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SCS – Apr 2022 – L3 – Q8 – Controlling risk

Explain five factors of internal control that HPC can implement to strengthen governance.

Question

The Accountant advised the CEO that to strengthen governance, the Board should concern itself with the establishment of strong internal control systems. Failures or weaknesses in internal controls will have adverse consequences for HPC’s finances, financial reporting, operational efficiency and effectiveness, or regulatory compliance.

Required:
Write a paper, explaining FIVE (5) factors to the Board the nature of internal controls that could be instituted by HPC to strengthen governance. (10 marks)

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Level: Level 3

Topic: Controlling Risk
Series: APR 2022

SCS – Apr 2022 – L3 – Q7 – Professional practice and codes of ethics

Discuss key governance issues based on Ghana’s Code of Best Practices considering the Board Chairman’s intentions.

Question

In reference to Ghana’s Code of Best Practices in Corporate Governance, discuss FOUR (4) key issues that could determine how well or badly HPC is governed, taking into consideration the intention and business relationship of the Board Chairman. (10 marks)

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Tags: Best Practices, Board of Directors, Conflict of Interest, Corporate Governance, Ethical Governance
Level: Level 3

Topic: Professional Ethics and Code of Conduct for Auditors
Series: APR 2022

SCS – Apr 2022 – L3 – Q6 – Investment decisions

Compute NPV for two investment options and evaluate potential benefits and difficulties for HPC.

Question

a) For the two strategic development options being considered by HPC, compute:
i) the Net Present Value of Option 1.
ii) the Net Present Value of Option 2.
iii) the Net Present Value for the worst-case outcome for Option 1. (10 marks)

b) Discuss THREE (3) potential benefits and TWO (2) difficulties for HPC of undertaking each of the strategic development options. Your answer should include an evaluation of the calculations of the profitability index of each option. (10 marks)

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Level: Level 3

Topic: Investment Decisions
Series: APR 2022

SCS – Apr 2022 – L3 – Q5 – Identifying and assessing risk

Discuss eight business risks faced by HPC and recommend mitigation strategies based on the Turnbull Report.

Question

In their Annual Business Review meeting, the Board of HPC discussed a report on Internal Controls and Risk Management, presented by the Internal Auditor. The Board Chairman in his comments mentioned that he would have been more comfortable with a Risk Management report categorized according to the Turnbull Report.

Required:
With reference to the Turnbull Report and the comments made by the Board Chairman, write a report discussing EIGHT (8) categories of business risks faced by HPC and recommendations to mitigate the identified risks. (20 marks)

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Level: Level 3

Topic: Identifying and assessing risk
Series: APR 2022

SCS – Apr 2022 – L3 – Q4 – Strategy implementation

Explain why HPC’s decentralized system is preferable to a centralized system.

Question

The Chief Executive Officer is concerned that with the expansion of the operations of HPC to other countries, she would further have to divulge authority and power to other Managers because of how the company would grow in size and complexity.

Required:
Explain to the CEO why HPC’s decentralized system of internal organizational relationship is preferable to a centralized system. (10 marks)

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Tags: Centralization, Decentralization, Decision Making, Organizational Structure
Level: Level 3

Topic: Strategy implementation
Series: APR 2022

SCS – Apr 2022 – L3 – Q3 – Competitive advantage

Analyse how HPC can achieve competitive advantage using Porter’s six principles when expanding to Nigeria and Togo.

Question

Consistent with its strategic ambition to expand its business into other countries, HPC is considering expanding to Nigeria and Togo.

Required:
Using Porter’s six principles of strategic positioning, analyse how HPC can achieve sustainable competitive advantage if it decides to expand the business to Nigeria and Togo. (10 marks)

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Level: Level 3

Topic: Competitive Advantage
Series: APR 2022

SCS – Apr 2022 – L3 – Q2 – Environment analysis

Discuss HPC’s external business environment using PESTEL and evaluate limitations of PESTEL.

Question

favourable or unfavourable to its present survival and future success. The influences (current influences and possible future influences) of the business environment of HPC need to be analysed to ensure that none are over-looked.

Required:

a) Using PESTEL analysis, discuss HPC’s external business environment that appears to be either favourable or unfavourable to its present survival and future success. (8 marks)

b) Discuss TWO (2) limitations of PESTEL as a technique in analysing the environmental influences of HPC. (2 marks)

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Level: Level 3

Topic: Environment analysis
Series: APR 2022

SCS – Apr 2022 – L3 – Q1 – Strategy, stakeholders and mission

Discuss stakeholder groups' influence on business decisions using Mendelow's matrix.

