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CAP 2 SFMA Case Study 2016

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 77 ✭✭backtothebooks


    Paul C wrote: »
    When we have to calculate the NPV for the international option, should we put the €400,000 for the Set Production cost in as a year 0 outflow or should it be included in year 1?

    If you put the €400,000 as a T0 cash outflow and then put the inflow for year 1 as a T1 cashflow, year 2 as a T2 cashflow etc.... you're calculating the NPV as at the start of the project - in T1.

    If you put the €400,000 as a T1 cashflow and the first years inflow as a T2 cashflow etc... then you're calculating the NPV of a project that will start in 1 years time, today.

    I'd put the €400,000 as a T0 cashflow (first example above) and then simply mention in my solution that the answer obtained is the NPV of the project at the start of the project - ie the NPV at the beginning of 2017.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 Marry91


    Hi,

    For the LT project, it says 'Gross ticket sales income will be earned in the local currency of each country visited'.

    Just a thought but do you reckon we will be asked to calculate the € value of each currency per year? Using FEC's, etc

    If not, how would we deal with receiving the money in different foreign currencies?

    Thanks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 Marry91


    Also, I've created a Group for CAP 2 on Facebook. Just for brainstorming future areas like the Audit & Assurance IA or the exams. Can also be used next year for the FAE's (I realise it's a bit late for the IA's on Saturday). Feel free to join, and invite people you know currently doing them. It's called 'CAP 2 - 2015/16'.

    Current Population = 1 :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 120 ✭✭Jsmac67


    For calculating the wacc in the exam, we will need the market value of debt. Should we simply assume a nominal value of 100 per bond and go from there or what do people think


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21 Mark_23


    Yeah unless told otherwise.

    As this is an open book exam, does that mean we've to bring annuity tables or would they be provided?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 632 ✭✭✭Lyra Fangs


    Mark_23 wrote: »
    Yeah unless told otherwise.

    As this is an open book exam, does that mean we've to bring annuity tables or would they be provided?

    I would assume you have to bring them, they are in the finance book anyway at the back!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 120 ✭✭Jsmac67


    Lyra Fangs wrote: »
    I would assume you have to bring them, they are in the finance book anyway at the back!

    Can't see them being needed though can you?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 120 ✭✭Jsmac67


    Mark_23 wrote: »
    Yeah unless told otherwise.

    As this is an open book exam, does that mean we've to bring annuity tables or would they be provided?

    Bare in mind the debt is irredeemable so if discounting is required it'll be a perpetuity.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 360 ✭✭Humour Me


    I have 'Bring Annuity Tables' written and underlined on the front of my notes from the SFMA workshop so I'm assuming we were told to bring them with us.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 632 ✭✭✭Lyra Fangs


    Humour Me wrote: »
    I have 'Bring Annuity Tables' written and underlined on the front of my notes from the SFMA workshop so I'm assuming we were told to bring them with us.

    I don't think we'll be using them, the present value tables are the key ones but it's no harm bringing.

    At least a 1/3 of the notes I'm bringing in are more just in case than anything.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 632 ✭✭✭Lyra Fangs


    Jsmac67 wrote: »
    For calculating the wacc in the exam, we will need the market value of debt. Should we simply assume a nominal value of 100 per bond and go from there or what do people think

    If not stated then assume 100 euro so they have 10 mil euro worth of the bonds so 100,000 bonds in total.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 120 ✭✭Jsmac67


    Lyra Fangs wrote: »
    I don't think we'll be using them, the present value tables are the key ones but it's no harm bringing.

    At least a 1/3 of the notes I'm bringing in are more just in case than anything.

    Even PV tables will probably be of no use unless the wacc is a well rounded number. But yeah no harm bringing too much as you said


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 632 ✭✭✭Lyra Fangs


    Jsmac67 wrote: »
    Even PV tables will probably be of no use unless the wacc is a well rounded number. But yeah no harm bringing too much as you said

    Well we have to discount our cashflows with something so I assume it'll either be an even number or more likely we have to round up/down.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 942 ✭✭✭s15r330


    That was pretty tight!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 120 ✭✭Jsmac67


    s15r330 wrote: »
    That was pretty tight!

    Q2 took a while alright!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 632 ✭✭✭Lyra Fangs


    Jsmac67 wrote: »
    Q2 took a while alright!

    Insanely tight for time.

    My workings are so messy god only knows if the marker will be able to read it.

    I got 14% (rounded) for the wacc and both projects exceeded the goals set. Anyone else?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 942 ✭✭✭s15r330


    Lyra Fangs wrote: »
    Insanely tight for time.

    My workings are so messy god only knows if the marker will be able to read it.

    I got 14% (rounded) for the wacc and both projects exceeded the goals set. Anyone else?

    My friend got 14 also, but I rounded the individual calculations as well as the final % to give 13%


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 360 ✭✭Humour Me


    14% here as well with both projects exceeding the minimum return required. The 5 minute warning was a bit of a shock, I'm won't be getting any presentation marks!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 370 ✭✭AtticusFinch86


    I thought the content of the assessment itself wasnt too bad. Nothing too tricky. I got 14% WACC rounded up and I think about 380k cash inflow for domestic production. Think I got an npv of about 3m for international one, maybe more. Found the time constraints to be a real killer. I was just finishing off Q1 and had a glance at the clock, was distraught when i read 11.50. Couldnt believe it. I got first 2 questions finished and a Stab at q3.


