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November 2019

Unit: Public Finance and Taxation

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1a
Oversight Function in Public Finance Management
​​ Summarise five roles of the County Assembly in public finance management.
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1b
Relationship between National and County Governments on budget and economic matters
​ ​​Propose five sources of revenue for county governments.
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1c
Relationship between National and County Governments on budget and economic matters
​ ​​Outline the stages to be followed in the budget process for the National Government in any financial year.
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2a
Procurement in public entities
​​ Identify three ad hoc committees that a county procuring entity could establish to ensure that procurement and asset disposal is done in accordance with the County Governments Procurement Regulations.
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2b
Procurement in public entities
​​Discuss five roles of the National Treasury in relation to procurement and asset disposal as outlined in the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act.
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2c
Administration of Value Added Tax (VAT)
​​The following are summaries of the details of the sales day book, purchases day book and the cash book of Kamata Ltd. for the month of December 2018:

Sales Day Book
Date
Details
Folio
Amount (Sh.)
December 4
Mwangaza Ltd.
1002
650,000
                 7
J. Kamau
1003
520,000
               14
Hazina Enterprises (export)
1004
350,000
               20
Ministry of Sports
1005
170,000
Total
1,690,000

Purchases Day Book
Date
Details
Folio
Amount (Sh.)
December 1
Jawabu Enterprise
2004
300,000
                 6
Sonytec Ltd. (imports)
2006
420,000
               12
N. Kaluma
2007
200,000
               27
B. Salama
2008
180,000
Total
1,100,000

DrCr
Date
Details
Cash
Bank
Date
Details
Cash
Bank
December
Sh.
Sh.
December
Sh.
Sh.
5
Sales
960,000
450,000
               2
Salaries and wages
1,800,000
15
Receipt from debtors
800,000
4,200,000
               4
Catering expenses
  120,000

               5
Purchases
  580,000
   640,000
               7
Furniture
   160,000
               9
Electricity
    32,000
             14
Photocopying
    24,000
             22
Refund to customers
   176,000
             30
Balance c/d
1,004,000
1,874,000
1,760,000
4,650,000
1,760,000
4,650,000

Additional information:
1
J. Kamauwas declared bankrupt on 18 December 2018 after having paid Sh.400,000 for the goods purchased on 7 December 2018.
2
Ten per cent of the purchase from Jawabu Enterprises were returned by the company due to poor quality.
3
Credit notes amounting to Sh.280,000 were issued to customers during the month.
4
Refund to the customers in the cashbook relates to the excess amounts paid on cash sales.
5
A purchase invoice of Sh.220,000 from Dubai Traders was omitted from the purchases daybook.
6
All the above transactions are exclusive of VAT at the standard rate of 16%

Required: 
Prepare a VAT account for the month of December 2018 showing the VAT payable or refundable, if any. 
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3a
Administration of Income Tax and Tax Procedures
​​In a tax seminar one of the facilitators noted that, "The Tax Procedures Act 2015. specifies on that the Commissioner should include in the default assessment to a taxpayer".

With reference to the above statement, outline five categories of such information
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3b
Taxation of Income
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​Suleiman Kombo is employed as the Managing Director of Utamu Distributors Ltd., a tax exempt company. During the year ended 31 December 2018, he presented the following information:
 
1
His basic salary was Sh.120,000 per month (PAYE Sh. 48,000 per month).
2
He was provided with lunch by the employer from 1 August 2018 of Sh.4,800 per month.
3
He was provided with a fully furnished house fitted with water and electricity. The employer paid a monthly rent of Sh.45,000. He was deducted 10% of his basic monthly salary for rent. The cost of furniture was Sh.300,000 while the monthly electricity and water bills was Sh.3,500 and Sh.2,800 respectively.
4
The company paid for him life insurance premiums of Sh.6,000 per month for each member of his household from 1 September 2018. He had included himself, his wife and their son in the insurance policy.
5
He contributed 10% of his monthly pay towards a registered pension scheme while the employer contributed 15% of his basic pay towards the same scheme. 
6
He enjoyed free medical treatment under a medical scheme operated by the company for all employees. His medical expenses were assessed at Sh.150,000 during the year.
7
During the year the company paid a total of Sh.35,000 as school fees for his son studying in a County School. This amount was not included in the company's income statement during the year.
8
On 1 August 2018, the company provided him with the following:
-  A Land Rover which was acquired at a cost of Sh.1,800,000 with an engine capacity of 3,000сc.
-  A gardener and a night watchman whose monthly salaries was Sh.12,500 and Sh.15,000 respectively. 
9
He invested in real estate and earned a net rental income of Sh.72,000 after deducting the following expenditure:
Sh.
Caretaker's wages
120,000
Fencing
  40,000
Loan repayment
320,000
Insurance rent and rates
  48,000
Partitions
  60,000
Capital allowances
  22,000
Gross rental withholding tax paid
  68,200
10
He received net dividends of Sh.42,500 from Maziwa Co-operative Society during the year.

