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3. From where we should start assessment of financial system when you join
new organization to find deficiency and improve it.
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5. Limitation of Excel
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13. What is Supervision means & how we can supervise our subordinate?
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16. Can you give us example of difficulty you have faced with staff and how
you overcome that difficulty? What is your experience of staff management/
motivation and how you would use it in this job? Give examples.
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17. List down at least four key controls in the management of fixed asset?
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18. What do you understand by the term segregation of duties? What is the
purpose of segregation of duties as an internal control guideline? Please list
down up to three guidelines that are used to ensure proper segregation of
duties in managing finances. Please list down up to three key functions that
must be adequately separated to ensure proper segregation of duties in
managing finances.
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22. As the Senior Finance Officer you will be responsible for budget
formulation, administration and monitoring, in consultation with the
program staff. Which budget monitoring tools will you use to ensure that
project funds are used in the most efficient and effective manner.
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23. What is variance analysis and please explain the purpose of preparation
of this statement?
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25. Define Retroactive financing and when the need for this arises?
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26. What is the difference between None Profit & Profit org financial
Statements
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27. What is Audit? Process, Function & the initial step of any new
organization Audit
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28. How to make financial statement or Profit & loss statement from single
entry?
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36. Why business law is very much impotent for BBA student?
Ans: As BBA stands for Bachelors of Business Administration, so to administrator
a business you should know all the rules and regulations to how to deal with
different situations under different circumstances, that's why business law is
very important subject for BBA students.
Operating Profit is the gross profit less any expenses you incurred while trading
such as rent for premises, electricity, telephone bills
Net profit is the operating profit less any tax and interest and dividend paid. The
net profit is sometimes called "bottom line profit"
38. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the rolling budget
system?
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bookkeeping system,
Need for Bank Reconciliation Statement
A. It reflects the actual bank balance position.
B. It helps to detect any mistake in the Cash Book and in the pass Book.
C. It Prevents frauds in recording the banking transactions.
D. It explains any delay in the collection of Cheques.
E. It identifies valid transactions recorded by one party but not by the other.
Causes of Difference
1. Timing: “There may be a time gap between recording transactions in
customer’s book and bank’s book. for example when any cheque issued to a
party ,it is recorded immediately in customer’s book ,but the bank will record
it only when it makes payment against that cheque, similarly when a cheque
is deposited it is recorded in Cash book immediately but the bank will record
it only when it collects money, in respect of that cheque.”
2. Transactions: (unrecorded item)”The difference arise due to
transactions that the bank has earlier knowledge and have recorded but the
customer come to know after receiving Bank statement, like interest, bank
charges & dishonored Cheque.”
3. Errors: “some differences may arise due to errors committed by the
banker or by the Cash book maintaining person,
42. What are some common methods for the internal control of cash & Bank
Ans: The control of cash is clearly of prime importance in any business. Because
cash is one of the most time-consuming assets to manage effectively, it is the
most liquid of assets, and is therefore most likely to be misappropriated. For this
reason, establishing basic internal controls over cash receipt, maintenance of
cash and cash disbursement is critical.
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d. This control should be evidenced by signing the supporting documentation.
e. In a large concern those approving the original document should be
independent of those signing cheques.
f. Cheque signatories should be restricted to the minimum practical number
in order to make the operation of controls as practical as possible.
g. Two signatories at least should be required except perhaps for cheques of
small amounts.
h. The signing of blank cheques and cheques in favour of the signatory
should be prohibited.
i. Cheques should be crossed 'A/c Payee only', if this is not pre-printed on
the cheque before being signed.
j. Supporting documents should be cancelled as paid to prevent their use to
support further cheque payments. This cancellation could be done by the
cashier before the cheque is signed (provided the cancellation identifies the
cheque number) or by the cheque signatory at the time of signing the cheque.
k. Cheques should preferably be dispatched immediately. If not, they should
be held in a safe place.
l. Returned cheques may be obtained from the bank and a sample checked
against cash book entries and supporting documentation.
m. Bank reconciliations
n. Controls over petty cash
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5. Adjusted Trial Balance
6. Financial Statements
7. Closing Entries
8. After Closing Trial Balance
Journal:
Journal is accounting book containing the original record of a transaction in order
of occurrence. OR Journal is a chronological (day-by-day) record of business
transactions. The process of recording the transaction in general journal is
called as journalizing or making an entry.
