WAEC Accounting Past Questions & Answers - Page 214

The amount of money granted by government to public institutions to meet recurrent expenditure during a fiscal year is

Which of the following is the basis of accounting in public service?

An expense is said to be revenue in nature if it

Use the information to answer the given question.

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT: \(\begin{array}{c|c} & & N & & N \\ \hline \text{Balance - 1st January} & 2002 & 200 & \text{Bar supplies}& 2,850\\ \text{subscriptions received:} & & & \text{wages} & 350\\ & 2002 & 3,600 & \text{General expenses} & 400 \\ & 2003 & 250 & \text{Printing expenses} & 120 \\ \text{Receipts from Bar} & & 4,500 & \text{Equipment} & 200 \\ \text{receipts from dance} & & 500 & \text{Repairs} & 200 \\ \text{Sundry receipts} & & 400 & \text{Balance - 31st December} & 4,880 \\ & & \overline{9,450} & & \end{array}\)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

\(\begin{array}{c|c} & \text{1/01/02} & \text{31/12/12} \\ & N & N \\ \hline \text{Equipment} & 4,500 & 5,150\\ \text{Stock - Bar} & 1,200 & 3,200 \\ \text{Bar supplies} & 2,400 & 5,600\end{array}\)

Amount owing to Bar creditors is

Use the information to answer the given question.

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT: \(\begin{array}{c|c} & & N & & N \\ \hline \text{Balance - 1st January} & 2002 & 200 & \text{Bar supplies}& 2,850\\ \text{subscriptions received:} & & & \text{wages} & 350\\ & 2002 & 3,600 & \text{General expenses} & 400 \\ & 2003 & 250 & \text{Printing expenses} & 120 \\ \text{Receipts from Bar} & & 4,500 & \text{Equipment} & 200 \\ \text{receipts from dance} & & 500 & \text{Repairs} & 200 \\ \text{Sundry receipts} & & 400 & \text{Balance - 31st December} & 4,880 \\ & & \overline{9,450} & & \end{array}\)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

\(\begin{array}{c|c} & \text{1/01/02} & \text{31/12/12} \\ & N & N \\ \hline \text{Equipment} & 4,500 & 5,150\\ \text{Stock - Bar} & 1,200 & 3,200 \\ \text{Bar supplies} & 2,400 & 5,600\end{array}\)
Gross profit from Bar trading is