Master of Business Administration - MBA Semester 1 Subject Code – MB0041 Subject Name – Financial and Management Accounting Assignment Set- 1 (60 Marks)

Q.1 Assume you have just started a Mobile store. You sell mobile sets and currencies of Airtel, Vodaphone, Reliance and BSNL. Take five transactions and prepare a position statement after every transaction. Did you firm earn profit or incurred loss at the end? Make a small comment on your financial position at the end.

Answer:

ParticularsStock Debtor

s Cash Capital

CreditorsHan

d setvouchers

Started business with cash      40000 40000  

purchased nokia handsets 25000    

-25000    

purchased BSNL and Reliance recharge vouchers   5000  

-5000    

sold a handset for 6000 costing 5850-5850     6000 150  

Sold recharge vouchers of 1500 profit 6%   -1500   1590 90  Puchased a second hand cell on crerdit 3000         3000

sold a handset for 10000 costing 9150-9150    

10000 850  

Repair work of the second hand set      -1000 -1000  

Sold the hand set for 5000-3000     5000 2000  

Sold a hand set on credit for 10000 costing 9500 on credit

-9500   10000   500  

Realised 70% from the customer     -7000 7000    Customer became bad debt     -3000   -3000  

  500 3500 038590 39590 3000

  42590 42590

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Q.2a. List the accounting standards issued by ICAI. [5 Marks]

AnswerTo bring uniformity in terminology, accounting concepts, conventions, and assumptions, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) established Accounting Standards Board (ASB) in 1977. An Accounting Standard is a selected set of accounting policies or broad guidelines.

Example: While depreciating an asset the practice of adopting straight line method or diminishing balance method or any other method is a convention regarding theprinciples and methods to be chosen out of several alternatives. There are altogether 32 accounting standards issued by ASB out of which, one standard (AS8) has been withdrawn pursuant to AS26 becoming mandatory.

Accounting Standards (ASs) AS 1 Disclosure of Accounting Policies AS 2 Valuation of Inventories AS 3 Cash Flow Statements AS 4 Contingencies and Events Occurring after the Balance Sheet Date AS 5 Net Profit or Loss for the period, Prior Period Items and Changes in Accounting Policies AS 6 Depreciation Accounting AS 7 Construction Contracts (revised 2002) AS 8 Accounting for Research and Development AS 9 Revenue Recognition AS 10 Accounting for Fixed Assets AS 11 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates (revised 2003), AS 12 Accounting for Government Grants AS 13 Accounting for Investments AS 14 Accounting for Amalgamations AS 15 (revised 2005) Employee Benefits Limited Revision to Accounting Standard (AS) 15, Employee Benefits (revised 2005) AS 15 (issued 1995) Accounting for Retirement Benefits in the Financial Statement of Employers AS 16 Borrowing Costs AS 17 Segment Reporting AS 18, Related Party Disclosures AS 19 Leases AS 20 Earnings Per Share AS 21 Consolidated Financial Statements AS 22 Accounting for Taxes on Income. AS 23 Accounting for Investments in Associates in Consolidated Financial Statements AS 24 Discontinuing Operations AS 25 Interim Financial Reporting AS 26 Intangible Assets AS 27 Financial Reporting of Interests in Joint Ventures AS 28 Impairment of Assets AS 29 Provisions,Contingent` Liabilities and Contingent Assets AS 30 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement and Limited Revisions to AS 2, AS 11 (revised 2003), AS 21, AS 23, AS 26, AS 27, AS 28 and AS 29 AS 31, Financial Instruments: Presentation

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Accounting Standard (AS) 32, Financial Instruments: Disclosures, and limited revision to Accounting Standard (AS) 19, Leases.

2b. Write short notes of IFRS. [5 Marks]Answer:

IFRSThe IFRS Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit private sector organisation working in the public interest. Its principal objectives are:

a)to develop a single set of high quality, understandable, enforceable and globally accepted international financial reporting standards (IFRSs) through its standard-setting body, the IASB; b)to promote the use and rigorous application of those standards; c)to take account of the financial reporting needs of emerging economies and small and medium-sized entities (SMEs); and

d)to bring about convergence of national accounting standards and IFRSs to high quality solutions.

