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CSS Accountancy and Auditing Paper I Past Paper 2023
CSS Accountancy and Auditing Paper I 2023 carries 100 marks over 3 hours. It has 7 questions.
- Marks
- 100
- Time
- 3 hours
- Questions
- 7
How to attempt: Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II by selecting TWO questions from EACH SECTION. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
Questions
Question 1 (Part I) is the paper's MCQs, which are not reproduced here.
SECTION – I
- Q. 2(20)
- (A)What are the Accounting Principles? Define any four accounting principles shortly.(5)
- (B)What are the Accounting Conventions? Define any four accounting conventions shortly.(5)
- (C)The below mentioned balances are extracted from the books of Emerging Technologies Pvt. Ltd. as on 31st August 2022.(10)
Head of Account Amount Sundry expenses 166,000 Opening Stock 400,000 Premises 3,775,000 Furniture 1,350,000 Machinery 2,600,000 Drawings 250,000 Purchases 6,455,000 Sales 12,262,000 Discount received 47,000 Discount allowed 54,000 Carriage outward 18,000 Returns inward 122,000 Return outwards 28,000 Closing Stock 372,500 Wages and salaries 1,750,000 Cash in hand 940,000 Rent, rates and taxes 137,000 Rent received in advance 53,000 Bills receivables 192,000 Trade creditors 2,076,000 Book debts 3,150,000 Bills payable 130,000 Bank loan 580,000 Capital 6,200,000 Carriage inward 17,000 Required: Prepare a Trial Balance as on that date in a proper format.
- Q. 3Deluxe Software Private Limited closes its books on 31st December every year. You are provided with the following data:(20)
Shareholders Equity (Rs.’000’) 2021 2020 Opening 700 600 Profit after tax 220 200 920 800 Dividend (100) (100) Closing 820 700 Other data Number of Shares (in ‘000s) 60 60 Required:
- (a)On the basis of above data, compute the following for the year 2020 and 2021(5)
- (a)Earnings per share (EPS)
- (b)Return on closing equity (ROE)
- (c)Book value per share (BV)
- (b)Compute dividend per share and rate of dividend for the year 2022.(5)
- (c)For the year ending 31st December 2022 the management decided to aim for EPS Rs.4.00 (9% higher than for the year 2021) and return on closing equity of 25%. Compute the estimated book value as at 31st December 2022 assuming that management targets are achieved. Also compute estimated figures for Profit after Tax, Dividend and Equity.(10)
- Q. 4(20)
- (A)Post-closing Trial Balance of Premium Fabrics Private Limited for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2022 are as follows:(10)
2022 2021 Equities and Liabilities Issued and paid-up capital 5,000,000 5,000,000 Short-term running finance 3,000,000 800,000 Unappropriate profit 400,000 300,000 Trade Creditors 3,000,000 1,000,000 Accumulated Depreciation: Plant and Machinery 900,000 600,000 Motor Vehicle 420,000 280,000 12,720,000 7,980,000 Assets Land and Building 2,500,000 1,500,000 Plant and Machinery 3,000,000 2,500,000 Motor vehicles 620,000 580,000 Stock in Hand 3,600,000 1,100,000 Trade debtors 3,000,000 2,300,000 12,720,000 7,980,000 Additional data:
• During the year 2022, a dividend @ 10% was distributed to the shareholders. The paid-up value of each share is Rs. 10/-
• A Motor vehicle, having original cost of Rs. 100,000 and depreciated book value of Rs. 60,000 was sold for Rs. 80,000.
• Gross funds generated from operations during the year was Rs. 1,060,000.
Required: prepare a cash flow statement of Premium Fabrics as per IAS-7 for the year 2022.
- (B)Mr. Haider started a business on March 1st 2022 with a capital of Rs. 645,000. His newly appointed bookkeeper records transaction on simple papers. His cash book page shows following transactions for the year.(10)
Particulars Amount Particulars Amount Expenses Paid 27,500 Sales on cash 322,000 Receipts from debtors 241,000 Drawings of Mr. Haider 25,500 Purchase of Motorbike 92,000 Payments to creditors 322,000 Purchases on cash 148,000 On December 31st 2022 value of closing stock is 46,000. The payables and receivables are Rs.125,000 and Rs. 80,000 respectively. Useful life of motorbike is 8 years and salvage value will be 32000. Bookkeeper decided to use the straight-line method of depreciation for the whole useful life of motorbike.
Required: Prepare Trading and Profit and Loss account and Balance Sheet as on 31st December 2022.
