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Companies

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following :

Dividends Declared and paid during the financial year

Interim dividends

Dividends declared at the end of the financial year but not yet been paid, and will be paid at the beginning of the next of the financial year.

Buy-back of shares

also known as a “Shares Repurchase”, is a company’s buying back its shares from the marketplace. You can think of a buy-back as a company investing in itself, or using its cash to buy its own shares.

Final dividends

Are the owners of the company

Directors

They are directly appointed by the shareholders

Shareholders

2.

Match the following

Owned by the shareholders who are members of the general public and trade shares publicly.

Public company

Financial statements must disclose items that are important to the users/readers so that correct evaluations and decisions can be made from the information provided

Authorised share capital

All possible losses are recorded in the Income statement but anticipated profits are not reported until they are realized.

Matching

The total number of shares that the company is allowed to issue to the public as stipulated in Memorandum of Incorporation.

Materiality

Income earned and expenses incurred must be reported in the same financial period so that the correct net profit is calculated.

Prudence

3.

Choose the correct GAAP principal for the following :

Rent has been received for 13 months. Rent for 12 months is shown in the Income Statement

a)

matching

b)

materiality

c)

prudence

d)

going concern

4.

choose the correct GAAP principal :

The owner of the business wins R2 000 in a competition. This is not shown in the Income Statement of the business.

a)

going concern

b)

materiality

c)

historical cost

d)

business entity

5.

Choose the correct GAAP principle :

Land and buildings are shown in the Balance Sheet at R500 000, although the market value is estimated at R800 000.

a)

Going concern

b)

Historical cost

6.

Choose the correct GAAP principle :

Trading stock is shown in the Balance sheet at R10 000 but the business would only get R7 000 if the stock were to be sold at a flea market the next day.

a)

going concern

b)

prudence

7.

Choose the correct GAAP principle:

Cleaning materials bought for R25 are shown as part of Sundry Operating Expenses in the Income Statement.

a)

prudence

b)

business entity

c)

historical cost

d)

materiality

8.

Give two reasons why will a company buy back its shares ?

4 lines
9.

Briefly explain what is meant by:

Issue price

4 lines
10.

Explain what is interim dividends and final dividends ?

4 lines
11.

Explain what is Ordinary share capital and retained income ?

4 lines
12.

Explain why a company has to have ‘Limited’ or ‘Ltd’ in its name?

4 lines