Cambridge IGCSE: ACCOUNTING 0452/21
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ACCOUNTING 0452/21
Paper 2 Structured Written Paper May/June 2022
1 hour 45 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS
● Answer all questions.
● Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
● Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
● Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
● Do not write on any bar codes.
● You may use a calculator.
● International accounting terms and formats should be used as appropriate.
● You should show your workings.
INFORMATION
● The total mark for this paper is 100.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
● Where you are asked to complete a layout, you may not need all the lines for your answer.
DC (LK) 303848/2
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1 Nakul is a trader. He buys and sells goods on credit. He buys most of his supplies from one
supplier, Nadia, who allows Nakul a trade discount of 20%.
Jan 2 Paid $441 by cheque to Nadia, in full settlement of $450 owed to her at
1 January 2022.
REQUIRED
Nakul
Purchases journal
Date Details $ $
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Nakul
Purchases returns journal
Date Details $ $
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(c) Prepare the account for Nadia, for January 2022, as it would appear in the books of Nakul.
Balance the account and bring down the balance on 1 February 2022.
Nakul
Nadia account
Date Details $ Date Details $
[6]
(d) Complete the table by placing a tick (3) to show where each item is shown on the statement
of financial position.
Trade payables
Bank overdraft
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Nakul has a bank overdraft and would like to reduce it. He is considering paying his suppliers later
than he currently does in order to help him reduce his bank overdraft.
REQUIRED
(e) Advise Nakul whether or not he should take longer to pay his suppliers. Justify your answer
by providing two advantages and two disadvantages.
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2 Fatima is a sole trader. She prepares her financial statements to the end of March each year.
$
Revenue 79 400
Purchases 36 500
Wages 10 100
Insurance 1 800
2 Fatima took goods for her own use from the business during the year ended 31 March 2022.
These goods cost $1300.
3 Depreciation on fixtures and equipment is to be charged at 20% per annum using the reducing
balance method.
5 Rent includes a payment of $1500 for the 3 months from 1 March 2022 to 31 May 2022.
REQUIRED
(a) Prepare Fatima’s income statement for the year ended 31 March 2022.
Fatima
Income Statement for the year ended 31 March 2022
$ $
(b) Prepare Fatima’s capital account for the year ended 31 March 2022. Balance the account
and bring down the balance on 1 April 2022.
Fatima
Capital account
Date Details $ Date Details $
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Fatima would like to expand the business. She thinks that additional finance of $20 000 would be
required for the equipment which she would need. Fatima’s bank have offered to lend her $20 000,
to be repaid after four years at interest of 6% per annum.
REQUIRED
(c) Advise Fatima whether or not to agree to the bank loan. Justify your answer.
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3 Jules is a hairdresser. He bought some new energy-saving hairdrying equipment, $1900, on credit
from YZH Limited on 30 April 2022.
REQUIRED
(a) Prepare the journal entry to record the purchase of these hairdryers. A narrative is required.
Jules
Journal
Date Details Debit Credit
$ $
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The new hairdryers will use less electricity than his old ones. There will be an additional insurance
charge for the new hairdryers. The old hairdryers had been fully depreciated so that their net book
value was nil.
REQUIRED
(b) Complete the table by placing a tick (3) to show whether these changes in expenses increase
or decrease the profit.
Depreciation
Insurance
[3]
Jules has discovered the following five errors in his accounting records for the year ended
30 April 2022.
1 The total for general expenses, $28, in the petty cash book for April 2022 has not been posted
to the general ledger.
2 A direct debit to Isaac, a supplier, $195 had been recorded as $159 in the account for Isaac.
3 A payment by credit transfer for wages, $144, has not been recorded in the accounting
records.
4 The discount received total for January 2022, $38, had been debited to the discount received
account.
5 The account for rent and the account for commission receivable had both been overcast by
$200.
REQUIRED
(c) Prepare the journal entries required to correct these five errors. Narratives are not required.
Jules
Journal
Error Details Debit Credit
number $ $
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(d) Prepare the suspense account. Include the original difference on the trial balance as a
balancing figure.
Jules
Suspense account
Date Details $ Date Details $
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4 Ekua is a trader who sells household furnishings. She has provided the following information.
$
At 30 April 2022:
Inventory 14 650
Purchases 72 250
Expenses 19 820
REQUIRED
Gross margin
workings answer (to two decimal places)
Profit margin
workings answer (to two decimal places)
Current ratio
workings answer (to two decimal places)
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One of Ekua’s suppliers has offered to sell her a large quantity of inventory at a reduced price.
Ekua is considering accepting this offer and increasing her expenditure on advertising in order to
sell more inventory.
REQUIRED
(b) Advise Ekua whether she should purchase the additional inventory. Justify your answer by
providing two advantages and two disadvantages.
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(c) Explain the meaning and importance of the principle of consistency in the preparation of
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(d) State two non-financial factors which may affect Ekua’s trading results.
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5 The Sew and Soup Club offers membership to people who are interested in sharing sewing and
knitting patterns. It runs a refreshment café for members. The club had the following assets and
liabilities at 31 December.
2020 2021
$ $
The following totals are for the year ended 31 December 2021.
Receipts
Payments
Rent 6 000
Wages 7 000
REQUIRED
(a) (i) Prepare the subscriptions account for the year ended 31 December 2021. Balance the
account and bring down the balances on 1 January 2022.
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(ii) Explain whether the treasurer should be satisfied with the amount of cash received from
member subscriptions during the year ended 31 December 2021.
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(b) Calculate the profit on refreshments for the year ended 31 December 2021.
$ $
(c) Prepare the current assets section of the club’s statement of financial position at
31 December 2021.
Sew and Soup Club
Statement of financial position (extract) at 31 December 2021
$ $
Current Assets
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