Question

As part of a review of the strategic position of HPC and its move to expand the business, management identified its major stakeholder groups, their power, and their expectations that could either fast-track or delay the implementation of the decision. These major stakeholder groups are the employees, farmers, regulatory authorities, and customers.

Required:
Using two matrices of approach to stakeholder mapping, discuss and show (with diagrams) the relative significance of stakeholder groups identified and their real and potential influences over HPC and its expansion strategies. (Use the stakeholder position/importance matrix and the stakeholder power/interest matrix – Mendelow matrix.) (10 marks)

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Level: Level 3

Topic: Strategy, stakeholders, and mission
Series: APR 2022

FR – April 2022 – L2 – Q2c – Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting

Determine the appropriate accounting treatment for a government grant received by Karikari Ltd for the purchase of a new plant and its impact on the financial statements.

Question

c) On 1 June 2020, Karikari Ltd received a Government of Ghana grant of GH¢8 million towards the purchase of a new plant with a gross cost of GH¢64 million. The plant has an estimated life of 10 years and is depreciated on a straight-line basis. One of the terms of the grant is that the sale of the plant before 31 May 2024 would trigger a repayment on a sliding scale as follows:

The directors propose to credit the statement of profit or loss with GH¢2 million (GH¢8 million @ 25%) being the amount of the grant they believe has been earned in the year ended 31 May 2021. Karikari Ltd accounts for government grants as a separate item of deferred credit in its statement of financial position. Karikari Ltd has no intention of selling the plant before the end of its useful economic life.

Required:
Explain with computations, the appropriate accounting treatment of the above transaction in accordance with IAS 20 Government Grants and Disclosure of Government Assistance in the financial statements of Karikari Ltd for the year ended 31 May 2021. (3 marks)

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Level: Level 2

Topic: Financial Reporting Standards and Their Applications
Series: APR 2022

FR – April 2022 – L2 – Q2b – Financial Reporting Standards and Their Applications

Prepare extracts for the Statement of Financial Position and Statement of Profit or Loss for Kundugu Ltd in 2020 and 2021, accounting for a lease agreement under IFRS 16.

Question

b) Kundugu Ltd (Kundugu) is a manufacturing company located in the Savannah Region. The reporting date of Kundugu is 31 December, and the company reports under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs). Kundugu intends to expand its production to take advantage of emerging economic activities in the new region.

On 1 January 2020, the company entered into a lease agreement for production equipment with a useful economic life of 8 years. The lease term is for four years, and Kundugu agrees to pay annual rent of GH¢50,000 commencing on 1 January 2020 and annually thereafter. The interest rate implicit in the lease is 7.5%, and the lessee’s incremental borrowing rate is 10%. The present value of lease payments not yet paid on 1 January 2020 is GH¢130,026. Kundugu paid legal fees of GH¢1,000 to set up the lease.

Required:
Prepare extracts for the Statement of Financial Position and Statement of Profit or Loss for 2020 and 2021, showing how Kundugu should account for this transaction. (6 marks)

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Level: Level 2

Topic: Financial Reporting Standards and Their Applications
Series: APR 2022

PT – April 2022 – L2 – Q2b – Value Added Tax (VAT)

Explain what constitutes the supply of services under the VAT Act 870 (Act 2013).

Question

b) What constitutes supply of services under the VAT Act 870 (Act 2013)?
(4 marks)

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Topic: Taxation of Services, Value-Added Tax (VAT)
Series: APR 2022

PT – April 2022 – L2 – Q2c – Value Added Tax (VAT)

Explain what compulsory VAT registration entails under the VAT Act.

Question

c) What is Compulsory Registration under the types of VAT registration?
(2 marks)

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Topic: Tax Administration, Value-Added Tax (VAT)
Series: APR 2022

PT – April 2022 – L2 – Q3a – Income Tax Liabilities

Explain the tax treatment for overtime allowance and bonus payments in Ghana.

Question

a) Explain the tax treatment for Overtime Allowance Payment and Bonus Payment.
(6 marks)

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Series: APR 2022

PT – April 2022 – L2 – Q3b(i & ii) – Income Tax Liabilities

Compute the tax liability on overtime allowances for Maame Agyeiwaa for January and February 2021.

Question

b) Maame Agyeiwaa is a junior staff member of KayDee Ltd. Her monthly basic salary is GH¢800. She was paid an overtime allowance totalling GH¢100 during the month of January 2021. In February 2021, Maame Agyeiwaa was paid overtime allowance totalling GH¢500.