The governance and oversight of the activities undertaken by the IFRS Foundation and its standard-setting body rests with its Trustees, who are also responsible for safeguarding the independence of the IASB and ensuring the financing of the organisation. The Trustees are publicly accountable to a Monitoring Board of public authorities. Standard-setting The IASB (International Accounting Standards Board) The IASB is the independent standard-setting body of the IFRS Foundation. Its members (currently 15 full-time members) are responsible for the development and publication of IFRSs, including the IFRS for SMEs and for approving Interpretations of IFRSs as developed by the IFRS Interpretations Committee (formerly called the IFRIC). All meetings of the IASB are held in public and webcast. In fulfilling its standard-setting duties the IASB follows a thorough, open and transparent due process of which the publication of consultative documents, such as discussion papers and exposure drafts, for public comment is an important component. The IASB engages closely with stakeholders around the world, including investors, analysts, regulators, business leaders, accounting standard-setters and the accountancy profession. The IFRS Interpretations Committee The IFRS Interpretations Committee (formerly called the IFRIC) is the interpretative body of the IASB. The Interpretations Committee comprises 14 voting members appointed by the Trustees and drawn from a variety of countries and professional backgrounds. The mandate of the Interpretations Committee is to review on a timely basis widespread accounting issues that have arisen within the context of current IFRSs and to provide authoritative guidance (IFRICs) on those issues. Interpretation Committee meetings are open to the public and webcast. In developing interpretations, the Interpretations Committee works closely with similar national committees and follows a transparent, thorough and open due process.

Q.3 Prepare a Three-column Cash Book of M/s Thuglak & Co. from the given particulars:Answer: Cash Book

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Dr In the books of M/s Tuglak& Co. Cash Book   Cr

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Date Partriculars

LF

VN

Cash

Bank

Disc

Date Partriculars

LF

VN

Cash

Bank

Disc

2011      

2011      

1-Jan

To, Balance B/d  

50000  

1-Jan

By, Balance B/d    

20000  

2-Jan To, Cash ©  

10000

2-Jan By, Bank ©

10000  

5-Jan To, Mohan  

1175  

3-Jan By, Hari   200  

6-Jan To, Shyam   700  

100

4-Jan

By, Purchase    

1980 20

7-Jan To, Cash ©   700

7-Jan By, Bank © 700  

10-Jan To, Hari   25  

8-Jan

By, Typewriter   250  

11-Jan To, Shyam   820

9-Jan By, Shyam     700  

12-Jan To, Bank ©  

10000  

9-Jan

By, Charges     10  

18-Jan

To, Bills Receivable   990

12-Jan By, Cash ©  

10000  

28-Jan

To, Commission   500

20-Jan

By, Bills Payable    

5000  

29-Jan To, Ramesh   250

22-Jan

By, Drawings  

1000  

30-Jan

To, Loan Repayment  

2000

3000

24-Jan

By, Trade Exp  

2000  

31-Jan To, Interest   30

25-Jan

By, Drawings    

1500  

       26-Jan

By Machinery    

5005  

       27-Jan

By, furniture    

1575  

       31-Jan By, Rent     220  

       31-Jan

By, Bank Charge     50  

31-Jan

To, Balance c/d  

29750

31-Jan

By, Balance c/d  

49750  

     63900

46040

100    

63900

46040 20

                           

Q.4 Choose an Indian Company of your choice that has adopted Balance Score Card and detail on it. [10 Marks]

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Answer:

Tata Motors is the first Indian company to be inducted in the Balance Scorecard Hall of Fame.Joins the thirty-member elite club of organisations including Hilton Hotels, BMW Financial Services, US Army, Korea Telecom, Norwegian Air Force and the city of Brisbane for achieving excellence in company performance.

