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WAEC SSCE - Financial Accounting - 2022 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

Use the following information to answer questions below

Trading Account of Umeh Enterprises for the year ended 31st December 2019

GH⊄ GH⊄
Opening stock 10000 Sales 200000
Purchases 120000 Less: (4000)
130000 196000
Closing stock (22800)
Cost of goods sold -----
Gross profit ------
196000 196000

The cost of goods sold is

Answer Details
The cost of goods sold can be calculated by subtracting the closing stock from the sum of the opening stock and purchases. Given the information provided: Opening stock: GH⊄ 10,000 Purchases: GH⊄ 120,000 Closing stock: GH⊄ (22,800) To find the cost of goods sold, we add the opening stock and purchases, and then subtract the closing stock: Cost of goods sold = Opening stock + Purchases - Closing stock = GH⊄ 10,000 + GH⊄ 120,000 - GH⊄ (22,800) = GH⊄ 130,000 - GH⊄ 22,800 = GH⊄ 107,200 Therefore, the cost of goods sold for the year ended 31st December 2019 is GH⊄ 107,200.