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Accounting Flashcards

1
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What are current assets?

A 
Cash
Accounts recoverable
Inventory
Supplies
Prepaid insurance
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What are current liabilities?

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Notes payable
Accounts payable
Wages payable
Interest payable
Unearned revenues
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What are the types of assets? Give exmples.

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Current assets. Are expected to be consumed within one year:
- Cash
- Accounts recoverable
- Inventory
- Supplies
- Prepaid insurance
Non-current asstes (long term assets). Are expected to to continue to be productive for a business for more than one year:
- tangiable fixed asstes (vehicles, buildings, inventory)
- non-tangianble fixed assets (copyright, patents, trademarks)
- goodwill

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4
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What is a cash flow?

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The movement of money in and out of a business.

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5
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What is a balance sheet?

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Shows company’s assets, equities and liabilities at one point in time.

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What is a profit and loss account?

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Shows income, expenditure and profit or loss over a period

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What is capital expenditure?

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Purchasing of fixed assets - plant / property

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What is revenue expenditure?

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Utility bills
Staff wages
Temporary office space

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What are capital allowances?

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A deduction from taxable profits for certain types of capital expenditure.
Sums of money a UK business can deduct from the overall corporate or income tax on its profits.
These sums derive from certain purchases or investments.
Eg. Plant & machinery, computer equipment

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10
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How is VAT dealt with in a company account?

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A separate VAT account is kept & needs to be up-to-date.

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What is VAT reverse charge ?

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Where paymets are made net of VAT & Contractor or client paysVAT direct to HMRC instead of supplier of thepruct or service.

Must be:

  • CIS registered & in scope
  • VAT registered & standard / reduced rate VAT
  • An end user
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What are the types of insolvency?

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Company voluntary arrangements
Administration
Administrative receivership
Company compulsory liquidation
Voluntary liquidation
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13
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What is included in your company quarterly update?

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Management account update on turnover, cost of sales, overheads, profit & cashflow. And VAT return.

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14
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What are the key financial statements that all companies must provide?

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Profit & loss account
Balance sheet
Cash flow

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What is the difference between management and financial accounts?

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Management are for business planning / internal use and can include a forecast
Financial are required by law

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16
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What are the main types of ratio analysis used to asses financial strength?

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Liquidity - Acid test ratio
Investments / Shareholders
Gearing; exposure to loans
Profitability - Balance Sheets
Financial; selling stick & using assets
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17
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What is the difference between a profit and loss account and a balance sheet?

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P&L shows income, expenditure & profit / loss

Balance sheet shows assets & liabilities at a given point in time

18
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What legislation is there regarding accounting principles?

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Companies Act
Accounts Act
Construction Act
Housing Grants Act
Local Democracy Act
19
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How can you assess the finanancail health of a business?

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Dun & Bradstreet credit report - this checks the risk of insolvency and recommended credit line
It uses a traffic light system to score companies.
Also informs on payments to supply chain and if any convictions against a business.

20
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What is working in ‘goodwill’?

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It is the basis that consultants work on as they provide a service rather than a product

21
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What is bankrupcy?

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The insolvency of an individual

22
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What is Credit Control?

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It’s when one party puts an upper limit on the amount of credit they will provide another
E.G A supplier sets a credit limit of £30k to a sub-contractor

23
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What is EPS?

A

Earnings Per Share

24
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What % of project costs are usually made up be consultant’s fees?

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Depends on the type and nature of the project - however a traditonal new build project 10-15%

25
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What is the CIS?

A

Construction Industry Scheme

26
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What is a profit and loss account?

A

Shows a company’s income, expenditure and profit or loss at a point in time.
Used to show a point in time to show what rax is owed - corporation tax & VAT

27
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What is a balance sheet?

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Shows company’s assets, equities and liabilities at one point in time.
Used to show what the business owns at a apoint in time and owes and any amount invested

28
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What is insolvency?

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When a firm cannot meet it’s contractual financial obligations when they become due.

29
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What is liquidation?

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A company’s operations are brought to an end and it’s assets are divvied up between it’s creditors and shareholders according to the priority of their claims.

30
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How do you produce a cashflow?

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By plotting forecast expenditure at a point in time against time
Need to establish with client what dates they wish to see on the cashflow, valuation dates or the beginning/middle/end of the month

31
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What would it show if actual and forecast differed

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A change in progress - quicker or slower than forecast.
A potential issues causing a change to the progression of works
Change in sequence of works

Action:
Check % value complete to date against % time complete.
Review drop line on program.

32
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How would you assess the financial standing of a contractor

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D&B financial credit check - establish credit limits, recommended contract value, failture score, submitting accounts in a timely manner, review T/o and profitability.

Request copy of accounts

Companies House check

Internet search

33
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Why is it important for a client to understand the forecast cashflow?

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So that they are aware of what and when payments will be due andneed to draw down funding / payments.
This will allow them to secure funding at the correct time and avoid interest and accelerated funding charges
If the client is self-funding the project it is still important because their capital may be tied up in other assets or could be reliant on incoming revenue

34
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What are your company’s quarterly updates?

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They contain a snapshot of;
Growth
People
New projects
Market Sector
35
Q

What is GAAP

A

General Accepted Accounting Procedures

Clear, consistent comparable method of accounting …. To ensure financial reportin is transparent and consistent

36
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Would you understand by the term ratio analysis?

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To understand financial position, liquidity,profitiability & risk

37
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Can you give me some typical ratio analysis examples?

A

Profitability, liquidity, activity, debt & market.

Liabilities / Total assets - to understand hwo much of comapnaies assets is financed by debt

38
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In the UK where are statutory accounts for limited companies required to be filed

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Companies house & HMRC

39
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What current challenges is Covid and/or Brexit bringing to Accounting Principles

A

Delays to accounts being issued
Many more insolvencies/ companies folding under pressures of covid costs & rising prices
Companies taking loans / furlugh grants and then cant repay them

40
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Is VAT incl in a balance sheet or profit and loss?

A

In Balance sheet only

41
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When is the apprenticeship levy applicable?

A

When payroll over £3m - 0.5% paid monthly

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