Accounting 0452/23 May/June 2025: question paper and mark scheme
Cambridge IGCSE Accounting (0452), Paper 2 Structured, May/June 2025. Read both free below, or download them. Done the paper? Get it marked by AI against this mark scheme.
Anika started in business on 1 March 2024, but she did not start to keep full book-keeping records until 1 March 2025.
Anika’s assets and liabilities at 1 March 2025 were:
$
Premises 90 000
Motor vehicle 14 500
Inventory 3 625
Trade receivables:
Kofi 3 000
Davia 2 140
Petty cash 86
Bank overdraft 1 080
Trade payables:
Ado 1 925
Sam 210
REQUIRED
(a) Prepare the opening journal entry at 1 March 2025. A narrative is required.
Anika
Journal
Date Details $ $
[4]
Question 1 continues on page 4.
Anika decided to maintain a petty cash book using the imprest system. The imprest amount is
$150. On 1 March 2025, Anika drew the amount required for petty cash from the bank account.
During March 2025, Anika made the following payments from petty cash.
March 6 Paid for petrol, $30
10 Paid for computer paper, $12
17 Paid Sam, $48, on account
21 Paid for postage, $6
28 Paid for car cleaning, $8
REQUIRED
(b) Prepare Anika’s petty cash book on page 5 for the month of March 2025.
Balance the petty cash book, bring down the balance on 1 April 2025 and restore the imprest.
Anika
Petty Cash Book
Total Date Details Total Motor Office Ledger received 2025 paid expenses expenses accounts
$ $ $ $ $
5
[11]
On 21 March 2025, Anika purchased goods on credit from Sam, list price $120, subject to a trade discount of 5%. On 25 March 2025, Anika returned half of these goods.
REQUIRED
(c) Prepare the account for Sam in the books of Anika for March 2025. Balance the account and bring down the balance at 1 April 2025.
Anika
Sam account
Date Details $ Date Details $
[5]
[Total: 20]
2 Mo is a farmer. He prepares his financial statements to 31 December each year. He delivers his farm produce to his customers in his delivery vehicle.
Mo charges depreciation on vehicles at 20% per annum using the reducing balance method.
He charges a full year’s depreciation in the year of purchase and no depreciation in the year of disposal.
On 31 March 2024, he sold his delivery vehicle for $2900 and received payment by cheque. He had purchased this delivery vehicle in June 2021 for $10 000.
REQUIRED
(a) Calculate the accumulated depreciation on the delivery vehicle which Mo sold on
31 March 2024.
…… [3]
(b) Prepare the disposal account for the sale of the delivery vehicle on 31 March 2024.
Mo
Disposal of vehicles account
Date Details $ Date Details $
[4]
Mo purchased a new delivery vehicle on 1 April 2024. The purchase price is made up as follows:
$
Cost of vehicle 12 500
Petrol 60
Insurance (6 months) 475
Number (licence) plates 215
Total 13 250
REQUIRED
(c) Calculate the amount which Mo will record in his delivery vehicle account for this transaction on 1 April 2024.
…… [2]
Mo is considering opening a shop to sell his farm produce. He hopes that customers will come to his farm and buy from the shop so that he will not need to deliver to them. He will use an existing farm building as his shop.
REQUIRED
(d) Advise Mo whether or not he should open the shop. Justify your answer by providing advantages and disadvantages of opening the shop.
…… [5]
Mo owns his farmland and rents out one of his fields to a neighbouring farmer, Barry, for $80 a month. Barry pays Mo by bank transfer.
On 1 January 2024, Barry owed Mo two months’ rent. During the year ended 31 December 2024,
Barry paid the following amounts to Mo for rent:
$
1 March 320
1 September 720
REQUIRED
(e) Prepare Mo’s rental income account for the year ended 31 December 2024. Total the account and bring down the balance at 1 January 2025.
Mo
Rental income account
Date Details $ Date Details $
[4]
Mo has noticed that his gross margin and profit margin are higher than those of Barry.
