CPA INTERMEDIATE LEVEL CIFA INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
PUBLIC FINANCE AND TAXATION
TUESDAY: 20 August 2024. Afternoon Paper. Time Allowed: 3 hours.
Answer ALL questions. Marks allocated to each question are shown at the end of the question.
QUESTION ONE
(a) Explain the following terms as used in public finance management:
(i) Consolidated Fund Services. (2 marks)
(ii) Division of Revenue Bill. (2 marks)
(b) Outline FIVE purposes for which the national government should borrow money according to the Provisions of Section 192 of the Public Financial Management Regulations 2015. (5 marks)
(c) Section 194 of Public Finance Management Act 2012, specifies the functions to be undertaken by the Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (PSASB).
With reference to above statement, describe SIX functions of PSASB. (6 marks)
(d) In relation to the Public Procurement and Assets Disposal Regulations 2020, outline FIVE methods that an accounting officer of a procuring entity may use to dispose assets. (5 marks) (Total: 20 marks)
QUESTION TWO
(a) Revenue raised nationally should be shared equitably among the national government and county governments.
Summarise SIX criteria that should be taken into account in determining the equitable shares as provided under Article 203 of the Constitution. (6 marks)
(b) Masomo Public University (MPU) intends to get into a Public Private Partnership (PPP) to assist in the construction of new hostels. Currently the University’s challenge is how to maintain the control of hostels facility after the construction under PPP.
Required:
Explain TWO PPP investment models suitable for addressing the needs of MPU. (4 marks)
(c) Suntec Traders is a business registered for value added tax (VAT) purposes. The following transactions were recorded in the month of May 2024:
Sh.
May 4: Purchases of goods (local) 4,640,000
May 6: Purchase of a computer 162,400
May 8: Return outwards 139,200
May 10: Legal fees 62,640
May 12: Imports Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF) 300,000
May 14: Advance salaries and wages 580,000
May 16: Sales (local) 5,916,000
May 18: Export sales 600,000
May 20: Exempt sales 1,840,000
May 24: Printing and stationery 27,840
May 28: Electricity 53,940
Additional information:
1. During the month, import duty was at 20% on Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF) basis.
2. A debtor of goods valued at Sh.121,800 was declared bankrupt on 20 May 2024.
3. Input tax relating to goods sold as exempt sales could not be directly identified and it was found appropriate to restrict deductible import tax.
4. Transactions are inclusive of VAT at the rate of 16% where applicable.
Required:
(i) Output tax. (3 marks)
(ii) Deductible input tax (5 marks)
(iii) VAT payable or refundable. (2 marks)
(Total: 20 marks)
QUESTION THREE
(a) Outline FIVE items that should be specified in writing to a taxpayer, when the commissioner has made a default assessment. (5 marks)
(b) Talisa Abara is a citizen of South Africa (SA) and was employed by Bright Insurance Ltd. as a senior financial advisor in the year 2020. In January 2023, she was posted to work and to be paid by the company’s branch in Kenya on a five-year contract. She earned the following incomes from her employment and other sources for the year of income 2023:
1. Basic salary of Sh.300,000 per month net of pay as you earn (PAYE) of Sh.50,000 per month.
2. The employer paid for her passage of Sh.200,000 during the year. She used 30% of the amount to visit local tourist sites.
3. In March 2023, she bought 15,000 shares of the company at a price of Sh.30 per share although the market price was Sh.35 per share. At the end of the year she received a dividend of Sh.6,000.
4. She was provided with accommodation by the employer. The employer leased the house at a monthly rental charge of Sh.120,000. The house was fully furnished at a cost of Sh.400,000. She had a house servant whom the employer pays a salary of Sh.20,000 per month.
5. In the month of October 2023, she worked in the company’s headquarters in South Africa where she was tasked with a responsibility of training employees in a newly installed finance software. She received her salary for the month from the Kenya branch.
6. She was provided with a leased vehicle of 2000cc by the employer. The vehicle was leased from Betalite Motors at a monthly charge of Sh.60,000. Betalite Motors had bought the vehicle in January 2022 for Sh.3,200,000, but the value of the vehicle in January 2023 was Sh.2,400,000.
7. The employer paid for her life insurance cover amounting to Sh.240,000 during the year.
8. During the year, she fell sick and was admitted at a local private hospital. She paid a bill of Sh.180,000 which was reimbursed by the employer. The company has a policy that covers all senior managers and it provides for a maximum reimbursement of Sh.1,000,000 in a year.
9. Due to the nature of her work, the employer entered into an agreement with Laserbite hotel to be delivering her meals to the office from 1 April 2023. The cost of the meals was Sh.15,000 per month.
10. Her salary was adjusted upwards by Sh.30,000 per month on 1 November 2023 and backdated to 1 September 2023.
11. The employer contributed 15% of her basic salary to a registered pension scheme and she also contributed 7.5% to the same scheme.
