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Jewel Co is setting up an online business importing and selling jewellery headphones. The cost of each set of headphones varies depending on the number purchased, although they can only be purchased in batches of 1,000 units. It also has to pay import taxes which vary according to the quantity purchased.Jewel Co has already carried out some market research and identified that sales quantities are expected to vary depending on the price charged. Consequently, the following data has been established for the first month:Required:(a) Calculate how many batches Jewel Co should import and sell. (6 marks)(b) Explain why Jewel Co could not use the algebraic method to establish the optimum price for its product.(4 marks)
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3 The Stiletto Partnership consisted of three partners, Clint, Ben and Amy, who shared the profits of the businessequally. On 28 February 2007 the partners sold the business to Razor Ltd, in exchange for shares in Razor Ltd, witheach former partner owning one third of the new company.The recent, tax adjusted, trading profits of the Stiletto Partnership have been as follows:￡Year ended 30 June 2006 92,1241 July 2006 to 28 February 2007 81,795Clint, who was 65 on 5 October 2006, retired when the business was sold to Razor Ltd. He is now suggesting thatif the sale of the partnership, and his retirement, had been delayed until 30 April 2007, his total tax liability wouldhave been reduced. Clint’s only other income is gross pension income of ￡6,100 per year, which he began receivingin the tax year 2005/06. Clint did not receive any salary or dividends from Razor Ltd. It is estimated that thepartnership’s tax adjusted trading profits for the period from 1 March 2007 to 30 April 2007 would have been￡20,760. Clint has overlap profits of ￡14,250 brought forward from when the partnership began trading.Razor Ltd manufactures industrial cutting tools. On 1 July 2007, Razor Ltd will subscribe for the whole of the ordinaryshare capital of Cutlass Inc, a company newly incorporated in the country of Sharpenia. It is intended that CutlassInc will purchase partly finished tools from Razor Ltd and customise them in Sharpenia. It is anticipated that CutlassInc’s annual profits chargeable to corporation tax will be approximately ￡120,000.Ben and Amy will be the directors of Cutlass Inc, although Ben will not be involved in the company’s business on aday-to-day basis. Amy intends to spend one or two weeks each month in the country of Sharpenia looking after thecompany’s affairs. The remainder of her time will be spent in the UK. Amy has employment contracts with both RazorLtd and Cutlass Inc and her duties for Cutlass Inc will be carried out wholly in Sharpenia. Cutlass Inc will pay forAmy’s flights to and from Sharpenia and for her husband and baby to visit her there twice a year. Amy is currentlyUK resident and ordinarily resident.The system of income tax and corporation tax in the country of Sharpenia is broadly similar to that in the UK althoughthe rate of corporation tax is 38% regardless of the level of profits. There is a double tax treaty between the UK andSharpenia based on the OECD model treaty. The clause in the treaty dealing with company residency states that acompany resident in both countries under domestic law will be regarded under the treaty as being resident only in thecountry where it is effectively managed and controlled. Sharpenia is not a member of the European Union.Required:(a) (i) Calculate Clint’s taxable trading profits for the tax years 2006/07 and 2007/08 for both of thealternative retirement dates (28 February 2007 and 30 April 2007). (3 marks)
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6 Charles and Jane Miro, aged 31 and 34 years respectively, have been married for ten years and have two childrenaged six and eight years. Charles is a teacher but for the last five years he has stayed at home to look after theirchildren. Jane works as a translator for Speak Write Ltd.Speak Write Ltd was formed and began trading on 6 April 2006. It provides translation services to universities. Jane,who ceased employment with Barnham University to found the company, owns 100% of its ordinary share capitaland is its only employee.Speak Write Ltd has translated documents for four different universities since it began trading. Its biggest client isBarnham University which represents 70% of the company’s gross income. It is estimated that the company’s grossfee income for its first 12 months of trading will be ￡110,000. Speak Write Ltd usually agrees fixed fees in advancewith its clients although it charges for some projects by reference to the number of days taken to do the work. Noneof the universities makes any payment to Speak Write Ltd in respect of Jane being on holiday or sick.All of the universities insist that Jane does the work herself. Jane carries out the work for three of the universities inher office at home using a computer and specialised software owned by Speak Write Ltd. The work she does forBarnham University is done in the university’s library on one of its computers as the documents concerned are toodelicate to move.The first set of accounts for Speak Write Ltd will be drawn up for the year ending 5 April 2007. It is estimated thatthe company’s tax adjusted trading profit for this period will be ￡52,500. This figure is after deducting Jane’s salaryof ￡4,000 per month and the related national insurance contributions but before any adjustments required by theapplication of the personal service companies (IR 35) legislation. The company has no other sources of income orcapital gains.Jane has not entered into any communication with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) with respect to the companyand wants to know:– When the corporation tax computation should be submitted and when the tax is due.