REQUIRED
(f) State one reason why:
(i) Mo’s gross margin is higher than Barry’s
…… [1]
(ii) Mo’s expenses are lower than Barry’s.
…… [1]
[Total: 20]
Mark scheme
1(a) Anika 4
Journal
Date Details Debit Credit
$ $
2025
March 1 Premises 90 000}
Motor vehicles 14 500}
Inventory 3 625}
Trade receivables – Kofi 3 000} (1)
Davia 2 140}
Petty cash 86}
Bank 1 080}
Trade payables – Ado 1 925} (1)
Sam 210}
Capital 110 136 (1)
______ ______
Assets, liabilities and capital at this date (1) 113 351 113 351
1(b) Anika 11
Petty Cash Book
Total Date Details Total Motor Office Ledger
received paid expenses expenses accounts
$ 2025 $ $ $ $
86 Mar 1 Balance b/d (1)
64 Bank (1)
6 Petrol (1) 30 30
10 Computer paper (1) 12 12
17 Sam (1) 48 48
21 Postage (1) 6 6
28 Car cleaning (1) 8 8
104 38 18 48
46
31 Balance c/d
150 150
46 Apr 1 Balance b/d (1)OF
104 Bank (1)OF
(1) dates
(1) OF totalling analysis columns
1(c) Anika 5
Sam account
Date Details $ Date Details $
2025 2025
Mar 17 Petty cash (1) 48 Mar 1 Balance b/d (1) 210
25 Purchases returns (1)OF 57 21 Purchases (1) 114
31 Balance c/d 219
324 324
Apr 1 Balance b/d (1)OF 219
2(a) $ 3
Cost 10 000
Depreciation 2021 (10 000 × 20%) 2 000
Net book value 31 Dec 2021 8 000
Depreciation 2022 (8 000 × 20%) 1 600
Net book value 31 Dec 2022 6 400
Depreciation 2023 (6 400 × 20%) 1 280
Net book value 31 Dec 2023 5 120
Total depreciation on delivery vehicle = 2000 + 1600 (1) + 1280 (1) = 4880 (1)OF
2(b) Mo 4
Disposal of motor vehicles account
Date Details $ Date Details $
2024 2024
Mar 31 Motor vehicles (1) 10 000 Mar 31 Provision for depreciation of
motor vehicles (1)OF 4 880
Bank (1) 2 900
Dec 31 Income statement (1)OF 2 220
10 000 10 000
2(c) $ 2
Cost of vehicle 12 500
Number plates 215 (1)
Total 12 715 (1)OF
2(d) Advantages opening a shop 5
There would be no motor expenses/no delivery costs (1)
Can utilise his time on other aspects of the business (1)
Might increase sales/increase customers/increase profits (1)
He could sell his vehicle/vehicle is no longer required (1)
Accept other valid points
Max (3)
Disadvantages of opening a shop
Cost of converting the farm building into a shop (1)
Cost of running the shop (1)
Customers may not be willing to travel/may prefer their goods delivered/ no guarantee that customers will come/ may spoil
relationship with customers (1)
New van has just been purchased (1)
Accept other valid points
Max (3)
Overall Advantages and Disadvantages Max (4)
Recommendation (1)
2(e) Mo 4
Rental income account
Date Details $ Date Details $
2024 2024
Jan 1 Balance b/d (1) 160 Mar 1 Bank } 320
Dec 31 Income statement Sep 1 Bank }(1) 720
(12 × $80) (1) 960 Dec 31 Balance c/d 80
1 120 1 120
2025
Jan 1 Balance b/d (1)OF 80
2(f)(i) They may sell different types of produce (1) 1
Mo has a higher selling price that Barry (1)
Mo’s cost of producing/cost of sales is lower than that of Barry (1)
Accept other valid points
Max (1)
2(f)(ii) Barry has to pay rent whereas Mo does not (1) 1
Mo has lower expenses/controls his expenses better (1)
Using different accounting methods e.g. different depreciation methods (1)
Accept other valid points
Max (1)
Nabil prepared a trial balance at 30 April 2025. The total of the debit side was $95 428, and the total of the credit side was $95 156. Nabil placed the difference in a suspense account.