Required:
(i) Total taxable income for Suleiman Kombo for the year ended 31 December 2018. 

(ii) Tax payable (if any) from the income computed in (b) (i) above. 

(iii) Comment on any information not used in your computations under (b) (i) above.
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4a
Investment Allowances/deductions
​​ Dalbir Singh is a retired engineer. He set up a factory complex in industrial area on 30. September 2017 to fabricate mechanical and auto spare parts at a cost of Sh.48 million. 

However, operations commenced on 1 January 2018.

The cost comprised the following:
Sh.
Factory building
18,750,000
Office (within the factory building)
6,250,000
Reinforcement of concrete floor to affix machinery
1,650,000
Land
Land
Architect's fee
2,430,000
Packing bay
99,000
Electrical wiring
1,480,000
Conveyer belt
1,200,000
Lifts and escalators
4,000,000
Special shafts for lifts
3,250,000
48,000,000

Dalbir Singh provided the following additional information:
 
1
Additional structures and works constructed and utilised from 1 January 2018 were as follows:
Sh.
- Residential house
960,000
- Workplace nursery
1,200,000
- Drawing and design room
720,000
2
To improve performance in the factory, an Oracle database that provides cloud service was installed at a cost of Sh.450,000. The computers in the drawing and design room had a Computer Aided Design (CAD) application installed at a cost of Sh.270,000.
3
A building that had been constructed at a cost of Sh.12,000,000 was leased from Jalaam Manufacturers Ltd. for five years. The annual lease rentals were agreed at Sh.2,800,000. Dalbir imported processing machinery from China at a cost of Sh.5,200,000 and installed it in the building.
4
Two warehouses were constructed at a cost of Sh.2,250,000 and utilised from 1 September 2018.
5
The following assets were purchased or constructed during the year:
Sh.
Furniture and fittings (including of Sh.220,000 for the workplace nursery)
620,000
Library display fixtures (stocked with mechanical engineering volumes) 
480,000
Computers and electronic adding machines
840.000
Motor vehicle (a second-hand BMW)
2,300,000
Lorry (four tonnes)
1,800,000
Tuktuk for the messenger
180,000
Backhoe loader
3,680,000
Additional processing machinery
9,000,000
Mobile crane 
1,900,000

Required: 
Capital allowances due to Dalbir Singh for the year ended 31 December 2018.
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4b
Taxation of Income
​ ​​The following information has been extracted from the records of LathermanCo. Ltd. who are regional suppliers of electronic equipment and appliances, for the year ended 31 December 2018:

Sh.
Operating profit before tax and other income
3,800,000
Investment income
849,500
Leasing of electronic equipment
50,000
Rental income
346,000

Additional information is provided as follows:
1
Investment income comprises of the following:
Sh.
Interest income:
Post Bank (K) Ltd.
138,000
Fixed deposit accounts with Luanda Bank
246,500 (Net)
Savings accounts
170,000 (Net)
200,000 (Gross)
95,000 (Net)
849,500
2
Rental income is arrived at after deducting the following expenses among others:
Sh.
Mortgage interest on property
10,000
Purchase of water meters
28,000
Caretaker's salary
36,000
Replacing iron sheet roofing with the tile roofing
120,000
Withholding tax on rental income
60,000
3
The following expenses were considered before arriving at the operating profit before tax and other income:
Sh.
Salaries and wages
840,000
Retirement fund contribution (with Sh.80,000 to registered funds)
150,000
Depreciation
400,000
Bank interest
180,000
Provision for bad debts
10,000
Legal and professional fees
108,000
Repairs and maintenance
40,000
Sundry expenses
150,000
Donations
150,000
Compensation
92,000
Instalment tax paid for the previous year
900,000
Construction of the watchmen's booth at the gate 
240,000

