Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines | |
School | School of Business |
Course Name | Master of Professional Accounting |
Unit Code | MA501 |
Unit Title | Foundations of Accounting |
Trimester | T1 2022 |
Assessment Author | Dr Jayasinghe Hewa Dulige |
Assessment Type | Individual |
Assessment Title | Transactions, Journals, Ledgers ,Trial Balance and Financial Statements and brief report regarding basic accounting recording process |
Unit Learning Outcomes Addressed: | a. Demonstrate technical skills in recording financial information.
b. Analyse and record accounting transactions and events. c. Generate financial statements consistent with the conceptual framework and accounting standards. |
Weighting | 20% |
Total Marks | 40 Marks |
Word Limit | 6th question: 750 words |
Release Date | 11 April 2022 |
Due Date | 27 April 2022 |
Submission Guidelines | · All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date (as above) along with a completed Assignment Cover Page.
· The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body) font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings. · Reference sources must be cited in the text of the Assessment Task, and listed appropriately at the end in a Reference List using APA 6th edition for the School of Business. https://library.mit.edu.au/referencing/APA |
Extension / Special Consideration | If an extension of time to submit work is required, an Application for Special Consideration and supporting documentation must be submitted online via your Academic Management System (AMS) login: https://online.mit.edu.au/ams.
The Application for Special consideration must be submitted no later than three (3) working days after the due date of the specific piece of assessment or the examination for which you are seeking Special Consideration. In the case of serious illness, loss or bereavement, hardship or trauma students may be granted special consideration. |
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Assessment Cover Sheet
Student ID Number/s: | Student Last name/s: | Student First name/s: |
Course: Master of Professional Accounting | School: Business | |
Unit code: MA501 | Unit title: Foundations of Accounting | |
Due date: 27 April 2022 | Date submitted: | Campus: Online |
Lecturer’s Name: Dr Jayasinghe Hewa Dulige | Tutor: Dr Jayasinghe Hewa Dulige |
Assessment Task Description
You are required to complete the following assessment. This task has six requirements for a total of 40 marks. Answer all six requirements.
Glory Pty Ltd starts the new financial year with only two accounts balances. Cash $40 000 and Share capital $40 000. The following transactions occurred during the July 2021.
July | 1 | Glory deposited $200 000 cash in the bank account. |
5 | Paid monthly rent on equipment, $900. | |
9 | Paid $110 000 cash to purchase land for an office site. | |
10 | Purchased office supplies on credit, $5 000. | |
19 | Took out a $70 000 loan from the bank for business use. | |
22 | Paid $4 000 on account. | |
28 | Service Revenues earned during the month included $12 000 cash and $ 40 000 on credit. | |
28 | Paid employees’ salaries $7 500, office rent $3 000, and electricity and gas $1 500. (Make a single compound entry.) |
The business uses the following accounts: Cash; Accounts receivable; Supplies; Land; Accounts payable; Loan payable; Owner’s equity (or capital); Share capital, Service revenue; Salary expense; Rent expense; Electricity and gas expense.
Requirements
- Prepare journal entries for the above transactions for July 2021. Narrations (Explanations) are not required. (10 marks)
Use the following table for your journal entries.
Date | Accounts | Debit | Credit |
- Post the transactions to the ledgers using T-accounts or running balance, using transaction dates as posting references. Label the balance of each account as ‘Bal’, and make sure all details are shown in each T-account. (13 marks)
Here is a T-account you can “copy and paste” for each account balance
- Prepare the trial balance of Glory Pty Ltd, as at 31 July 2021. (2 marks)
“Insert” (i.e. create) a table in the form of a trail balance
- Prepare the Income Statement for Glory Pty Ltd, for the month ending 31 July 2021. (3 marks)
- Prepare the Balance Sheet for Glory Pty Ltd, as at 31 July 2021. (2 marks)
- Writing a brief report (10 marks)
Assume that you are nearing graduation and that you have applied for a job with a local bank. As part of the bank’s evaluation process, you have been asked to take an examination that covers several fundamental accounting analysis techniques. You are required to write a one and half page report (maximum) regarding the followings.
- Define Accounting.
- Illustrate the basic accounting equation.
- Explain the basic steps in the recording process.
Marking criteria:
Assessment criteria are shown in the following table. Marks are allocated as follows:
Assessment criteria to be met and assessed | Detailed Description of the Assessment Criteria | Breakdown Marks |
Criteria 1 | Journalise transactions | 10 |
Criteria 2 | Post transactions to the ledgers | 13 |
Criteria 3 | Prepare a trial balance, an Income Statement and a Balance Sheet | 7 |
Criteria 4 | Writing a brief report regarding basic accounting recording process | 10 |
Total | 40 |
Using Technology for Assessment
Rationale | Activities | Technological tools selected |
· reflection on learning
· feedback on performance · practice of critical thinking |
· check for plagiarism
· problem-based learning |
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