[单选题]A corporate taxpayer has under-reported its taxable revenue in 2002 and hence underpaid value added tax (VAT) and enterprise income tax (EIT). In 2014, the taxpayer was charged by the tax authority with committing an act of tax evasion in 2002.

正确答案 ：E

The taxpayer must pay the additional taxes and a late payment surcharge but not a penalty as the statute of limitation is five years for penalties

解析：

Per Article 86 of the Tax Collection and Administrative Law, the statute of limitation for an administrative penalty on non-compliances is five years.

[单选题]15 Which of the following statements about intangible assets are correct?

1 If certain criteria are met, research expenditure must be recognised as an intangible asset. 2 Goodwill may not be revalued upwards. 3 Internally generated goodwill should not be capitalised.

正确答案 ：A

2 and 3 only

[单选题]14 Alpha buys goods from Beta. At 30 June 2005 Beta’s account in Alpha’s records showed $5,700 owing to Beta.

Beta submitted a statement to Alpha as at the same date showing a balance due of $5,200. Which of the following could account fully for the difference?

正确答案 ：D

Beta has issued a credit note for $500 to Alpha which Alpha has not yet received.

[单选题]18 How should interest charged on partners’ drawings appear in partnership financial statements?

正确答案 ：B

Added to net profit and charged to partners in the division of profit

[单选题]25 What should the minority interest figure be in the group’s consolidated balance sheet at 31 December 2005?

正确答案 ：A

$240,000

解析：20% x (400,000 + 800,000)

[单选题]17 A business income statement for the year ended 31 December 2004 showed a net profit of $83,600. It was later

found that $18,000 paid for the purchase of a motor van had been debited to motor expenses account. It is the company’s policy to depreciate motor vans at 25 per cent per year, with a full year’s charge in the year of acquisition. What would the net profit be after adjusting for this error?

正确答案 ：C

$97,100

解析：83,600 + 18,000 – 4,500 = 97,100

[单选题]13 Which of the following correctly describes the imprest system for operating petty cash?

正确答案 ：D

The exact amount of expenditure out of petty cash is reimbursed at intervals.

[单选题]19 What is the company’s return on shareholders’ equity?

正确答案 ：C

15/100 = 15%

[单选题]Which of the following statements relating to internal and external auditors is correct?

正确答案 ：B

Internal auditors’ scope of work should be determined by those charged with governance

解析：

A is incorrect as internal auditors are not required to be members of any professional body. C is incorrect as external auditors report to shareholders rather than those charged with governance. D is incorrect as internal auditors can be independent of the company, if, for example, the internal audit function has been outsourced.

[单选题]18 Which of the following statements about accounting ratios and their interpretation are correct?

1 A low-geared company is more able to survive a downturn in profit than a highly-geared company. 2 If a company has a high price earnings ratio, this will often indicate that the market expects its profits to rise. 3 All companies should try to achieve a current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) of 2:1.

正确答案 ：C

1 and 2 only

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