12. She invested in the real estate and financial sector during the year where she earned the following incomes:
Sh.
• Gross rental income from commercial property 1,200,000
• Dividend from Samco Cooperative Society (net) 85,000
• Interest income from Union Bank Ltd. (net) 255,000
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Required: Consultancy fee for training (net) 114,000
(i) Compute the total taxable income for Talisa Abara for the year ended 31 December 2023. (12 marks)
(ii) Determine the tax payable (if any) on the income computed in (b) (i) above. (3 marks)
(Total: 20 marks)
QUESTION FOUR
(a) Explain the following terms as used in taxation:
(i) Duty drawback. (2 marks)
(ii) Sufferance wharf. (2 marks)
(iii) Import declaration fee. (2 marks)
(b) Wakah and Barakah started a partnership business in the year 2022, sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 5:3 respectively.
The following is the statement of profit or loss of the partnership for the year ended 31 December 2023:
Sh. Sh.
Sales 5,780,000
General bad debts recovery 75,000
Anticipated foreign exchange gain 180,000
Capital gain on sale of land 352,000
Insurance recovery on stolen vehicle 320,000
Release of liability 122,000
Interest from Ulinzi Sacco Ltd. 34,000
Total income 6,863,000
Less expenses:
Purchases 3,706, 000
Purchase of computers 216,000
Repairs expenses 682,000
Legal and professional fees 816,000
Rent and rates 244,000
Interest expenses 166,000
General expenses 642,000
Motor vehicle expenses 560,000
Insurance 187,000
Welfare expenses 1,035,000
Audit and accounting fees 95,000
Computer software and programs 1,200,000
Travelling expenses 64,000 (9,613,000)
Net loss for the year (2,750,000)
Additional information:
1. Legal and professional fees comprised:
Sh.
Legal fees on defense against alleged breach of trade contract 180,000
Legal fee on tax appeals 64,800
Land conveyance fees 72,400
Stamp duty 36,600
Negotiating a business loan 25,400
Recovery of bad debts 45,000
Signing a 100 year lease agreement 128,400
Purchase of partners private vehicle 137,400
Legal fee on renewal of patents 126,000
816,000
2. Repairs expenses comprised:
Sh.
Purchase of furniture 260,000
Designing and partioning a new office block 341,000
Repainting of old office block 81,000
682,000
3. General expenses included:
Sh.
Impairment of patent rights 120,000
Provision for general bad debts 208,000
Drawings of goods by partners 314,000
4. Purchases and sales were inclusive of value added tax (VAT) at the rate of 16%.
5. Closing inventory was valued at Sh.1,200,000 while opening inventory was valued at 10% of sales net of value added tax. Both opening and closing stocks were undervalued by 10%
6. Interest expenses include interest on partners’ capital of Sh.120,000 which was shared according to profit and loss sharing ratio. The partners agreed that they would not receive salaries until the business starts making profits.
Required:
(i) Compute the adjusted taxable profit of the partnership for the year ended 31 December 2023. (12 marks)
(ii) Allocation of the profit or loss in (b) (i) above to the partners. (2 marks)
(Total: 20 marks)
QUESTION FIVE
(a) Argue FOUR cases against indirect taxes imposed in your country (4 marks)
(b) Assume that you have been requested to make a presentation in a tax seminar on measures that should be put in place to curb the problem of tax evasion in your country.
Required:
Identify FOUR measures of curbing tax evasion that you would include in your presentation. (4 marks)
(c) Smartboots Manufacturing Ltd. commenced manufacturing of leather shoes on 2 January 2022 after incurring the following expenditure:
Sh.
Factory building 14,640,000
Processing machinery 4,712,000
Computers 384,000
Conveyor belts 1,240,000
Staff canteen 2,440,000
Delivery vans (two) 4,160,000
Sewerage system 1,280,000
Generator 400,000
Godown 2,600,000
Heating plant 1,400,000
Lorry 2,948,000
Sports pavilion 1,800,000
Loose tools 144,000
Additional information:
1. The company purchased the following assets on 1 January 2023:
Sh.
Furniture 224,000
Saloon car 3,400,000
Boilers 768,000
Scanners 112,000
Wheelbarrows 180,000
Packaging machine 1,200,000
2. A staff clinic was constructed at a cost of Sh.2,080,000 and utilised with effect form 1 October 2023.
3. A borehole was drilled at a cost of Sh.800,000 and utilised with effect from 1 July 2023.
4. One of the delivery vans was involved in an accident on 1 March 2023 and was written off. The insurance company paid Sh.1,400,000 as full compensation on 1 December 2023.
5. A perimeter wall was constructed at a cost of Sh.1,200,000 and put in to use from 1 July 2023.
Required:
Compute investment allowances due to Smartboots Manufacturing Ltd. for the years ended 31 December 2022 and 31 December 2023. (12 marks)
(Total: 20 marks)
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