– When the corporation tax computation can be regarded as having been agreed by HMRC.Charles and Jane have requested a meeting to discuss the family’s finances. In particular, they wish to consider theshortfall in the family’s annual income and any other related issues if Jane were to die. Their mortgage is coveredby a term assurance policy but neither of them have made any pension contributions or carried out any other longterm financial planning.Jane has estimated that her annual after tax income from Speak Write Ltd, on the assumption that she extracts all ofthe company’s profits, will be ￡58,000. Charles owns two investment properties that together generate after taxincome of ￡8,500. He estimates that he could earn ￡28,000 after tax if he were to return to work.The couple’s annual surplus income, after payment of all household expenditure including mortgage payments of￡900 per month, is ￡21,000. Charles and Jane have no other sources of income.Required:(a) Write a letter to Jane setting out:(i) the arguments that HMRC could put forward, based only on the facts set out above, in support ofapplying the IR 35 legislation to Speak Write Ltd; and(ii) the additional income tax and national insurance contributions that would be payable, together withtheir due date of payment, if HMRC applied the IR 35 legislation to all of the company’s income in2006/07. (11 marks)
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2 Assume that today’s date is 1 July 2005.Jan is aged 45 and single. He is of Danish domicile but has been working in the United Kingdom since 1 May 2004and intends to remain in the UK for the medium to long term. Although Jan worked briefly in the UK in 1986, hehas forgotten how UK taxation works and needs some assistance before preparing his UK income tax return.Jan’s salary from 1 May 2004 was ￡74,760 per annum. Jan also has a company car – a Jaguar XJ8 with a list priceof ￡42,550 including extras, and CO2 emissions of 242g/km. The car was available to him from 1 July 2004. Freepetrol is provided by the company. Jan has other taxable benefits amounting to ￡3,965.Jan’s other 2004/05 income comprises:￡Dividend income from UK companies (cash received) 3,240Interest received on an ISA account 230Interest received on a UK bank account 740Interest remitted from an offshore account (net of 15% withholding tax) 5,100Income remitted from a villa in Portugal (net of 45% withholding tax) 4,598The total interest arising on the offshore account was ￡9,000 (gross). In addition, Jan has not remitted otherPortuguese rental income arising in the year, totalling a further ￡1,500 (gross).Jan informs you that his employer is thinking of providing him with rented accommodation while he looks for a houseto buy. The accommodation would be a two bedroom flat, valued at ￡155,000 with an annual value of ￡6,000. Itwould be made available from 6 August 2005. The company will pay the rent of ￡600 per month for the first sixmonths. All other bills will be paid by Jan.Jan also informs you that he has 25,000 ordinary shares in Gilet Ltd (‘Gilet’), an unquoted UK trading company. Hehas held these shares since August 1986 when he bought 2,500 shares at ￡4.07 per share. In January 1994, abonus issue gave each shareholder nine shares for each ordinary share held. In the last week all Gilet’s shareholdershave received an offer from Jumper plc (‘Jumper’) who wishes to acquire the shares. Jumper has offered the following:– 3 shares in Jumper (currently trading at ￡3.55 per share) for every 5 shares in Gilet, and– 25p cash per shareRequired:(a) Calculate Jan’s 2004/05 income tax (IT) payable. (11 marks)
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(ii) Write a letter to Donald advising him on the most tax efficient manner in which he can relieve the lossincurred in the year to 31 March 2007. Your letter should briefly outline the types of loss relief availableand explain their relative merits in Donald’s situation. Assume that Donald will have no source of incomeother than the business in the year of assessment 2006/07 and that any income he earned on a parttimebasis while at university was always less than his annual personal allowance. (9 marks)Assume that the corporation tax rates and allowances for the financial year 2004 and the income tax ratesand allowances for 2004/05 apply throughout this question.Relevant retail price index figures are:January 1998 159·5April 1998 162·6
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(b) Given his recent diagnosis, advise Stuart as to which of the two proposed investments (Omikron plc/Omegaplc) would be the more tax efficient alternative. Give reasons for your choice. (3 marks)
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1 Stuart is a self-employed business consultant aged 58. He is married to Rebecca, aged 55. They have one child,Sam, who is aged 24 and single.In November 2005 Stuart sold a house in Plymouth for ￡422,100. Stuart had inherited the house on the death ofhis mother on 1 May 1994 when it had a probate value of ￡185,000. The subsequent pattern of occupation was asfollows:1 May 1994 to 28 February 1995 occupied by Stuart and Rebecca as main residence1 March 1995 to 31 December 1998 unoccupied1 January 1999 to 31 March 2001 let out (unfurnished)1 April 2001 to 30 November 2001 occupied by Stuart and Rebecca1 December 2001 to 30 November 2005 used occasionally as second homeBoth Stuart and Rebecca had lived in London from March 1995 onwards. On 1 March 2001 Stuart and Rebeccabought a house in London in their joint names. On 1 January 2002 they elected for their London house to be theirprincipal private residence with effect from that date, up until that point the Plymouth property had been their principalprivate residence.No other capital disposals were made by Stuart in the tax year 2005/06. He has ￡29,500 of capital losses broughtforward from previous years.Stuart intends to invest the gross sale proceeds from the sale of the Plymouth house, and is considering twoinvestment options, both of which he believes will provide equal risk and returns. These are as follows:(1) acquiring shares in Omikron plc; or(2) acquiring further shares in Omega plc.Notes:1. Omikron plc is a listed UK trading company, with 50,250,000 shares in issue. Its shares currently trade at 42pper share.2. Stuart and Rebecca helped start up the company, which was then Omega Ltd. The company was formed on1 June 1990, when they each bought 24,000 shares for ￡1 per share. The company became listed on 1 May1997. On this date their holding was subdivided, with