Nabil later discovered the errors shown in the table in part (a).
REQUIRED
(a) Complete the following table to show the entries required to correct each error. The first one has been completed as an example.
Entries required to correct the error
Error Debit Credit
Account $ Account $
A payment for wages, $425, had Wages 425 Purchases 425 been debited to the purchases account.
Discount allowed, $19, had been …… …… …… ……
credited to the discount allowed account. …… …… …… ……
The total of the sales journal for …… …… …… ……
April 2025 was undercast by $100.
A bank payment for purchases, …… …… …… ……
$170, had not been recorded in the books of account. …… …… …… ……
Bank charges, $15, had been …… …… …… ……
recorded as $105.
A bank payment for insurance, …… …… …… ……
$210, was debited to the bank account. No other entries were …… …… …… ……
made.
[11]
(b) Prepare the suspense account at 30 April 2025.
Nabil
Suspense account
Date Details $ Date Details $
[4]
Nabil’s cash at bank balance before the errors were discovered was $935.
REQUIRED
(c) Calculate Nabil’s bank balance at 30 April 2025 after the errors in the table in part (a) have been corrected.
…… [4]
(d) State one use of a bank statement.
…… [1]
[Total: 20]
Mark scheme
3(a) 11
Entries required to correct the error
Error Debit Credit
Account $ Account $
A payment for wages, $425, had
been debited to the purchases Wages 425 Purchases 425
account.
Discount allowed, $19, had been
credited to the discount allowed Discount allowed 38 (1) Suspense 38 (1)
account.
The total of the sales journal for
April 2025 was undercast by Suspense 100 (1) Sales 100 (1)
$100.
A bank payment for purchases,
$170, had not been recorded in Purchases 170 (1) Bank 170 (1)
the books of account.
Bank charges, $15, had been
Bank 90 (1) Bank charges 90 (1)
recorded as $105.
A bank payment for insurance,
$210, was debited to the bank Insurance 210 (1)
account. No other entries were Suspense 210 (1) Bank 420 (1)
made.
3(b) Nabil 4
Suspense account
Date Details $ Date Details $
2025 2025
Apr 30 Sales (1) 100 Apr 30 Difference on trial
Bank (1) 210 balance (1) 272
Discount allowed (1) 38
310 310
3(c) $ $ 4
Original cash at bank balance 935
Add Bank charges 90 (1)
1 025
Less Purchases 170 (1)
Insurance 420 (1) 590
Corrected cash at bank balance 435 (1)OF
3(d) To enable the customer to compare their records against those of the bank (1) 1
To check the bank balance in the cash book against that shown in the bank’s records (1)
To identify the reason for any differences between the balance of bank column in the cash book and the bank statement (1)
To discover errors/omissions in either the cash book or the bank records (1)
To reconcile the bank statement balance with that in the cash book/help prepare bank reconciliation statement (1)
Max (1)
H Limited prepares its financial statements to 30 April each year.
During the year ended 30 April 2025, the following took place:
1 The company made a profit for the year of $26 700 after charging debenture interest.
2 A transfer of $5000 was made to the general reserve.
3 A dividend of $5340 was paid. No other dividends are payable for the year.
REQUIRED
(a) Prepare the statement of changes in equity for H Limited for the year ended 30 April 2025.
H Limited
Statement of Changes in Equity for the year ended 30 April 2025
Ordinary General Retained Total share reserve earnings
Details capital
$ $ $ $
On 1 May 2024 120 000 20 000 33 635 173 635
On 30 April 2025 …… …… …… ……
[4]
H Limited provided the following ledger account balances at 30 April 2025.
