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Cambridge VCE Accounting Units 3&4 Third Edition

 

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Cambridge VCE Accounting 3rd Edition introduces basic concepts then builds on these until students are able to apply their skills to complex exam scenarios.

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PDFs updated 1 September 2017

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  • Complete textbook [PDF 18.0Mb]

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  • Preliminary pages [PDF 3.7Mb]

  • Chapter 1: The role of accounting [PDF 1.3Mb]

  • Chapter 2: The accounting equation [PDF 0.5Mb]

  • Chapter 3: The general ledger [PDF 0.8Mb]

  • Chapter 4: The goods and services tax (GST) [PDF 1.2Mb]

  • Chapter 5: Special journals 1 - Credit journals [PDF 0.8Mb]

  • Chapter 6: Special journals 2 - Cash journals [PDF 1.1Mb]

  • Chapter 7: The general journal [PDF 0.7Mb]

  • Chapter 8: Accounting for stock [PDF 1.1Mb]

  • Chapter 9: Determining profit or loss [PDF 0.7Mb]

  • Chapter 10: Balance day adjustments - Expenses [PDF 0.8Mb]

  • Chapter 11: Depreciation of non-current assets [PDF 0.9Mb]

  • Chapter 12: The cash flow statement [PDF 0.8Mb]

  • Chapter 13: Returns of stock [PDF 0.9Mb]

  • Chapter 14: Stock valuation [PDF 0.9Mb]

  • Chapter 15: Accounting for non-current assets [PDF 1.2Mb]

  • Chapter 16: Balance day adjustments - Revenues [PDF 0.7Mb]

  • Chapter 17: Budgets [PDF 1.3Mb]

  • Chapter 18: Evaluating profitability [PDF 1.0Mb]

  • Chapter 19: Evaluating liquidity [PDF 0.8Mb]

  • Glossary and answers [PDF 0.3Mb]

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    Exercise 1.1
    Page 16 has questions marked as follows:
    a,b,a,a,e,f,g

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    a,b,c,d,e,f,g

     

    Exercise 8.3
    The transaction listed as “May 19 Purchased 25 cabinets at $250 (plus GST) each (Inv. 758)” should be dated as “May 15 Purchased 25 cabinets at $250 (plus GST) each (Inv. 758)”

    A new transaction should be inserted after that transaction: “May 19 Sold 40 cabinets to Wilson Furniture, at a selling price of $500 (plus GST) each (inv. C61)”

     

    Exercise 10.12
    Wages amount in Trial Balance table should be 27 000, not 9 000.


    Exercise 10.13
    Office Equipment amount (6 300) should be in the Debit column.
    Drawings amount in Debit column should be 21 000, not 21 700.


    Exercise 12.13
    In the table labelled 'Cash Payments Journal', the column currently titled 'Drawings' (with a total of 2 900) should instead be titled 'Stock Control'.


    Chapter 16 (p 374)
    Amount currently located in Sundries column in Figure 16.7 (120) should be moved to GST column.


    Exercise 17.13
    The dates given in the text of the question and the date listed in the Income Statement Variance Report do not match. All dates should read 30 June 2016.


    Workbook Exercise 12.8
    Should show '1/7/14     Balance    $48 000' on the credit side.

     

     

    Authors

    Anthony Simmons, Richard Hardy