.Company has been trading for one year as at 31 December 2020 and during that year it paid electricity bills amounting to £760. On 14 January 2021 Company received an electricity bill for the three months to 31 December 2020 for £310. It eventually paid the bill on 31 January 2021. Its accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 should show: Select one: a. A statement of profit or loss charge for electricity of £1,070 and a prepayment of £310 on the statement of financial position  b. A statement of profit or loss charge for electricity of £760 and a prepayment of £310 on the statement of financial position  c. A statement of profit or loss charge for electricity of £760 and an accrual of £310 on the statement of financial position  d. A statement of profit or loss charge for electricity of £1,070 and an accrual of £310 on the statement of financial position    2. Company started trading on 1 January. Its trial balance at 31 December, the end of its first year of trading is given below.       Debit  Credit     £  £  Opening capital      26,000  Turnover     95,000  Purchases  64,000     Rent   6,000     Motor van                       18,000     Drawings  10,000     Other expenses              27,000     Bank overdraft     4,000  Total  125,000    125,000    If the closing inventory at 31 December was £5,000 and depreciation is to be ignored, which one of the following is true?    Select one: a. The gross profit will be £36,000 and the net profit will be £3,000 b. The gross profit will be £36,000 and the net profit will be £9,000  c. The gross profit will be £31,500 and the net profit will be £25,000  d. The gross profit will be £31,000 and the net profit will be £3,000

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1.Company has been trading for one year as at 31 December 2020 and during that year it paid electricity bills amounting to £760. On 14 January 2021 Company received an electricity bill for the three months to 31 December 2020 for £310. It eventually paid the bill on 31 January 2021. Its accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 should show:

Select one:
a. A statement of profit or loss charge for electricity of £1,070 and a prepayment of £310 on the statement of financial position 
b. A statement of profit or loss charge for electricity of £760 and a prepayment of £310 on the statement of financial position 
c. A statement of profit or loss charge for electricity of £760 and an accrual of £310 on the statement of financial position 
d. A statement of profit or loss charge for electricity of £1,070 and an accrual of £310 on the statement of financial position 
 
2. Company started trading on 1 January. Its trial balance at 31 December, the end of its first year of trading is given below. 

 

  

Debit 

Credit 

  

£ 

£ 

Opening capital  

  

26,000 

Turnover 

  

95,000 

Purchases 

64,000 

  

Rent  

6,000 

  

Motor van                      

18,000 

  

Drawings 

10,000 

  

Other expenses             

27,000 

  

Bank overdraft 

  

4,000 

Total 

125,000   

125,000 


 

If the closing inventory at 31 December was £5,000 and depreciation is to be ignored, which one of the following is true? 
 

Select one:
a. The gross profit will be £36,000 and the net profit will be £3,000
b. The gross profit will be £36,000 and the net profit will be £9,000 
c. The gross profit will be £31,500 and the net profit will be £25,000 
d. The gross profit will be £31,000 and the net profit will be £3,000 
 
 
 
 
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