CIMA Financial Reporting Sample Questions:

1. Which of the following is NOT a primary need for regulating financial reporting information of incorporated entities?

A) To ensure that information is consistent with its legal form.
B) To improve the reliability of information for users.
C) To make information more comparable.
D) To make information more consistent.

2. 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 $.

3. MN recently took out a 5 year term loan to buy raw materials to take advantage of a supplier's bulk discount that had been offered to them.
What approach to financing working capital has MN undertaken?

A) Permanent
B) Conservative
C) Aggressive
D) Moderate

4. Which TWO of the following are implications of employee income tax being paid to the tax authority through a Pay-As-You-Earn scheme?

A) The tax authority deals directly with the employees rather than the employers.
B) The tax is paid after the employee completes a tax return.
C) The risk of employees defaulting on the payment of tax due is reduced
D) Most of the administrative costs of collecting the tax are borne by the tax authority
E) The government can budget its cash flows more easily.

5. The following information is extracted from OO's statement of financial position at 31 March:

Included in other payables is interest payable of $80,000 at 31 March 20X2 and $73,000 at 31 March 20X1.
The following information if included within OO's statement of profit or loss for the year ended 31 March
20X2:

Included within finance cost is $124,000 which relates to interest paid on a finance lease. 00 includes finance lease interest within financing activities on its statement of cash flows.________________ Within OO's statement of cash flow for the year ended 31 March 20X2 which figures should be included to reflect the changes in working capital within the net cash flow from operating activities?

A) Option B
B) Option C
C) Option A
D) Option D

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