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प्रश्न
What is prepaid expense?
उत्तर
Prepaid expenses refer to any expense or portion of expense paid in the current accounting year but the benefit of services of which will be received in the next accounting period. They are also called unexpired expenses.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What are adjusting entries?
What is outstanding expense?
What is meant by provision for doubtful debts? Why is it created?
On preparing the final accounts of Suresh, the bad debt account has a balance of ₹ 800 and the sundry debtor account has a balance of ₹ 16,000 of which ₹ 1,200 is to be written off as further bad debts. Pass adjusting entry for bad debts. And also show how it would appear in the profit and loss account and balance sheet.
The following are the extracts from the trial balance.
Sundry debtors ₹ 30,000; Bad debts ₹ 5,000
Additional information:
(a) Write off further bad debts ₹ 3,000.
(b) Create 10% provision for bad and doubtful debts.
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 | |
| 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.
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
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.
