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(a) Amatco Ltd has an authorized capital of 6,000,000 ordinary shares of D5.00 per share….

(a) Amatco Ltd has an authorized capital of 6,000,000 ordinary shares of D5.00 per share. It issued 3,000,000 ordinary shares and all such shares were bought and paid for at D2.00 a share except 1,000 shares taken by Mr. Jones. Calculate the value of the: (i) authorized capital (ii) issued capital (iii) called-up capital (iv) paid-up capital.

(b) The following are the assets and liabilities of Morgan’s Ltd: 

  N
cash 8,000
Building 81,000
Creditors 6,500
sales returns 12,000
Debtors 18,000
Capital 122,000
Overdraft 11,000
Motor vehicle 20,000
sales 50,000
Net profit 20,000

 

Explanation

(a) (i) Authorized capital D6,000,000 x D5.00 = D30,000,000
(ii) Issued capital D3,000,000 x D5.00 = D15,000,000
(iii) Called up capital D3,000,000 x D2.00 = D6,000,000
(iv) Paid up capital 3,000,000 – 1000 = 2,999,000 x D2.00 D5,998,000

(b) Working Capital = Current Assets – Current Liabilities(i) Current Assets
Debtors                             N18,000
Cash                                 N8,000 
                                         N26,000Less Current liabilities: 
Creditors        N 6,500
Overdraft        N11,000    N17,500Working Capital    =       N8,500

(ii) Net sales
Sales                       N50,000
Less sales return    N12,000 
                               N38,000(iii) Net Profit Percentage
Net Profit        20000   x 100 = 52.6%
Sales              38000 

(iv) Fixed Assets
Buildings             N31,000
Motor vehicle      N20,000
                           N101,000