The commercial vehicle business unit (CVBU) of Tata Motors, India's largest automobile manufacturer, has been inducted in the exclusive club of organisations and corporate houses recognised by the prestigious Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, Inc for achieving excellence in overall company performance. The coveted Steuben crystal 'Rising Star' trophy was presented to the company at the Balanced Scorecard Asia Pacific Summit held at Gold Coast, Queensland Australia.Tata Motors-CVBU has been recognised for having achieved a significant turnaround in its overall performance. The implementation of the Balanced Scorecard has enabled greater focus on different elements of operational performance. Defining, cascading and communicating strategies across the organisation have brought about transparency and alignment. The scorecard incorporates SQDCM (safety, quality, delivery, cost and morale) and VMCDR (volume, market share, customer satisfaction, dealer satisfaction and receivables).Ravi Kant, executive director, CVBU, Tata Motors, said, "While we were conscious of the benefits of the Balanced Scorecard when we began implementing it three years back, we are extremely pleased that it has helped us achieve significant improvements in our overall performance. I am quite positive that the BSC will play an important part in our objective to become a world-class organisation."Balanced Scorecard Collaborative president Dr David P Norton said, "We created the Hall of Fame to publicly acknowledge the hard work and remarkable results of implementing the Balanced Scorecard to create the strategy-focused organisation. The Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame pays tribute to the success that each organisation has attained."Tata Motors- CVBU shares the honour with the city of Brisbane and Korea Telecom (KT).The Balanced Scorecard (BSC) concept-created by Dr Robert S Kaplan and Dr David P Norton in 1992, has been implemented in thousands of corporations, organisations, and government agencies worldwide. Based on the simple premise that "measurement motivates," the BSC puts strategy at the centre of the management process, allowing organisations to implement strategies rapidly and reliably.Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, Inc. is a new kind of professional services firm dedicated to the worldwide awareness, use, enhancement, and integrity of the Balanced Scorecard as a value-added management process.Tata Motors range of commercial vehicles spans over 135 models and can haul loads ranging from 2 to 40 tonnes. The product portfolio also includes 12 to 60-seater buses, tippers and tractor-trailers. Tata Motors vehicles meet the stringent Euro emission norms. The company currently has an export base in most parts of South Asia, Africa, Middle East and Europe. Tata Motors recently crossed the 3-million production milestone.

Q.5 From the data given for Jagdish Company prepare: (a) a statement of source and uses of working capital (funds) (b) a schedule of changes in working capital Assets

Answer:

Schedule of change in working capitalParticulars 2007 2008 Effect in working

Capital

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Increase DecreaseCurrent Assets      Cash 114000 126000 12000  Short term investment 20000 42400 22400  debtors 50000 60000 10000  Stock 28000 38000 10000  (A) 212000 266400    Current Liabilities      Creditors 30000 40000   10000Bills Payable 10000 20000   10000(B) 40000 60000    Net working capital (A-B) 172000 206400    Increase in working capital 34400   34400  206400 206400 54400 54400

Adjusted P/L A/cPartriculars Rs Partriculars Rsdividend paid 11600 By balance b/d 130000

Depreciation on building 32000profit on sale of investment 4800

Depreciation on machinery 20000 Fund from operation 65200loss on sale of machinery 2000       

To, Balance c/d134400  

 200000 200000

       

  Fund flow statement  Source Rs Application Rs

Loan taken 100000increase in working capital 34400

share issued at premium 84000 dividend paid 11600Sale of investment 20800 purchase of building 192000sale of machinery 6000 purchase machinery 70000Fund from operation 65200    Sale of machinery 32000             308000   308000

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Q.6 What is a cash budget? How it is useful in managerial decision making? [10 Marks]ANSWER:

Cash budget is an estimation of the cash inflows and outflows for a business or individual for a specific period of time. Cash budgets are often used to assess whether the entity has sufficient cash to fulfill regular operations and/or whether too much cash is being left in unproductive capacities. A cash budget is extremely important, especially for small businesses, because it allows a company to determine how much credit it can extend to customers before it begins to have liquidity problems. For individuals, creating a cash budget is a good method for determining where their cash is regularly being spent. This awareness can be beneficial because knowing the value of certain expenditures can yield opportunities for additional savings by cutting unnecessary costs.For example, without setting a cash budget, spending a dollar a day on a cup of coffee seems fairly unimpressive. However, upon setting a cash budget to account for regular annual cash expenditures, this seemingly small daily expenditure comes out to an annual total of $365, which may be better spent on other things. If you frequently visit specialty coffee shops, your annual expenditure will be substantially more.

