Free CIMA F1 Practice Exam with Questions & Answers | Set: 2

YZ has $40,000 of plant and machinery which was acquired on 1 June 20X1.Tax depreciation rates on plant and machinery are 25% reducing balance. All plant and machinery was sold for $24,000 on 1 June 20X3.

Calculate the tax balancing allowance or charge on disposal for the year ended 31 May 20X3 and state the effect on the taxable profit.

Which of the following is an example of a progressive tax?

An entity has a working capital cycle of 120 days which has been calculated in part from the following data:

What is the stock holding period on the basis of 365 days in a year?

Give your answer to the nearest whole day.

Mr K is being pressured by his manager to change figures in his report so that it will improve his manager's bonus.

His manager has promised Mr K a promotion if he agrees to do this.

What threats is Mr K facing?

The external auditors have completed their audit and have discovered a material but not pervasive error in the financial statements of JK.

The directors of JK have refused to change the financial statements.

What type of modified audit report should be issued?

Country A permits the following deductions in an entity's annual corporate income tax return in relation to entertaining expenses and gifts;

1 Employee entertaining up to a value of $150 a head

2 Entertaining of overseas customers.

3 Individual gifts not to exceed $10 in value

Which THREE of the following actions would be regarded as tax evasion?

EF purchased an asset on 1 September 20X4 for $800,000, exclusive of import duties of $30,000. EF is resident in country Y where indexation is allowed on purchase costs when the asset is disposed of.

EF sold the asset on 31 August 20X9 for $1,500,000 incurring transaction charges of $20,000. The indexation factor increased by 40% in the period from 1 September 20X4 to 31 August 20X9.

Capital gains are taxed at 30%.

What is the tax due on disposal of the asset?

EF is a large manufacturing entity with several of its manufacturing sites in different locations. Currently all of the sites have a local procurement department. EF's board are looking to implement a centralized purchasing system.

Match the tokens according to whether you believe each statement is either an advantage or disadvantage of implementing a centralized purchasing system for EF.

The statement of profit or loss for PQ, ST and AB for the year ended 31 December 20X0 are shown below:

1. PQ acquired 80% of its subsidiary, ST, on 1 January 20X0 and 40% of its associate, AB, on 1 September 20X0.

2. Since acquistion PQ has sold goods to ST and AB for $20,000 and $30,000 respectively. At the year end both ST and AB have 50% of these goods remaining in inventory. PQ uses a mark-up of 20% on all of its sales.

3. Since acquisition the goodwill in respect of ST has been impaired by $8,000 and the investment in AB has been impaired by $2,000.

4. PQ uses the fair value method for non-controlling interest at acquisition.

Calculate the amount that will be shown as the share of profit of associate in PQ's consolidated statement of profit or loss for the year ended 31 December 20X0.

The following information is extracted from QQ's statement of financial position at 31 March:

Included in other payables is interest payable of $80,000 at 31 March 20X2 and $73,000 at 31 March 20X1.

The following information if included within QQ's statement of profit or loss for the year ended 31 March 20X2.

Included within finance cost is $124,000 which relates to interest paid on a finance lease. QQ includes finance lease interest within financing activities on its statement of cash flows.

QQ is preparing its statement of cash flows for the year ended 31 March 20X2.

What cash outflow figure should be included for corporate income tax paid within the cash flow from operating activities section of the statement?

Give your answer to the nearest $000.