each of them receiving 100 shares in Omega plc for eachshare held in Omega Ltd. The issued share capital of Omega plc is currently 10,000,000 shares. The share priceis quoted at 208p – 216p with marked bargains at 207p, 211p, and 215p.Stuart and Rebecca’s assets (following the sale of the Plymouth house but before any investment of the proceeds) areas follows:Assets Stuart Rebecca￡ ￡Family house in London 450,000 450,000Cash from property sale 422,100 –Cash deposits 165,000 165,000Portfolio of quoted investments – 250,000Shares in Omega plc see above see aboveLife insurance policy note 1 note 1Note:1. The life insurance policy will pay out a sum of ￡200,000 on the death of the first spouse to die.Stuart has recently been diagnosed with a serious illness. He is expected to live for another two or three years only.He is concerned about the possible inheritance tax that will arise on his death. Both he and Rebecca have wills whoseterms transfer all assets to the surviving spouse. Rebecca is in good health.Neither Stuart nor Rebecca has made any previous chargeable lifetime transfers for the purposes of inheritance tax.Required:(a) Calculate the taxable capital gain on the sale of the Plymouth house in November 2005 (9 marks)
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(d) Wader has decided to close one of its overseas branches. A board meeting was held on 30 April 2007 when adetailed formal plan was presented to the board. The plan was formalised and accepted at that meeting. Letterswere sent out to customers, suppliers and workers on 15 May 2007 and meetings were held prior to the yearend to determine the issues involved in the closure. The plan is to be implemented in June 2007. The companywish to provide $8 million for the restructuring but are unsure as to whether this is permissible. Additionally therewas an issue raised at one of the meetings. The operations of the branch are to be moved to another countryfrom June 2007 but the operating lease on the present buildings of the branch is non-cancellable and runs foranother two years, until 31 May 2009. The annual rent of the buildings is $150,000 payable in arrears on31 May and the lessor has offered to take a single payment of $270,000 on 31 May 2008 to settle theoutstanding amount owing and terminate the lease on that date. Wader has additionally obtained permission tosublet the building at a rental of $100,000 per year, payable in advance on 1 June. The company needs adviceon how to treat the above under IAS37 ‘Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets’. (7 marks)Required:Discuss the accounting treatments of the above items in the financial statements for the year ended 31 May2007.Note: a discount rate of 5% should be used where necessary. Candidates should show suitable calculations wherenecessary.
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(c) In the context of a standard unmodified audit report, describe the content of a liability disclaimer paragraph,and discuss the main arguments for and against the use of a liability disclaimer paragraph. (5 marks)
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The finance director of Blod Co, Uma Thorton, has requested that your firm type the financial statements in the formto be presented to shareholders at the forthcoming company general meeting. Uma has also commented that theprevious auditors did not use a liability disclaimer in their audit report, and would like more information about the useof liability disclaimer paragraphs.Required:(b) Discuss the ethical issues raised by the request for your firm to type the financial statements of Blod Co.(3 marks)
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(ii) From the information provided above, recommend the matters which should be included as ‘findingsfrom the audit’ in your report to those charged with governance, and explain the reason for theirinclusion. (7 marks)
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5 You are the manager responsible for the audit of Blod Co, a listed company, for the year ended 31 March 2008. Yourfirm was appointed as auditors of Blod Co in September 2007. The audit work has been completed, and you arereviewing the working papers in order to draft a report to those charged with governance. The statement of financialposition (balance sheet) shows total assets of $78 million (2007 – $66 million). The main business activity of BlodCo is the manufacture of farm machinery.During the audit of property, plant and equipment it was discovered that controls over capital expenditure transactionshad deteriorated during the year. Authorisation had not been gained for the purchase of office equipment with a costof $225,000. No material errors in the financial statements were revealed by audit procedures performed on property,plant and equipment.An internally generated brand name has been included in the statement of financial position (balance sheet) at a fairvalue of $10 million. Audit working papers show that the matter was discussed with the financial controller, whostated that the $10 million represents the present value of future cash flows estimated to be generated by the brandname. The member of the audit team who completed the work programme on intangible assets has noted that thistreatment appears to be in breach of IAS 38 Intangible Assets, and that the management refuses to derecognise theasset.Problems were experienced in the audit of inventories. Due to an oversight by the internal auditors of Blod Co, theexternal audit team did not receive a copy of inventory counting procedures prior to attending the count. This causeda delay at the beginning of the inventory count, when the audit team had to quickly familiarise themselves with theprocedures. In addition, on the final audit, when the audit senior requested documentation to support the finalinventory valuation, it took two weeks for the information to be received because the accountant who had preparedthe schedules had mislaid them.Required:(a) (i) Identify the main purpose of including ‘findings from the audit’ (management letter points) in a reportto those charged with governance. (2 marks)
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(b) Wallace Co; and (5 marks)