The importance of cash budget may be summarized as follow:-(1) Helpful in Planning. Cash budget helps planning for the most efficient use of cash. It points out cash surplus, or deficiency at selected point of time and enables the management to arrange for the deficiency before time or to plan for investing the surplus money as profitable as possible without any threat to the liquidity. (2) Forecasting the Future needs. Cash budget forecasts the future needs of funds, its time and the amount well in advance. It, thus, helps planning for raising the funds through the most profitable sources at reasonable terms and costs. (3) Maintenance of Ample cash Balance. Cash is the basis of liquidity of the enterprise. Cash budget helps in maintaining the liquidity. It suggests adequate cash balance for expected requirements and a fair margin for the contingencies. (4) Controlling Cash Expenditure. Cash budget acts as a controlling device. The expenses of various departments in the firm can best be controlled so as not to exceed the budgeted limit. (5) Evaluation of Performance. Cash budget acts as a standard for evaluating the financial performance. (6) Testing the Influence of proposed Expansion Programme. Cash budget forecasts the inflows from a proposed expansion or investment programme and testify its impact on cash position.(7) Sound Dividend Policy. Cash budget plans for cash dividend to shareholders, consistent with the liquid position of the firm. It helps in following a sound consistent dividend policy. (8) Basis of Long-term Planning and Co-ordination. Cash budget helps in co-ordinating the various finance functions, such as sales, credit, investment, working capital etc. it is an important basis of long term financial planning and helpful in the study of long term financing with respect to probable amount, timing, forms of security and methods of repayment.

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Master of Business Administration - MBA Semester 1 Subject Code – MB0041 Financial and Management Accounting Assignment Set- 2 (60 Marks)

Q.1 Selected financial information about Vijay merchant company is given .Compute the current ratio, quick ratio, average debt collection period and inventory turnover for 2009 and 2010. State whether there is a favorable or unfavorable change in liquidity from 2009 to 2010. At the beginning of 2009, the company had debtors of Rs..2500 and inventory of Rs.3000. [10 Marks]

Answer:

Year Current AssetsCurrent Liabilities Current Ratio

2009 12000 11000 1.0909090912010 24100 16000 1.50625Year Quick Assets Quick Liability Quick ratio2009 6500 11000 0.5909090912010 12700 16000 0.79375

Year Credit SalesAverage Debtors Debtors Turn over

2009 43000 4500 9.5555555562010 69000 6100 11.31147541

Year Year in daysDebtors Turnover

Debt Collection period

2009 365 9.555555556 38.197674422010 365 11.31147541 32.26811594

YearCost of goods sold Inventory

Stock Turnover period

2009 32500 5500 5.9090909092010 57000 11400 5

Q.2 Explain different methods of costing. Your answer should be studded with examples (preferably firm name and product) for each method of costing.[10 Marks]

Answer:

Job Costing:This is a product related classification of costing system. The cost is ascertained for each job or work order processed. This systems is used where most of the manufacturing activities are planned and carried out for distinct jobs or customers. The utility of this method increases when there is great variability in nature of jobs or work orders processed.

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Batch Costing :This method determines the cost associated with each batch pf products manufactured. This differs from job or work order costing in the variability of the production batches. In this case the production batches consist of mostly standard products or components. What varies is mostly the size of batches and the timing of their processing.Process Costing:In this method of costing the costs are determined for various different manufacturing activities or processes. These costs are the assigned to different products on the basis of some criteria like quantity processed or the time taken for processing. This method of costing is suitable for manufacturing units that use continuous processes or mass production techniques. This method is particularly suitable where there are many different products and process routes, where output of one process becomes input for another.Operation Costing:This method is similar to the process costing. However the products manufactured have limited variation. For example a cement plant may use this method.Multiple costing:Most of the organizations use a combination of different costing method rather than just one method. Multiple costing refers to such combinations of different methods.