Required:
i) Compute her tax liability on the overtime allowance for the month of January 2021.
(2 marks)

ii) Compute her tax liability on the overtime allowance payments for the month of February 2021.
(3 marks)

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Topic: Income Tax Liabilities, Taxation of Overtime
Series: APR 2022

PT – April 2022 – L2 – Q3c – Income Tax Liabilities

Determine the tax implication of overtime allowance paid to Bawa in February 2021.

Question

c) Bawa is a junior staff member of Blinks Ltd. Her monthly basic salary is GH¢2,000. She was paid an overtime allowance totalling GH¢500 during the month of February 2021.

Required:
What is the tax implication of the overtime allowance paid?
(3 marks)

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Topic: Employment Income, Income Tax Liabilities, Taxation of Overtime
Series: APR 2022

PT – April 2022 – L2 – Q3d – Income Tax Liabilities

Calculate the tax liability on Eunice Danso's bonus income for 2021.

Question

Eunice Danso works with Gyidi Ltd and earns an annual basic salary of GH¢50,000. She was paid a bonus of GH¢6,000 in 2021.

Required:
Determine the tax liability on the bonus. (3 marks)

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Topic: Bonus Payment Taxation, Employment Income, Individual Taxation, Tax Calculation
Series: APR 2022

PT – April 2022 – L2 – Q3e – Income Tax Liabilities

Calculate the tax liability on Bisa's bonus income for 2021

Question

Bisa works with Kaydei Ltd and earns an annual basic salary of GH¢140,000. He was paid a bonus of GH¢45,000 in 2021.

Required:
Determine the tax liability on the bonus.
(3 marks)

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Topic: Income Tax Liabilities, Tax Administration
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PT – April 2022 – L2 – Q4 – Corporate Tax Liabilities

Calculate the tax payable for Therry Ltd for the 2020 year of assessment using the provided financial data and adjustments.

Question

The following extract relates to the financial data of Therry Ltd, a company resident in Ghana with a basis period from January to December each year. Therry Ltd has submitted its tax returns to GRA for the 2020 year of assessment:

The following additional information is available:

Interest Charges:
a. Interest on loan for MD’s personal housing project GH¢500,000
b. Foreign exchange loss on loan GH¢320,500
c. Bank charges GH¢75,000
Donations:
a. Osu Children Home GH¢10,000
b. Pastor (Azigi Church) GH¢30,000
c. Labone Senior High School GH¢20,000
d. National Disaster Management Organisation GH¢50,000
e. Political Parties Fundraising GH¢90,000
An amount of GH¢200,000 disclosed in the accounts was paid for repairs and improvements of an old machine bought three years ago. It is hoped that the performance of the machine will be enhanced after the improvements.
Creditors of the company agreed to cancel an amount of GH¢120,000 standing as part of the credit balance as incentive to the company. This has not been taken into account by the company in its tax returns to GRA.
An amount of GH¢300,000 being cost price of goods was issued to a related party outside Ghana at cost. The margin on the goods waived was sighted as GH¢40,000 in a correspondence with the related party.
Tax paid on account was GH¢20,000.
The company booked capital allowance unutilised certified by GRA from 2019 year of assessment as GH¢300,000.
Capital allowance agreed with GRA after taking into account all relevant issues was GH¢1,050,000 for 2020 year of assessment.
The machine (Pool 3 asset) had a written down value of GH¢4,000,000 as at 1 January 2020.
An allowable bad debt included in the selling and distribution expenses for 2019 amounted to GH¢100,000. The company recovered the amount in 2020 but no transaction was recorded in 2020.
Therry Ltd disposed off one of its capital assets for GH¢250,000 to the Managing Director. It cost the company GH¢300,000 to acquire the asset some years ago. An investigation revealed that the market value of the asset at the time of the sale was GH¢350,000. The company has already included the loss of the sale of the asset in administration expenses.
Required:
Determine the tax payable for the 2020 year of assessment. (20 marks)

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Topic: Corporate Tax Liabilities, Tax Computation for Companies
Series: APR 2022

PT – April 2022 – L2 – Q5a – Withholding Tax Administration

Explain four exemptions from withholding tax according to the Income Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896).

Question

Although the scope of withholding tax covers employment, business, and investment income, not every income is subject to withholding tax in accordance with the Income Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896) as amended.

Required:
Explain FOUR (4) of these withholding tax exemptions.
(10 marks)

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Topic: Exemptions, Withholding Tax Administration
Series: APR 2022

PT – April 2022 – L2 – Q5b – Taxation of Capital Gains

Explain the circumstances under which an asset is considered realised for taxation purposes.

Question

A gain made by a person from the realisation of an asset is the total amount of consideration received for the sale of the asset less the cost of the asset at the time of realisation.

Required:
When is an asset realised? (5 marks)

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