HFAC132-1 - Financial Accounting Reporting Assignment - Boston City Campus

Assignment Task

Question

1. Wonderful Walls (Pty) Ltd (‘Wonderful Walls’) is a premier décor company in South Africa, specialising in delivering top-quality wallpapers and wall murals. The company is a registered VAT vendor. The company's current financial year ends on 31 December 2024.

Required

Prepare the general journal entries for all the transactions that occurred during the 2024 financial year in the records of Wonderful Walls (Pty) Ltd. This includes:

• Recording the flood damages and their financial impacts.
•  Accounting for the costs and recovery associated with repairs and replacements.
• Depreciation calculations on all assets.

2. Sunrise Electronics Ltd. specialises in manufacturing advanced electronic components. The company is VAT-registered. The company has a 30 June financial year-end.

On 1 January 2023, Sunrise Electronics Ltd. invested in state-of-the-art machinery for R460 000 (including VAT). The machinery was operational (ready to be used) by 1 February 2023. The machinery's estimated useful life was initially determined to be 8 years with a residual value of R40 000 (excluding VAT).

However, on 1 July 2023, after a thorough analysis with the Engineering Department, the company revised the machinery's estimated useful life from 8 years to 6 years, effective from the date it was put into operation (1 February 2023). The residual value remained the same.

Required 

• Prepare all the general journal entries to account for the change in estimate for Sunrise Electronics Ltd. for the years ended 30 June 2023 and 30 June 2024. Journal dates are required. Narrations are not required. 
• 2.2 Prepare the disclosure note related to the change in estimate for the financial statements of Sunrise Electronics Ltd. for the year ended 30 June 2024.

3. You are the newly appointed financial analyst at Durban Electronics, a company specialising in the retail of various electronic goods. The company’s current financial year ends on 31 December 2024. You are required to perform a detailed examination of the trade payables account as part of the year-end procedures. You've encountered several transactions and occurrences that have affected the trade payables account during the year.

The following information was made available from the company records and financial statements:

• The subsidiary ledger account of AdvancedElectronix (AE) has a balance of R255 000 on 31 December 2024.
• The reditor's statement of account, received from AdvancedElectronix (AE), shows a balance of R264 500 outstanding on 31 December 2024.

Required

• Prepare the trade payables reconciliation for Durban Electronics’ AdvancesElectronix (AE) trade payable as at 31 December 2024 to identify the discrepancies between the subsidiary ledger and the creditor's statement of account. 
•  Describe the impact of incorrect treatment of trade payables, such as overstatements or understatements, on the financial statements of Durban Electronics.
• Explain how the adjustments for early payment discounts, returned goods, and unrecorded interest affect the Trade Payables account and the overall financial position of Durban Electronics. 
• Discuss the importance of timely and accurate recording of transactions related to trade payables in compliance with IFRS, using examples from the scenario of Durban Electronics and AdvancedElectronix (AE).

4. EcoThrive Apparel, a company at the forefront of sustainable fashion, faced several intricate transactions during the financial year ended 30 June 2024.

Below is an extract from the pre-adjustment trial balance as at 30 June 2024:

The following still needs to be recorded:

1. Credit Sales: On 28 June 2024, EcoThrive Apparel made credit sales totaling R500 000. These sales were not included in the trade receivables closing balance.

2. Cash Collections: During June 2024, EcoThrive Apparel collected R250 000 from customers against their outstanding balances.

3. Goods Return: On 15 June 2024, a customer returned goods worth R20 000, citing quality issues. The return was not recorded and the customer's account was not credited.

4. Irrecoverable Debt: Debtor Ms. Aniston, who owed R8 000, declared bankruptcy, and the company expects to recover only 40% of the outstanding amount from her estate.

5. Reinstating a Debtor: On 10 June 2024, Mr. Bing, whose debt was previously written off as bad, paid his outstanding balance of R15,000 in full. While the payment received has been recorded in the bank account, the accounting entry to reinstate Mr. Bing as a debtor in the books was not made. It is necessary to make the appropriate entries to reflect the reinstatement of the debt and to ensure the financial records accurately represent the recovery of the previously written-off amount.

6. Write-off: On 30 June 2024, it was determined that receivables from various customers totaling R25 000 would likely be uncollectible and should be written off.

7. Allowance for Doubtful Debts: EcoThrive Apparel estimated that 5% of the remaining trade receivables would likely be uncollectible at year-end.

Required 

• Prepare the trade receivables account as it would appear in the general ledger of EcoThrive Apparel for the year ending 30 June 2024. Include all necessary adjustments and calculations and close off the account
• Explain the significance of maintaining an accurate Allowance for Doubtful Debts account in the context of EcoThrive Apparel. What impact does this have on the financial statementsfor the year ending 30 June 2024. 
• Discuss the implications of not recording the goods returned on 15 June 2024 for EcoThrive Apparel. Explain how this affects the trade receivables balance and the overall financial reporting for the year ending 30 June 2024. 
• Evaluate the effect of credit sales made on 28 June 2024, which were not included in the trade receivables closing balance. Explain how this omission impacts EcoThrive Apparel's working capital management and financial position at year-end.

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