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Cambridge AS & A Level Accounting

1.5.1Adjustments to draft financial statements

Adjustments to draft financial statements in Cambridge AS & A Level Accounting: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 1.5.1.1Calculate and record adjustments for accruals and prepayments of income and expenses, irrecoverable debts, debts recovered and allowances for irrecoverable debts.
  2. 1.5.1.2Calculate and record adjustments for depreciation, inventory valuation and correction of errors and show their effect on the statements.

Lessons

  • Accruals and prepayments of expenses and income in the ledger

    50 min

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  • Irrecoverable (bad) debts, recoveries and allowances for doubtful debts

    50 min

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  • Year-end adjustments to the draft financial statements

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Sample question

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Adjustments to draft financial statements: sample question

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Where is a prepayment of insurance shown in the statement of financial position?

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