i) Give and explain five examples of non-taxable income i) With reference to wear and tear allowances, what is meant by the “pooling method”?

The table below shows the demand and supply schedules for a product. Price (Sh. Per Kg.) Demand (Kg) Supply (Kg.) 10 100 20 20 85 36 30 70 53 40 55 70 50 40 87 60 25 103 70 10 120 Required: Plot the demand and supply curves and determine […]

State and briefly explain any four main factors that may cause a fall in the supply of a good in the market.

Clearly explain the distinction between supply, demand and equilibrium price.

XYZ Company Limited invests in a particular project and it has been estimated that after X months of running, the cumulative profit (Sh. ‘000’) from the project is given by the function 10X – X2 – 5, where X represents time in months. The project can run for eleven months […]

(a) State and explain from tax perspective whether each of the following items are capital or revenue. – Legal and professional fees on computerization. – Structural alterations to premises to maintain existing rent. – Legal costs and stamp duty for acquisition of lease of business premises – Expenditure on advertising […]

Miss Jane’s contract of employment for five years was terminated on 31 December 2005 after it had run for three years. Compensation for Sh.300,000 was paid. Her salary at the date of termination was Sh.90,000 per year. If the contract had run its full term, a total of Sh.180,000 would […]

Two machines, A and B are used to process certain items. The cost function for each machine is given by: Machine A: Y = 15 + 3X Machine B: Y = 18 – X + X2 Where: Y is the cost of producing X items (Sh. ‘000’) X is the […]

A removal firm has received an order to remove the contents of a house situated 100 kilometres from its offices. The firm operates two sizes of removal vans; medium and large and, from a description of the contents of the house, the manager is 80 percent confident that a medium […]