Ledger:
Ledger is a device which shows the increase or decrease in a specific item of
accounting classes for a specific accounting period. Or Ledger is an accounting
book in which every account is allotted a separate page, and all the transactions
relating to that account are written on that page in a summary form. OR Ledger
is a book which contains a condensed (compressed) record of all the business
transaction.
Trail Balance
The proof of the equality of Debit and Credit balances is called Trial Balance.
A Trial Balance is a two column schedule listing the names and balances of all the
accounts in the order in which they appear in the ledger; the debit balances are
listed in the left hand column and the credit balances in the right hand side
column. The total of two columns should agree. Trial balance contains Income
statement as well as Balance sheet accounts.
Adjusting Entries
These entries “adjust” the balances of various ledger accounts, therefore it is known as
adjusting entries.
An adjusting entry is recorded to bring an asset or liability account balance to its proper
amount.
• Many transactions affect the revenues or expenses of two or more accounting periods.
e.g depreciable assets, supplies, insurance policy, prepaid expenses etc
The purpose of these entries is to assign to each accounting period the
appropriate amount of revenue and expenses.
Financial Statement
The Financial statement describes a company’s revenues and expenses along with the
resulting net income or loss over a period of time due to earnings activities.
These are standard format statements which share the information about business with
stakeholders in monetary terms
Standard Format
Share information
Stake holder
Monetary information OR
It is a set of different report which is provided by a business to interested parties.
OR It is simply a declaration of what is believed to be true communicated in terms of
monetary unit.
Financial statements prepared for shorter than one year is called interim financial
statements.
The relationship in Financial Statement with each other is called Articulation.
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It is the statement of earnings (performance) of a business for a period of time or it is a
statement that measures the revenues and expenses for a period of time.
3- Balance Sheet
1. It is a financial statement which shows the financial position of a business at a
particular time. It is a picture of business.
2. The statement which shows that what business has and what it has to pay at a
particular time is called balance sheet.
4- Cash Flow Statement
It is a financial statement that reports cash receipts and payments of a business for a
period of time.
Or the cash collections and cash payments of a business are called Cash Flow
Statement.
Types of Cash Flows
1- Operating Cash Flows: The cash in/out flows from normal operating activities, or
the cash collections & Payments of a business from Revenue & Expenses is called
Operating Cash flows. Operating Activities:
Revenue
+ ve
Expenses -
ve
Interest Revenue
+ ve
Interest Expenses
- ve
Collection of Dividend
+ ve
Payment of Income Tax
- ve
2- Investing Cash Flows: Cash in/out flows from purchasing and selling assets,
Investing Activities:
Purchase of Assets -
ve
Sell of Assets +
ve
Advancing Loan to the borrowers
- ve
Collection of Loan from the borrowers
+ ve
3- Financing Cash Flows: The cash flows from the owner investing in the company
and creditors loaning money to the company and repayment of either of both
Financing Activities:
Investment of Owner +
ve
Taking Loans from Creditors +
ve
Withdrawal of Owner -
ve
Repayment of Loan to Creditors
- ve
Payment of Dividend -
ve
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Closing Entries
• The journal entries made for the purpose of closing the temporary accounts are
called closing entries
• The process of transferring the balances of temporary accounts (revenues,
expenses and drawings)into the owner’s capital account is called closing the
accounts
After closing Trail Balance
• After the revenue and expense accounts have been closed, it is desirable to
prepare an after closing trial balance, which will consist of balance sheet accounts
only.
• The after closing trial balance is prepared from the ledger.
• The after closing trial balance gives assurance that the accounts are in balance
and ready for the recording of the transactions of the new accounting period.
44. Define Tax & system of Taxes?
Ans: A tax is a compulsory contribution by the people to the public authority to
cover the cost of services rendered by the state for the general benefit of its
people. It is the first major source of state income to meet its expenditure
Types of taxes
Direct Tax
A direct tax is that in which the incidence (final burden) and impact (initial
burden) is on the same person. It is called direct because the government gets
amount directly from the same person on whom it imposes tax. Income tax,
wealth or property taxes are the example of direct tax.