SECTION – II
- Q. 5(20)
- (A)Eagle Star is a manufacturing company. The Company uses Rowan Premium bonus scheme for its workers payroll. Workers are also entitled to dearness allowance of Rs. 2,400 per week of 48 hours. Mr. Afzal is one of the workers of that company. His basic wage rate is 1,200 per day of 8 hours. His time sheet for the week is as under:(10)
Job Name Time Allowed Time Taken Crafting 25 hours 20 hours Assembling 30 hours 20 hours Idle time (Waiting) ----- 8 hours Required: Calculate gross wage of Mr. Afzal for the week.
- (B)An Automobile factory will use 500,000 tyres for its production in coming year. The incremental cost of placing an order is Rs. 8,000. The cost of storing a tyre for whole year is Rs. 2000.Lead time on an order is 5 days and the company wishes to keep reserve supply of two days usage. Usage per day will be constant in whole work year. Company work year consists of 250 days.(10)
Required: Calculate Economic Order Quantity and Reorder point.
- Q. 6(20)
- (A)A manufacturing company of Lahore submits the following information for the year ending 31st December 2022:(10)
Particulars Amount Particulars Amount Sales 4,500,000 Raw Material 1st January 150,000 Purchases 2,020,000 Finished Goods 1st January 700,000 Tools Expenses 45,000 Indirect Labour 50,000 Depreciation of Plant 45,000 Power, Heat & Light 30,000 Work in process 1st January 300,000 Finished Goods 31st December 605,000 Purchase Retunes 20,000 Depreciation of machinery 60,000 Fire Insurance 8,000 Raw Material 31st December 290,000 Direct Labour 590,000 Work in Process 31st December 250,000 Misc. Manufacturing Costs 9,000 Indirect Material Consumed 50,000 Selling Expenses 5% of sales Administrative Expenses 2% of sales Required: Prepare an Income Statement for the year ended 31st December 2022
- (B)Khizra manufacturing corporation has fixed cost for the year ended 31st December 2022 is Rs. 400,000. Variable cost per unit is Rs. 20. Each Unit sells at Rs. 100.(10)
Required:
- (a)Break Even point (both in units and value)(2)
- (b)If turnover for the next year is Rs. 800,000, calculate the estimated contribution and profit, assuming the cost and selling price remain the same(4)
- (c)A profit target of Rs. 400,000 has been desired for the next year. Calculate the turnover required to achieve the desired result.(4)
- Q. 7The Balance Sheet of Fazal Din & Co. as on 31st December 2021 was as follows:(20)
BALANCE SHEET Liabilities & Capital Amount Assets Amount Current Liabilities Rs. 17,500 Cash Rs. 5,000 Paid-up-Capital Accounts Receivable Rs. 10,000 3,000 ordinary shares of Rs. 10 each Rs. 30,000 Materials Rs. 4,000 Retained Earnings Rs. 10,000 Work in Process Rs. 2,000 Finished Goods Rs. 6,000 Prepaid expenses Rs. 500 Fixed Assets(net) Rs. 30,000 Rs. 57,500 Rs. 57,500 During the year 2022 the retained earnings increase 50% as a result of good business. No dividend was paid during the year. Balances of Accounts receivables, prepaid expenses, current liabilities and paid-up capital were the same as 31st December 2022 as they had been on 31st December 2021, Inventories were reduced as follows:
Material 50% Work in process 50% Finished goods 33-1/3% Fixed Assets were reduced by depreciation of Rs. 4,000 charged 3/4th to factory overhead and 1/4th to administrative expenses. Sales were made of Rs. 60,000 on account of finished goods costing Rs. 40,000. Direct labor cost was Rs. 9,000. Factory overhead was applied at the rate of 100% of direct labor cost, leaving Rs. 2,000 under applied which was closed to cost of goods sold account. Total marketing and administrative expenses amounting to 10% and 15% respectively of the gross sales.
Required:
- (a)An Income statement for 2022, along with the details of Cost of goods manufactured and sold(10)
- (b)A balance Sheet as on 31st December 2022.(10)
- Q. 8A chemical factory manufactures three kinds of chemicals namely Eucalyptus oil, Hexachlorobenzen and Toxaphene. In the last week of December 2022, the records were:(20)
Labor Grade No of Employees Rate per hour (Rs.) Hours Worked by each employee I 12 40 40 II 36 32 42 III 8 28 40 IV 2 16 44 Output and standard times during the same week were as follows:
Components Output (In Units) Standard Minutes for each unit Eucalyptus oil 888 30 Hexachlorobenzen 1800 54 Toxaphene 960 66 Normal working hours per week are 38. Overtime is paid at the premium of 50 % of the normal hour rate.
Group Incentive Scheme:
A group incentive scheme is in operation. The time saved is expressed as a percentage of hours worked and is shared between the group as a proportion of the hours worked by each grade. The incentive rate is 75% of the normal hour rate.
Required: Prepare the payroll for the last week of December 2022 showing the basic pay, overtime and incentive amount as separate totals for each grade of labor.
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