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PATHFINDER<br />
- File the returns to Corporate Affairs Commission<br />
ii.<br />
The Investment & Securities Acts (ISA) 1999 requires every security dealer to<br />
keep adequate records and account of its transactions from time to time.<br />
(c)<br />
Computation of Hire Purchase Interest<br />
i.<br />
N’000<br />
Cost of the generating set 7,000<br />
Initial Deposit (20 % x N7m) 1,400<br />
Add: Instalments<br />
6,750<br />
(5 x 1.35)<br />
Hire Purchase Price 8,150<br />
Less: Cash Price (7,000)<br />
Hire purchase Interest 1,150<br />
Straight line method<br />
HP interest written off each<br />
year is = 1,150<br />
5<br />
= 230<br />
That is N230,000<br />
ii. Sum of digit method HP interest attributed to each year<br />
Yr<br />
Digital Workings = HP Int.<br />
allocates<br />
N’000<br />
1 5 5/15 x 1150 = 383.33<br />
2 4 4/15 x 1150 = 306.67<br />
3 3 3/15 x 1150 = 230.00<br />
4 2 2/15 x 1150 = 153.00<br />
5 1 1/15 x 1150 = 77.00<br />
15 1,150<br />
iii.<br />
The main demerit of sum of digit method is that the allocation of the hire<br />
purchase interest over the hire purchase periods may not reflect the systematic<br />
allocation of the hire purchase interest. In order to overcome this short coming,<br />
the actuarial method should be used.<br />
PR<strong>OF</strong>ESSIONAL EXAMINATION I - MAY 2012<br />
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