$
Fixtures and equipment at book value 155 000
Motor vehicles at book value 16 875
Inventory 28 120
Trade payables 26 815
Trade receivables 33 000
Provision for doubtful debts 990
Bank overdraft 5 195
5% Debentures (repayable 2029) 5 000
REQUIRED
(b) Prepare the statement of financial position for H Limited at 30 April 2025.
H Limited
Statement of Financial Position at 30 April 2025
$ $
[7]
(c) State the meaning of the term ‘equity’.
…… [1]
(d) Calculate the return on capital employed for the year ended 30 April 2025. State your answer to two decimal places.
…… [3]
The directors of H Limited would like to expand the business. They are considering issuing debentures for $60 000 to fund an expansion. These debentures would carry interest of 3%.
REQUIRED
(e) Advise the directors whether or not they should issue the debentures to fund an expansion.
Justify your answer by providing two points for and two points against issuing the debentures to fund an expansion.
…… [5]
[Total: 20]
Question 5 starts on page 16.
Mark scheme
4(a) H Limited 4
Statement of Changes in Equity for the year ended 30 April 2025
Details Ordinary General Retained Total
Share capital reserve earnings
$ $ $ $
On 1 May 2024 120 000 20 000 33 635 173 635
Profit for the year …………… …………… 26 700 26 700 (1) row
Transfer to general reserve …………… 5 000 (5 000) – (1) row
Dividends paid …………… …………… (5 340) (5 340) (1) row
On 30 April 2025 120 000 25 000 49 995 194 995 (1)OF row
4(b) H Limited 7
Statement of Financial Position as at 30 April 2025
$ $ $
Assets
Non-current assets at book value
Fixtures and equipment 155 000
Motor vehicles 16 875
171 875 (1)
Current Assets
Inventory 28 120
Trade receivables 33 000
Less Provision for Doubtful Debts 990 32 010 (1) 60 130 (1)OF
Total assets 232 005
Equity and Liabilities
Equity and Reserves
Ordinary share capital 120 000 }
General reserves 25 000 }(1)OF
Retained earnings 49 995 }
194 995
Non-current Liabilities
5% Debentures 5 000 (1)
Current Liabilities
Trade payables 26 815 (1)
Bank overdraft 5 195 (1) 32 010
Total Equity and Liabilities 232 005
4(c) The total funds provided by the owners of a business (1)
The difference between the assets and liabilities of a business (1) 1
Max (1)
4(d) 26 700 + 250 * 26 950 (1) 100 3
= × = 13.48% (1)OF
194 995 OF + 5 000 199 995 (1)OF 1
Alternative calculation
26 700 + 250 * 26 950 (1) 100
= × = 13.48% (1)OF
171875 + 60 130 OF − 32 010 199 995 (1)OF 1
*Profit adjusted for interest on debentures 250 (5% × 5 000)]
4(e) Points for issuing debentures 5
There will be no liability once the debentures have been repaid (1)
Issue of debentures will not reduce shareholders’ stake in the company/ debenture holders do not take an active part in
running the company/debenture holders do not have a vote (1)
Only have relatively low amount of loans at present (1)
Funds may be available quickly/relatively easy to obtain (1)
Accept other valid points
Max (2)
Points against issuing debentures
Interest on the debentures has to be paid/ debenture interest reduces profit/ fixed amount of debenture interest each year/
debenture interest needs to be paid even if the company makes a loss (1)
May be secured against the assets of the company/are repaid before shareholders if company liquidated (1)
Debentures have to be repaid/increase liabilities (1)
Funds must be available when repayment is due (1)
Already have commitment to repay existing debentures (1)
Accept other valid points
Max (2)
Overall For and Against: Max (4)
Recommendation (1)
Grace owns a factory which makes shoes. She buys handbags from a supplier and sells the shoes and handbags.