Q.3 State the importance of differentiating between the fixed costs and variable costs in managerial decision. [10 Marks]Answer:Variable costs are costs that can be varied flexibly as conditions change. In the John Bates Clark model of the firm that we are studying, labor costs are the variable costs. Fixed costs are the costs of the investment goods used by the firm, on the idea that these reflect a long-term commitment that can be recovered only by wearing them out in the production of goods and services for sale. The idea here is that labor is a much more flexible resource than capital investment. People can change from one task to another flexibly (whether within the same firm or in a new job at another firm), while machinery tends to be designed for a very specific use. If it isn't used for that purpose, it can't produce anything at all. Thus, capital investment is much more of a commitment than hiring is. In the eighteen-hundreds, when John Bates Clark was writing, this was pretty clearly true. Over the past century, a) education and experience have become more important for labor, and have made labor more specialized, and b) increasing automatic control has made some machinery more flexible. So the differences between capital and labor are less than they once were, but all the same, it seems labor is still relatively more flexible than capital. It is this (relative) difference in flexibility that is expressed by the simplified distinction of long and short run. Of course, productivity and costs are inversely related, so the variable costs will change as the productivity of labor changes.Here is a picture of the fixed costs (FC), variable costs (VC) and the total of both kinds of costs (TC) for the productivity

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Output produced is measured toward the right on the horizontal axis. The cost numbers are on the vertical axis. Notice that the variable and total cost curves are parallel, since the distance between them is a constant number -- the fixed cost.

Q.4 Following are the extracts from the trial balance of a firm as at 31st March 2009, Pass the necessary journal entries and show the sundry debtors account, bad debts account, provision for doubtful debts account, P&L a/c and Balance sheet as at 31st March 2009.

Answer 4.

Sundry debtors205000

Less Bad debt 5000less PBD 20000

180000

Date Particulars LF Dr CrBad debt A/c ………………………………………………………. Dr To, Debtors A/c

50005000

P/L A/c ………………………………………………………………… DrTo Bad debt A/c

50005000

P/L A/c ……………………………………………………………….. Dr To, Provision for bad debt A/c

2000020000

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Dr Bad Debt A/c CrDate Partriculars

LF Rs Date Partriculars

LF Rs

  To P/L A/c 5000  By, Debtors A/c   5000

                          5000     5000               

Dr P/L A/c CrDate Partriculars

LF Rs Date Partriculars

LF Rs

 To Bad debt A/c 5000      

  To, PBD20000      

           

   25000      

               

  Balance Sheet  Liability Rs Assets Rs       

    Sundry debtors205000

   LESS Bad debt 5000

   LESS PBD 20000

     180000

       

Q5.A change in credit policy has caused an increase in sales, an increase in discounts taken, a decrease in the amount of bad debts, and a decrease in investment in accounts receivable. Based upon this information, the company’s (select the best one and give reason) 1) Average collection period has decreased 2) Percentage discount offered has decreased 3) Accounts receivable turnover has decreased 4) Working Capital has increased.

ANSWER:

1) Average collection period has decreased

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Since sales have increased, you would expect accounts receivable to increase too, if the Average collection period remained the same. But you’re told that AR has decreased, so the Average collection period must have decreased, i.e. the customers are taking fewer days to pay up.

Q.6 Identify the users of accounting information. [10 Marks]

AnswerAccounting plays a very important role in all businesses but it is not just the business itself that finds accounting information useful. There are other stake holders who rely on accounting information to make decisions. These stakeholders include:1. Shareholders - Shareholders use the balance sheet and profit and loss account produced by limited companies to decide if they are going to increase or decrease their holding.2. Management - Management in every level of the business from director level to supervisor level rely on accounting information to do their job properly. They all use the same information for different purposes. For example, directors use it for strategic purposes and middle management can use it to see if they are meeting their financial targets.3. Suppliers - Along with other data suppliers will look at a company's balance sheet and profit and loss account to see if and how much credit they are willing to give to present and potential customers.4. Lenders - Similar to suppliers lenders also need to make sure a company is in a healthy financial situation before they start to lend money.5. Government - Governments use the information provided by a company about its finances to levy tax on the profits.6. Customers - Before another company becomes a customer or enters into a joint venture, they will look at the company's finances to make sure the company is not in trouble and that their supplies are not about to dry up.7. Employees - Employees also have an interest in how well their employer is doing so use financial accounting information for this purpose.

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