4
Salaries and wages comprised: Directors allowances Sh.300,000, director's watchmen salary Sh.40,000 and salaries to other staff Sh.500,000.
5
Bank interest includes that of an overdraft taken by a senior manager of Sh.40,000, on the managing director's residential house mortgage Sh.60,000 and the rest on bank loan.
6
Provision for bad debts is made up as follows:
Sh.
Sh.
Bad debts written off: Customers
10,000
Balance brought forward: 3% of accounts receivable
8,000
                                   Staff
14,000
Balance brought forward: Specific bad debts
30,000
Balance carried down:
2% of accounts receivable
9,000
 Bad debts recovered
5,000
Specific bad debts
20,000
Income statement
10,000
53,000
53,000
7
Legal and professional fees comprise:

Collection of trade debts
Sh.
20,000
Renewal of lease (99 years)
3,000
Accounting fee
35,000
Auditing fee
15,000
Tax appeal
30,000
Staff loan collection
5,000
108,000

Auditing fee relates to an enquiry by the Revenue Authority which revealed discrepancies that led to higher tax liability and penalties.
8
Sundry expenses constitute staff Christmas party Sh.17,000, tax penalty for late filing Sh.3,000, school fees Sh.40,000 and other allowable expenses of Sh.90,000. School fees was for a director's son and the company agreed not to debit it in the income statement.
9
Donations were to the County Governor's political campaign kitty.
10
Compensation was to a staff member who had not been issued with safety equipment and uniform as he carried out work at a client's premise leading to him being badly injured.
  
Required: 
The adjusted taxable income of Latherman Co. Ltd. for the year ended 31 December 2018.
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5a
Customs Taxes and Excise Taxes
​​Explain each of the following terms as used under custom taxes

(i) Clean report of findings 

(ii) Import declaration form.
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5b
Introduction to Taxation
​​Summarise four factors which could influence the extent of tax shifting.
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5c
Taxation of Income
​​ Teddy, Racheal and Michael are partners trading under the name Teram Enterprises. They share profits and losses in the ratio of 4:3:3. The partners have presented the following income statement for the year ended 31 December 2018:

Sh.
Salaries and wages
280,000
Gross profit
2,300,000
Rent, rates and taxes
150,000
Miscellaneous income
150,000
Office expenses
204,000
Discounts
80,000
Printing and stationery
64,000
Farming income
132,000
Instalment tax paid
45,000
Profit on sale of shares
100,000
Advertising
73,000
Interest on deposits
120,000
Interest on capital:
      Teddy
60,000
      Racheal
70,000
      Michael
80,000
Michael
Commission to partners:
      Teddy
45,000
      Michael
35,000
Depreciation
92,000
Bad debts
68,000
General expenses
99,000
Donation to famine relief
100,000
General reserve
120,000
Local taxes on property
12,000
Electricity
46,000
Showroom expenses
117,000
Net profit
1,040,000
2,882,000
2,882,000

Additional information:
1. It has been the firm's practice to value the stocks at the cost price, however, the closing stock amounting to Sh.180,000 was valued based on net realisable value which is 10% less of its cost price. 

2. Salaries and wages include salaries amounting to Sh.40,000 paid to Racheal. 

3. Advertising includes Sh.10,000 spent on advertising campaign to introduce a new product in the market. 

4. Legal fees include a sum of Sh.12,000 paid as parking fine and penalty to the county government. 

5. Capital allowances have been agreed with the Commissioner of Income Tax at Sh.90,000. 

6. Teddy's other income includes Sh.120,000 consultancy fee. He has brought forward partnership business loss of Sh.135,000 from the assessment of the year of income 2017. 

7. Racheal has income of Sh.200,000 from bet winnings. She has brought forward partnership business loss of Sh.135,000 from assessment of the year of income 2017. 

Required: 
(i) Taxable profit or loss of the partnership for the year ended 31 December 2018. 

(ii) Allocation schedule of profit or loss calculated in (c) (i) above. 

(iii) Total taxable income of each of the partners for the year of income 2018.
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