Financial accounting worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Gross profit is:

  1. ARevenue minus cost of goods sold
  2. BCash in minus cash out
  3. CRevenue minus all expenses
  4. DTotal assets minus total liabilities
2.Easy

Which is a liability?

  1. AInventory
  2. BShare capital paid in by owners
  3. CA loan from a bank
  4. DCash in hand
3.Easy

The gross profit margin is calculated as:

  1. AGross profit ÷ revenue × 100
  2. BRevenue ÷ cost of sales × 100
  3. CNet profit ÷ revenue × 100
  4. DGross profit ÷ total assets × 100
4.Medium

A machine costs €10,000 and is depreciated at 20% a year on the reducing balance. What is the depreciation charge in year 2?

  1. A€1,800
  2. B€1,600
  3. C€4,000
  4. D€2,000
5.Medium

A shop buys 100 units at €10, then 100 units at €12, and then sells 150 units. What is cost of sales using FIFO?

  1. A€1,700
  2. B€1,500
  3. C€1,650
  4. D€1,600
6.Medium

What is the key difference between absorption costing and marginal costing?

  1. AMarginal costing is required by IFRS for external reporting
  2. BMarginal costing includes all overheads in inventory; absorption costing excludes them
  3. CAbsorption costing includes fixed production overheads in inventory; marginal costing treats them as period costs
  4. DAbsorption costing ignores variable costs
7.Hard

An asset has a carrying amount of €500,000, fair value less costs of disposal of €380,000 and value in use of €420,000. What impairment loss is recognised?

  1. A€80,000
  2. B€120,000
  3. C€200,000
  4. D€0
8.Hard

Under IFRS 16, a lessee typically recognises a lease on the balance sheet as:

  1. AAn operating expense only, spread evenly over the lease term
  2. BRevenue and inventory
  3. CA right-of-use asset and a lease liability
  4. DEquity and a provision

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Revenue minus cost of goods sold
  2. 2. C · A loan from a bank
  3. 3. A · Gross profit ÷ revenue × 100
  4. 4. B · €1,600
  5. 5. D · €1,600
  6. 6. C · Absorption costing includes fixed production overheads in inventory; marginal costing treats them as period costs
  7. 7. A · €80,000
  8. 8. C · A right-of-use asset and a lease liability

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