F1 Exam Dumps : Financial Reporting

Statements of financial position as at 31 December 20X8 for JK, LM and PQ are as follows:

[1] JK purchased 80% of LM's $1 equity shares on 1 January 20X8 for $260,000 when the retained earnings of JK were $110,000. At that date the non-controlling interest had a fair value of $63,000.

[2] JK purchased 25% of PQ's $1 equity shares on 1 January 20X8 for $90,000 when the retained earnings of PQ were $96,000.

[3] During the year JK sold goods to LM for $32,000 at a mark up of 33.33% on cost. Half of the goods were still in LM's inventory at 31 December 20X8.

[4] LM transferred $32,000 to JK on 30 December 20X8 in settlement of the inter-group trade. JK did not record the cash in its financial records until 2 January 20X9.

Calculate the value of inventory that would be included in JK's consolidated statement of financial position at 31 December 20X8.

Give your answer to the nearest $.

DE purchased an asset on 1 January 20X1 for $60,000 with a useful economic life of six years and a residual value of $3,000.

DE uses straight line depreciation for this asset.

On 31 December 20X3 the asset has a value in use of $ $28,000 and a fair value of $26,000.

Which of the following values should be used for the asset in DE's statement of financial position as at 31 December 20X3?

Which of the following methods could be used by a tax authority to reduce tax evasion and avoidance?