FR – Nov 2019 – L2 – Q1b – Presentation of Financial Statements (IAS 1)

Prepare financial statements for Uchena Nigeria Plc, including profit or loss, changes in equity, and financial position.

Question

The Chief Accountant of Uchena Nigeria plc has just forwarded the trial balance of the company to you for review before the preparation of draft financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018.

The trial balance is as follows:

Description	Debit (N’m)	Credit (N’m)
Ordinary share capital		43,200
Revenue		125,280
Staff cost	18,720
Leasehold building	21,600
Patent rights	4,320
Work-in-progress (Jan 1, 2018)	9,000
Accum. Depreciation on building (Jan 1, 2018)		4,320
Inventories of finished goods (Jan 1, 2018)	11,160
Consultancy fee	3,168
Directors’ salaries	25,920
Computer at cost (Hardware)	3,600
Accum. Depreciation on computer (Jan 1, 2018)		1,440
Retained earnings (Jan 1, 2018)		8,712
Dividend paid	9,000
Cash and bank	31,680
Trade receivables	30,240
Trade payables		6,624
Sundry expenses	21,168
Totals	189,576	189,576

Additional information:

On January 1, 2018, buildings were revalued to N25,920 million. This has not been reflected in the accounts.
Computer (hardware) is depreciated over five years. Buildings are now to be depreciated over 30 years.
The patent rights relate to a computer software with a 3-year life span.
An allowance for bad debts of 5% is to be created.
Closing inventories of finished goods are valued at N12,960 million. Work-in-progress has increased to N10,080 million.
There is an estimated liability for current tax of N8,640 million, which has not been recognized.

Required:

Prepare a draft statement of profit or loss (analyzing expenses by nature) for the year ended December 31, 2018. (6 Marks)
Prepare a statement of changes in equity for the year ended December 31, 2018. (4 Marks)
Prepare a statement of financial position as at December 31, 2018. (6 Marks)

Answer

In such a case, the reversal is recognized in the statement of profit or loss.