    Found the FR even more difficult. You really get no time to think something through. You just have to know how to deal with it right away and bang on to the next issue.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 120 ✭✭Jsmac67


    I thought the content of the assessment itself wasnt too bad. Nothing too tricky. I got 14% WACC rounded up and I think about 380k cash inflow for domestic production. Think I got an npv of about 3m for international one, maybe more. Found the time constraints to be a real killer. I was just finishing off Q1 and had a glance at the clock, was distraught when i read 11.50. Couldnt believe it. I got first 2 questions finished and a Stab at q3.


    Found the FR even more difficult. You really get no time to think something through. You just have to know how to deal with it right away and bang on to the next issue.

    I was the same for FR. The suspense account Q wording through me completely and under the time pressure I just did it so backwards, even though looking back I knew the journals etc! Live and learn


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 632 ✭✭✭Lyra Fangs


    I thought the content of the assessment itself wasnt too bad. Nothing too tricky. I got 14% WACC rounded up and I think about 380k cash inflow for domestic production. Think I got an npv of about 3m for international one, maybe more. Found the time constraints to be a real killer. I was just finishing off Q1 and had a glance at the clock, was distraught when i read 11.50. Couldnt believe it. I got first 2 questions finished and a Stab at q3.


    Found the FR even more difficult. You really get no time to think something through. You just have to know how to deal with it right away and bang on to the next issue.

    I got about the same for the domestic but i think i was waayy off the mark with the international, think I got something like 7million :/

    Took a stab at question 3 as well, got about a page and half down but i have tiny writing so hope they realise that :P

    Presentation marks = 0

    FR i actually thought was better, got through all the questions and actually had time leftover to check over my answers. Not that they're right but still!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 632 ✭✭✭Lyra Fangs


    Jsmac67 wrote: »
    I was the same for FR. The suspense account Q wording through me completely and under the time pressure I just did it so backwards, even though looking back I knew the journals etc! Live and learn

    I got caught by the last adjustment being 462 and 426, I just read both as 462 as i tend to mix up my numbers so didn't even notice something was amiss until something pointed it out afterwards.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 120 ✭✭Jsmac67


    Lyra Fangs wrote: »
    I got about the same for the domestic but i think i was waayy off the mark with the international, think I got something like 7million :/

    Took a stab at question 3 as well, got about a page and half down but i have tiny writing so hope they realise that :P

    Presentation marks = 0

    FR i actually thought was better, got through all the questions and actually had time leftover to check over my answers. Not that they're right but still!

    I got your 7 million figure too don't worry haha


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 120 ✭✭Jsmac67


    Lyra Fangs wrote: »
    I got caught by the last adjustment being 462 and 426, I just read both as 462 as i think to mix up my numbers so didn't even notice something was amiss until something pointed it out afterwards.

    For part A I just did what each adjustment shouldve been if done correctly. Didn't mention and suspense till part B......hopefully I get something :/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 632 ✭✭✭Lyra Fangs


    Jsmac67 wrote: »
    For part A I just did what each adjustment shouldve been if done correctly. Didn't mention and suspense till part B......hopefully I get something :/

    You'll get something for that, once you showed the correcting journals i.e. clearly out the suspense journals. Like for the consolidation adjustment you would have cleared out their massive 580k suspense.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 120 ✭✭Jsmac67


    Lyra Fangs wrote: »
    You'll get something for that, once you showed the correcting journals i.e. clearly out the suspense journals. Like for the consolidation adjustment you would have cleared out their massive 580k suspense.


    Yeah thought that! So you reckon for A its okay to just so the 'what should have happened' journals as if their was so suspense account. And then in B show the actual suspense account adjustments?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 632 ✭✭✭Lyra Fangs


    Jsmac67 wrote: »
    Yeah thought that! So you reckon for A its okay to just so the 'what should have happened' journals as if their was so suspense account. And then in B show the actual suspense account adjustments?

    Well for full marks in A you'd prob need to reverse their mistake then show the correcting journals.

    E.g. Adj 1
    They debited t. rec for credit purchases
    What they did (don't think you have to show this it's more to help you)
    Dr t. rec 500
    Dr purch 500
    Cr suspense 1000

    Correction:
    Cr t. rec 500
    Cr t. pay 500
    Dr suspense 1000

    Then in part b you would dr you're t account and reference adj 1


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 120 ✭✭Jsmac67


    Lyra Fangs wrote: »
    Well for full marks in A you'd prob need to reverse their mistake then show the correcting journals.

    E.g. Adj 1
    The debit t. rec for credit purchases
    What they did (don't think you have to show this it's more to help you)
    Dr t. rec 500
    Dr purch 500
    Cr suspense 1000

    Reverse:
    Cr t. rec 500
    Cr t. pay 500
    Dr suspense 1000

    Then in part b you would dr you're t account and reference adj 1

    That makes sense. I would've just showed CR RECs 500 and Dr payables 500 then addressed the suspense in B.

    Should get a few so!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 632 ✭✭✭Lyra Fangs


    What did people do for the inventory adjustment in question 1?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 120 ✭✭Jsmac67


    Lyra Fangs wrote: »
    What did people do for the inventory adjustment in question 1?

    Think it was just a record inventory at lower of cost and NRV. So a normal write down,but also the costs of I think 8k to convert them would be taken away from inventory and expensed in cost of sales as they relate to a cost of inventory?

    So it'd be closing inventory less write down less costs of conversion?


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