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Book-keeping

Financial statements
Further considerations

Chapter 10

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Returns inwards and
returns outwards

Both the returns accounts are involved in


the calculation of gross profit, which
becomes:

Sales
Sales less
less Returns
Returns Inwards
Inwards
Less
Less Cost
Cost of
of Goods
Goods Sold
Sold less
less Returns
Returns Outwards
Outwards

Equals
Equals Gross
Gross profit
profit

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Returns inwards and returns
outwards

Sales
Sales ₤10,000
₤10,000
less
less Returns
Returns Inwards
Inwards 350
350
Net
Net Sales
Sales ₤₤ 9,650
9,650

Purchases
Purchases ₤₤ 7,350
7,350
less
less Returns
Returns Outwards
Outwards 200
200
Net
Net Purchases
Purchases ₤₤ 7,150
7,150

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Returns in- and outwards
& Gross Profit

Sales
Sales ₤10,000
₤10,000
less
less Returns
Returns Inwards
Inwards 350
350
Net
Net Sales
Sales ₤₤ 9,650
9,650
Less
Less Cost
Cost of
of Goods
Goods Sold:
Sold:
Purchases
Purchases ₤7,350
₤7,350
less
less Returns
Returns Outwards
Outwards 200
200 7,150
7,150
Gross
Gross profit
profit or
or result
result on
on trade
trade ₤₤ 2,500
2,500

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Trial Balance K Wade as
at 31 Dec. 2006

Dr
Dr Cr
Cr
₤₤ ₤₤
Sales
Sales 10,000
10,000
Purchases
Purchases ₤7,350
₤7,350
Returns
Returns inwards
inwards 350
350
Returns
Returns outwards
outwards 200
200

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Returnsare
arealways
alwaysdeducted
deductedfrom
fromthethefigure
figureonon
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Carriage inwards

Carriage
Carriage inwards:
inwards:

•• Goods
Goods purchased
purchased from
from supplier(s)
supplier(s)

•• Some
Some suppliers
suppliers charge
charge carriage
carriage separately
separately
from
from goods,
goods, some
some charge
charge one
one amount.
amount.

•• Trading
Trading account:
account: always
always carriage
carriage included
included

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Carriage outwards

Carriage
Carriage outwards:
outwards:

•• cost
cost of
of delivering
delivering goods
goods to
to the
the firm’s
firm’s customers.
customers.

•• P/L:
P/L: expense
expense

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Adjustments needed
for stock

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Calculations of stock

Stock
Stockin
inhand
hand++ purchased
purchasedstock
stock––sold
soldstock
stock==remaining
remaining
stock
stock

According
According to
toprevious
previous slide:
slide:
₤3,000
₤3,000++ ₤42,600
₤42,600––₤40,100
₤40,100==₤5,500
₤5,500

You
Youcan
canrewrite
rewriteititin:
in:
Stock
Stockin
inhand
hand ++purchased
purchasedstock
stock––remaining
remainingstock
stock==sold
soldstock
stock
or
orin
inany
anyother
otherform
formyou
youwant
wantfor
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ananswer
answer

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Financial statements

Trading
Trading account*:
account*:
[Sales
[Sales less
less costs
costs of
of goods
goods sold
sold == Gross
Gross Profit]
Profit]

Profit
Profit and
and loss
loss account*:
account*:
[expenses
[expenses and
and revenues]
revenues]

Balance
Balance sheet:sheet:
[assets,
[assets, liabilities
liabilities and
and capital]
capital]

* = Account is misleading because none of the above financial statements


are ‘accounts’ according to the book-keeping definition of an account.
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End of Chapter 10:
Financial statements
Further considerations

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