CIMA Related Exams
BA3 Exam
Your company provides a number of staff with lap-top computers, as well as pocket calculators. It capitalizes the cost of the computers and depreciates them over several years, but writes off the cost of the pocket calculators in full, against profits, in the period in which they are purchased.
The main justification for this difference in treatment is:
STU has an accounting period end of 31 December 20X8 During the year STU paid $4,800 for business insurance to cover the year to 30 June 20X9 The amount paid for business insurance for 30 June 20X8 was $4,500.
What is the insurance expense to be recognized in the statement of profit or loss of STU for the year ended 31 December 20X8? Give your answer to the nearest $

AB sells two products ,X and Y. The following information was available at AB’s year-end, 31 December 20X6:

At 31 December 20X6 AB held 800 units of Product X and 400 units of Product Y
What is the value that will be included in inventories in AB's statement of financial position as at 31 December 20X6?