Office stationary
Gordon motors
Creditors: S
...
Barry
C
...
Rohan
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
1700
600
110
60
40
1600
500
180
40
20
70
76
1000
700
6016
132
1000
1400
1334
300
1170
6016
Purchases journal
Date
3 October 2015
3
3
19
Details
S
...
Barry
C
...
Barry
Invoice
1231
1234
1239
1236
Folio
1701
1702
1703
1704
Amount
1400
1334
300
700
3734
Sales journal
Date
10 October 2015
Detail
D
...
20
Amount
100
100
Return inwards journal
Date
30 October 2015
Details
D
...
Singh
C
...
Peters
5
1700
Rent
6
200
Rates
7
400
28
Motor
Van
8
400
100
31
A
...
Barry
31 October bal c/d
200
400
400
100
1100
2200
2200
1100
31 October bal b/d
Purchases
1 October 2015 bal b/d
1 October 2015 S
...
Barry
1334
1 October 2015 C
...
Barry
1 October 2015 cash
31 October bal b/d
1600
1400
31 October bal c/d
300
300
700
1000
6634
6634
6634
6634
Sales
31 October bal c/d
8980
8980
1 October 2015 bal b/d
4 October 2015 cash
6 October 2015 cash
10 October 2015 D
...
Peters
10700
1 October bal b/d
600
8600
100
1400
16 October 2015 purchase
29 October 2015 purchase
31 October 2015 bal c/d
10700
9400
300
1000
9400
Rent
1 October 2015 bal b/d
7 October 2015 bank
31 October 2015 bal b/d
40
200
240
240
31 October 2015 bal c/d
240
240
Stock
1 October 2015 bal b/d
70
31 October 2015 bal b/d
31 October 2015 bal c/d
70
70
70
70
Return outwards
31 October bal c/d
302 1 October 2015 bal b/d
17 October 2015 S
...
Francis
302
31 October 2015 bal b/d
132
100
70
302
302
Return inwards
1 October 2015 bal b/d
76
30 October 2015 D
...
Peters
31 October 2015 bal c/d
1400
1400
26 October 2015 cash
31 October 2015 bal b/d
1400
1400
1400
Creditor’s ledger
S
...
Barry
3 October 2015 bank
31 October 2015 bal c/d
100 1 October 2015 bal b/d
19 October 2015 purchase
3268 19 October 2015 purchase
31 October 2015 bal b/d
1334
1334
700
3368
3268
C
...
Rohan
1 October 2015 bal c/d
1170 1 October 2015 bal b/d
1170
1170
1170
1170
31 October 2015 bal b/d
Debtor’s ledger
D
...
Subramanie
1 October bal b/d
60 31 October 2015 bal c/d
60
31 October 2015 bal b/d
60
60
60
N
...
Particulars
Capital
Bank
Purchase
Sales
Cash
Rent
Stock
Return outwards
Return inwards
Motor van
Gordon motors
Office stationary
Rates
T
...
Singh
A
...
Francis
K
...
Budram
M
...
Daniels
DR $
CR $
1000
1100
6634
8980
9400
240
70
302
96
1500
1100
700
420
1400
2700
3268
530
1170
190
60
40
20450
20450
L&A stationary store
st
Trading & Profit & Loss a/c as at 1 October 2015
Sales
-Return inwards
Net sales
-Cost of goods sold:
Opening stock
+Purchases
8980
96
8884
70
6634
6704
302
6402
1000
-Return outwards
-Closing stock
Gross profit
-Expenses:
Rent
Office stationery
Rates
Net profit
5402
3482
420
1700
240
1360
2122
L&A stationary store
st
Balance sheet as at 1 October 2015
Fixed assets
Motor van
Current assets
Stock
Debtors
Bank
Cash
-Current Liabilities
Creditors
Working capital
1500
1000
290
1100
9400
11790
8768
Financed by
Capital
+Net profit
3022
4522
1000
2122
3122
1400
4522
+Long term liabilities
Performance of the business
st
In the month of October 31 2015, the business L&A stationery store has performed successfully
...
To increase the net profit, attempts were made to
reduce operating expenses
...
Stock turnover
= cost of goods sold
Average (7+1000)÷2
= 1070 = 535 times
2
In L&A stationary store the number of times stock has been turnover for the period is 10 times
...
Gross profit
= gross profit x 100%
Sales
= 3482 x 100%
8884
= 39
...
3
...
8%
In L&A stationary store, the ratio above show that for every $100 of sales $24 of that net profit made after
expenses were paid
...
Current ratio:
= current assets
Current liabilities
= 11790
8768
=1
...
34:1
2
...
23:1
This show the number of times the most liquid current assets can cover for it liability
...
23:1
3
...
28
The ratio shows that L&A stationary store will take 0
...
4
...
5/8 months
This ratio shows that L&A stationary store will take 8 months to pay its debtors
...
Its high positive working capital was also reflected in its current ratio and acid test ratio of
1
...
It is a difference between Debtors ratio
and Creditors ratio where debtors take less than a month to pay the creditors, whereas the creditors take 8 months
to pay its debtors
...
It is also recommended that they should increase the debtors sale and invest some of its money in the
bank term investment to obtain other source of revenue
...
Conclusion
In preparing the books for L&A stationary store, the business has been profitable
...
Also the books of original
entry was being done too
...
Graphs
Bar chart
Current assets = 11790
Current liabilities = 8768
12000
10000
8000
6000
4000
2000
0
Current assets
Current liabilities
Bar chart showing the difference between the current assets and the current liabilities
...
The total amount
of current assets was $11790 and the total amount of current liabilities was $8768
...
Pie chart
Debtors
= 290
Creditors = 8768
9058
Debtors = 290 x 360
9058
1
= $11
...
47
Debtors
Creditors
Data analysis of pie chart
A pie chart was used to differentiate between the debtors and creditors
...
Creditors claimed to be $8478 more than debtors
Title: Opening a new business and Accounting Transactions
Description: This PDF file shows accounting transactions that a business/firm carries out when undertaking a business venture. It is a well formatted file and is used in Accounting and Business exams. It is clearly understandable and precise.
Description: This PDF file shows accounting transactions that a business/firm carries out when undertaking a business venture. It is a well formatted file and is used in Accounting and Business exams. It is clearly understandable and precise.