Use the following information to answer the given question \(\begin{array}{c|c} & N \\ \hline Sales & 200,000 \\ \text{Opening Stock} & 20,000 \\ purchases ...

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - Financial Accounting - 2001 (Objective) Subject: Financial Accounting

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Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N \\ \hline Sales & 200,000 \\ \text{Opening Stock} & 20,000 \\ purchases & 140,000 \\ \text{Closing Stock} & 10,000 \\ Expenses & 10,000\\ Bank & 10,000 \\ Capital & 85,000 \\ Creditors & 35,000 \\ Debtors & 50,000 \\ \text{Fixtures and fittings, cost} & 10,000 \\ \text{Freehold land and building} & 70,000 \\ Drawings & 10,000\end{array}\)
Percentage of net profit to sales is
Answer Details
To calculate the percentage of net profit to sales, we need to first calculate the net profit. Net profit is the difference between total revenue (sales + credit sales) and total expenses (opening stock + purchases + expenses + closing stock). Total revenue = Sales = 200,000 Total expenses = Opening Stock + Purchases + Expenses - Closing Stock = (20,000 + 140,000 + 10,000) - 10,000 = 160,000 Net profit = Total revenue - Total expenses = 200,000 - 160,000 = 40,000 Now, to calculate the percentage of net profit to sales, we divide the net profit by sales and multiply by 100. Percentage of net profit to sales = (Net profit/Sales) x 100 = (40,000/200,000) x 100 = 20% Therefore, the percentage of net profit to sales is 20%. This means that for every dollar of sales, the company is earning 20 cents in net profit.

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