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प्रश्न
Explain the accounting treatment of bad debts, provision for doubtful debts, and provision for discount on debtors.
उत्तर
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Bad debts: In other words, debts that cannot be recovered or irrecoverable debts are called bad debts. It is a loss for the business and should be charged against profit.
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Provision for bad and doubtful debts:
- Provision for bad and doubtful debts refers to the amount set aside as a charge against profit to meet any loss arising due to bad debt in the future.
- At the end of the accounting period, there may be certain debts that are doubtful, i.e., the amount to be received from debtors may or may not be received.
- The reason may be the incapacity to pay the amount of deceit.
- In general, based on past experience, the amount of doubtful debts is calculated on the basis of some percentage on debtors at the end of the accounting period after deducting further bad debts (if any).
- Since the amount of loss is impossible to ascertain until it is proved bad, doubtful debts are charged against profit and loss accounts in the form of provision.
- A provision for doubtful debts is created and is charged to the profit and loss account. When bad debts occur, it is transferred to provision for doubtful debts account and not to profit and loss account.
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Provision for discount on debtors:
- A cash discount is allowed by the suppliers to customers for prompt payment of the amount due either on or before the due date.
- A provision created on sundry debtors for allowing such discount is called a provision for discount on debtors.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What are adjusting entries?
What is prepaid expense?
For the fol owing adjustments, pass adjusting entries:
- Outstanding wages ₹ 5,000.
- Depreciate machinery by ₹ 1,000.
- Interest on capital @ 5% (Capital: ₹ 20,000)
- Interest on drawings ₹ 50
- Write off bad debts ₹ 500
The following are the extracts from the trial balance.
| Particulars | Debit ₹ | Credit ₹ |
| Sundry debtors | 50,000 | |
| Provision for doubtful debts | 5,000 | |
| Bad debts | 3,000 |
Additional information:
(a) Additional bad debts ₹ 3,000.
(b) Keep a provision for bad and doubtful debts @ 10% on sundry debtors.
You are required to pass necessary adjusting entries and show how these items will appear in the profit and loss account and balance sheet.
The following are the extracts from the trial balance.
| Particulars | Debit ₹ | Credit ₹ |
| Sundry debtors | 50,000 | |
| Discount on debtors | 2,000 | |
| Bad debts | 3,000 |
Additional information:
(a) Create a provision for doubtful debts @ 10% on sundry debtors.
(b) Create a provision for discount on debtors @ 5% on sundry debtors.
You are required to pass necessary adjusting entries and show how these items will appear in the final accounts.
Prepare trading account of Archana for the year ending 31st December 2106 from the following information.
| Debit balance | ₹ | Credit balance | ₹ |
| Opening stock | 80,000 | Purchases returns | 10,000 |
| Purchases | 8,60,000 | Sales returns | 3,16,000 |
| Freight inwards | 52,000 | Import duty on purchases | 30,000 |
| Wages | 24,000 | Sales | 14,40,000 |
Adjustments:
(a) Closing stock ₹ 1,00,000
(b) Wages outstanding ₹ 12,000
(c) Freight inwards paid in advance ₹ 5,000
From the trial balance of Sumathi and the adjustments prepare the trading and profit and loss account for the year ended 31st March, 2016, and a balance sheet as on that date.
| Particulars | Debit ₹ | Credit ₹ |
| Stock on April 1, 2015 | 900 | |
| Purchases | 2,000 | |
| Sales | 4,000 | |
| 10% Loan | 2,000 | |
| Carriage on purchases | 200 | |
| Rent from tenant | 250 | |
| Interest on loan | 100 | |
| Machinery | 400 | |
| Postage | 100 | |
| Salary | 650 | |
| Commission received | 200 | |
| Cash in hand | 75 | |
| Furniture | 4,000 | |
| Capital | 1,975 | |
| 8,425 | 8,425 |
Adjustments
(a) Six months interest on the loan is outstanding.
(b) Two months rent is due from the tenant, the monthly rent being ₹ 25.
(c) Salary for the month of March 2016, ₹ 75 is unpaid.
(d) Stock in hand on March 31, 2016, was valued at ₹ 1,030.
The following trial balance was extracted from the books of Arun Traders as of 31st March 2018.
| Particulars | Debit | Credit |
| Buildings | 17,500 | |
| Plant and machinery | 12,000 | |
| Cash purchases | 30,000 | |
| Credit purchases | 8,500 | |
| Sales | 63,250 | |
| Bills receivable | 6,750 | |
| Coal and water | 1,625 | |
| Office expenses | 5,250 | |
| Rent received | 1,750 | |
| Carriage outwards | 2,875 | |
| Repairs and maintenance | 500 | |
| Wages | 9,250 | |
| Debtors and creditors | 9,000 | 8,500 |
| Cash | 2,000 | |
| Capital | 44,750 | |
| Opening stock | 13,000 | |
| 1,18,250 | 1,18,250 |
Prepare trading and profit and loss account for the year ending 31st March, 2018 and balance sheet as on that date after considering the following:
- Depreciate Plant and machinery @ 20%
- Wages outstanding amounts to ₹ 750.
- Half of the repairs and maintenance paid is for the next year.
- Closing stock was valued at ₹ 15,000.
Prepare trading and profit and loss account and balance sheet from the following trial balance of Madan as of 31st March 2018.
| Debit balance | ₹ | Credit balance | ₹ |
| Sundry debtors | 61,000 | Capital | 70,000 |
| Plant and machinery | 80,000 | Purchases return | 2,000 |
| Bank charges | 4,200 | Sales | 2,55,000 |
| Wages | 7,000 | Bank overdraft | 77,000 |
| Sales return | 5,000 | ||
| Purchases | 1,52,000 | ||
| Opening stock | 30,000 | ||
| Drawings | 22,000 | ||
| Establishment expenses | 20,000 | ||
| Bad debts | 800 | ||
| Business premises | 22,000 | ||
| 4,04,000 | 4,04,000 |
Adjustments:
- The closing stock was ₹ 80,000
- Provide depreciation on plant and machinery @ 20%
- Write off ₹ 800 as further bad debts
- Provide the doubtful debts @ 5% on sundry debtors.
From the following information prepare trading and profit and loss account and balance sheet of Kumar for the year ending 31st December 2017.
| Debit balance | ₹ | Credit balance | ₹ |
| Purchases | 14,500 | Sales | 20,100 |
| Coal and fuel | 600 | Bills payable | 400 |
| Carriage inwards | 750 | Rent received | 2,500 |
| Advertisement | 500 | Creditors | 2,000 |
| Carriage outwards | 400 | Capital | 5,000 |
| Bank | 1,200 | ||
| Furniture | 8,000 | ||
| Debtors | 2,250 | ||
| Bills receivable | 300 | ||
| Stock on 1st January, 2017 | 1,500 | ||
| 30,000 | 30,000 |
Adjustments:
- The closing stock on 31st December 2017 was valued at ₹ 3,900.
- Carriage inwards prepaid ₹ 250
- Rent received in advance ₹ 100
- Manager is entitled to receive commission @ 5% of net profit after providing such commission.