Indirect Tax
An indirect tax is that in which the impact on one person and the incidence is on
some other person. For example, in the case of saleable articles, firstly the tax is
paid by the seller. But the seller shifts the burden to the customer. He raises the
price of commodity and in this way the final burden of tax goes to the person
who finally buys the commodity. Sale tax, custom duty and excise duties are the
examples of indirect taxation.
Tax system
1- Proportional system of tax
The proportionate system of taxation was presented by classical economists.
Under this system the individuals are required to pay tax in proportion to their
income. The rate of tax remains same as the base changes. If for instance, the
rate of tax is 5%, a man with an income of 1200 Af will pay 60 Af and another
person with an income of 5000 Af will pay 250 Af to the state.
2- Progressive tax
The tax system is said to be progressive when the rate of tax increases as the
tax base increase. For example, the monthly income of a person is 9000 Af and
he is asked to pay 2% of his income to the government suppose further that his
income rises from 9000 Af to 15000 Af per month, the government instead of
taking 2% of his income in a tax asks him to pay 6%in the form of tax.
Digressive tax: It is the combination of proportionate tax and progressive tax.
Regressive tax : if the tax rate is decreasing for the improvement of a special
class of the society .
45. How can you supervise your subordinates?
Ans: I will check whether they are working according to the selected objective or
not if not by asking the reason and progress report of work and then give them
advice to work according to tasks assigned them.
JTR input: Supervising subordinates depends a lot on the individual people and
the job. Essentially, however, the key is to set expectations and goals for the
employees and then develop a set of milestones and reporting times so you can
check the progress. Be sure that you are clear with your communication and
that the employee has a lot of opportunity to speak with you and raise issues or
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concerns.
46. What are those tools and techniques to supervise the subordinates?
Ans: The main tools are the organizational policy because the policy guides
thinking to use it as well as to change the attitude and behavior of subordinates.
JTR input: Again, it depends on what works best for the employees...some
respond better to written reports, some to spoken. Best to have a combination of
tools so that you can be sure to keep the communication open and steady and
the employee motivated. Schedule regular team meetings where your group can
hear from you and have a chance to speak openly with each other, also schedule
regular 1 on 1 discussion so you can hear from and provide feedback to your
subordinates. I also like to have employees submit weekly reports on their
activities and progress, as well as to request assistance when needed.
47. How can you control the subordinates?
Ans: There are different approach to control the subordinates depending upon
the nature, attitude and behavior of employees. one dictator and the other is
democratic. There is also tasks orientated and the other relation base.
JTR input: I'm not certain what is meant by "control", but the different
supervisory techniques listed above are one way. Another is through a system of
providing recognition for employees when tasks are completed -- either through
money bonuses or some other type of reward or recognition.
54. How setting up a finance system for sub office, & from where it should
be start?
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59. What is the difference among GAAP, IFRS, IAS, and ISA & IPSAS?
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61. Explain the financial statements & what are the elements Financial
Statement?
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63. Explain Cash & Accrual Base system along with advantages &
disadvantages
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65. Define the Assets, types & writes control procedures on Assets?
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68. Define accrued expenses & revenue, Contingent Asset & liabilities &
Timing deference along with one example?
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73. Explain the aging analysis and the purpose of use of this statement.
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74. What is variance analysis and please explain the purpose of preparation
of this statement
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79. Write difference between NGO & business oriented Financial Statements
& single entry & double entry final Accounts,
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81. What is direct & indirect cost and how to calculate them?
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85. Define Retroactive financing and when the need for this arises?
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87. Define fixed & Variable cost?
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90. List down at least three key control guidelines in procurement and
Purchasing
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91. List down at least four key controls in the management of fixed asset
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92. List down at least four key control guidelines in Petty cash management
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93. List down at least three key control guidelines in payroll management.
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94. Define segregation of duty & write three examples of Preventive control.
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95. What do you understand by the term Fund Accounting? Please explain
the meaning of this term by giving examples of what it is made up of.
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96. As the Senior Finance Officer you will be responsible for budget
formulation, administration and monitoring, in consultation with the
program staff. Which budget monitoring tools will you use to ensure that
project funds are used in the most efficient and effective manner.
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101. What are the taxable transactions according to Afghanistan Law, and
what percentage involved in purchasing of Goods & Services?
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102. How do you ensure transparent, accountable, secure, and cost effective
financial system?
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