Grace prepares her financial statements to 31 March each year. At 31 March 2025, her ledger account balances included the following:
$
Inventory at 1 April 2024
Raw materials 5 345
Work in progress 13 820
Finished goods (shoes) 27 540
Purchases of raw materials 72 870
Carriage inwards of raw materials 1 220
Wages:
Factory operatives 29 175
Factory supervisor 24 000
Office staff 26 170
Rent and insurance 12 000
Factory power 14 120
Factory equipment – at cost 180 000
Factory equipment – provision for depreciation 64 800
Additional information
1 Inventory at 31 March 2025: $
Raw materials 7 100
Work in progress 14 390
Finished goods (shoes) 27 985
2 Rent and insurance is to be apportioned 65% to the factory and 35% to the office.
3 At 31 March 2025, Grace owed $1315 for factory power and $2000 for the factory supervisor’s wages.
4 Factory equipment is depreciated at 20% per annum using the reducing balance method.
REQUIRED
(a) Prepare Grace’s manufacturing account for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Grace
Manufacturing Account for the year ended 31 March 2025
$ $
[10]
Grace buys handbags for $14 each and sells them for $27 each. Grace counted her inventory of handbags on 31 March 2025 and found that:
• She had a total of 255 handbags.
• 15 handbags needed to be cleaned before sale. Grace needed to pay a total of $21 to have them cleaned. She expected to sell them for $25 each.
• 3 handbags had become damaged. Grace could not repair these handbags and decided to sell them for $13 each.
REQUIRED
(b) Calculate the valuation of Grace’s inventory of handbags at 31 March 2025.
…… [4]
(c) State how Grace is applying the historic cost accounting principle when she prepares her financial statements.
…… [1]
Grace is considering producing the handbags in her factory instead of buying them in.
REQUIRED
(d) Advise Grace whether or not she should start producing handbags in her factory. Justify your answer with points for and against Grace producing handbags in her factory.
…… [5]
[Total: 20]
Mark scheme
5(a) Grace 10
Manufacturing Account for the year ended 31 March 2025
$ $
Cost of material consumed
Opening inventory of raw material 5 345
Purchases of raw material 72 870
Carriage inwards of raw material 1 220
79 435
Less Closing inventory of raw material 7 100
72 335 (1)
Direct wages 29 175 (1)
Prime cost 101 510 (1)OF
Factory overheads
Wages of factory supervisor (24 000 + 2 000) 26 000 (1)
Factory power (14 120 + 1 315) 15 435 (1)
Rent and insurance (12 000 × 65%) 7 800 (1)
Depreciation of factory equipment
(180 000 – 64 800) × 20% 23 040 (1) 72 275
173 785 (1)OF
Add opening work-in-progress 13 820 *
187 605
Less closing work-in-progress 14 390 * (1) for both inventories
Cost of production 173 215 (1)OF
5(b) $ 4
255 – 3 – 15 = 237 × $14 value at cost price 3 318 (1)
3 x $13 value at NRV 39 (1)
15 cost = $14 NRV = 27-1.4 = 25.6 so value at cost 210 (1)
Total 3 567 (1)OF
5(c) All assets and expenses are recorded at their actual cost (1) 1
Factory equipment and other costs are recorded at the amount of their actual/original cost. (1)
Accept other valid points
Max (1)
5(d) Points for producing handbags 5
Not dependent on suppliers for price/may be able to produce them more cheaply (1)
Not dependent on suppliers for quality (1)
Not dependent on suppliers for reliability (1)
Possibility of higher sales/more customers/higher profit (1)
Accept other valid points
Max (3)
Points against producing handbags
New equipment may be required (1)
May be cheaper to purchase rather than make (1)
May produce inferior quality goods/customers may be dissatisfied (1)
May not be able to meet demand (1)
May need additional factory space/additional storage space (1)
Cost of production will increase/ cost of raw material will increase/ will need extra employees/may incur additional factory
expenses (1)
Accept other valid points
Max (3)
Overall For and Against: Max (4)
Recommendation (1)
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