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प्रश्न
What are final accounts? What are its constituents?
उत्तर
- The business entities are interested in knowing periodically the results of business operations carried on and the financial soundness of the business.
- In other words, they want to know the profitability and the financial position of the business.
- These can be ascertained by preparing the final accounts or financial statements.
- The final accounts are usually prepared at the end of the accounting period on the basis of balances of ledger accounts shown by the trial balance.
The final accounts or financial statements include the following:
- Income Statement or Trading and Profit and Loss Account and
- Position Statement or Balance Sheet.
The purposes of preparing the financial statements are:
- To ascertain the financial performance of an enterprise and
- To ascertain the financial position of an enterprise.
- The income statement and balance sheet are prepared for these purposes respectively.
- An income statement gives the manner in which the profit or loss for an accounting period is arrived at.
- Hence, at the close of the accounting period, all nominal accounts (i.e. expenses, losses, revenues, gains, purchases, purchases returns, sales, and sales returns) are to be closed by transferring to the income statement or trading and profit and loss account.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Shri Yashraj and Company, Kolhapur, purchased furniture for Rs 60,000 on 1.4.2007.On 1.10.2009 the company sold out a part of the furniture for Rs 6,000, the original cost of which on 1.4.2007 was Rs 12,000.
The company charges depreciation at the rate of 10% p.a. on Reducing Balance method. The financial year of the company ends on 31st March, every year.
Prepare: Furniture Account and Depreciation Account for the years 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10.
Answer in one sentence only.
State the meaning of debit balance of Trading Account.
Give the word / term or phrase which can substitute the following statement.
A statement showing financial position of the business on a particular date.
Select the most appropriate alternative from those given below and rewrite the statement.
To find out net profit or net loss of the business _________________ account is prepared.
State whether the following statement is True or False.
The Balance Sheet is a nominal account.
Closing stock is an item of ________.
Prepare Final accounts of Abdul Traders for the year ending 31st March 2019 with the help of the following Trial Balance and Adjustments.
Trial Balance as of 31st March 2019.
| Debit Balance | Amount (₹) | Credit Balance | Amount (₹) |
| Salaries | 10,000 | Interest Received | 2,400 |
| Purchases | 71,400 | Capital | 1,60,000 |
| Rent (11 months) | 2,200 | Sales | 85,000 |
| Machinery | 56,000 | Provision for Bad Debts | 2,000 |
| Advance against wages | 4,000 | Commissions Received | 1,600 |
| Opening stock | 20,000 | Bills Payable | 9,200 |
| Bad debts | 1,000 | Creditors | 56,000 |
| Prepaid Insurance | 2,400 | ||
| Wages | 2,600 | ||
| Loose Tools | 26,000 | ||
| Commission receivable | 400 | ||
| Sundry Debtors | 64,000 | ||
| Cash | 1,000 | ||
| Bank | 3,000 | ||
| Drawings | 7,600 | ||
| Freight Inward | 1,000 | ||
| Bills Receivable | 13,600 | ||
| Loan to Aruna | 30,000 | ||
| 3,16,200 | 3,16,200 |
Adjustments:
1. Closing stock valued at ₹ 89,600
2. Outstanding expenses Salaries ₹ 2,000, Wages ₹ 4,000
3. Charge depreciation on Machinery @ 10%
4. Bad debts are written off ₹ 2,000 and create a provision for bad and doubtful debts 5% on Sundry Debtors.
From the following Trial Balance of Rajnish & Sons and the additional information given below prepare Trading & Profit and Loss Account for the year ending on 31st March 2018 and Balance Sheet as on that date.
Trial Balance as of 31st March 2018
| Debit balances | Amount (₹) | Credit Balances | Amount (₹) |
| Stock (01.04.2017) | 1,20,000 | Capital | 6,00,000 |
| Purchases | 4,00,000 | Sales | 3,00,000 |
| Wages | 17,000 | Return outward | 8,000 |
| Carriage | 6,000 | Sudnry Creditors | 1,80,000 |
| Salaries | 60,000 | Bills Payable | 90,000 |
| Rent, Rates and Taxes | 12,000 | 8% Loan (taken on 01.10.2017) | 1,00,000 |
| Insurance | 8,000 | Bank Overdraft | 79,200 |
| Royalties | 10,000 | ||
| Discount | 4,500 | ||
| Courier charges | 5,200 | ||
| Bad Debts | 7,000 | ||
| Trade Expenses | 2,500 | ||
| Drawings | 15,000 | ||
| Machinery | 3,00,000 | ||
| Furniture | 1,50,000 | ||
| Patents | 50,000 | ||
| Sundry Debtors. | 1,90,000 | ||
| 13,57,200 | 13,57,200 |
Adjustments:
1. Closing Stock valued at ₹ 3,00,000 cost price and ₹ 3,20,000 at Market price.
2. Salaries were paid for 10 months only.
3. Insurance is paid for one year ending on 30.06.2018
4. One of the debtors Mr. Amit became insolvent, from whom ₹ 10,000 was not received.
5. 5% R.D.D. is to be maintained on Debtors.
6. Depreciate Machinery & Furniture @ 10% and 5% respectively.
From the following Trial Balance of Pushkraj, you are required to prepare Trading Account and Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 31st March 2019 and Balance Sheet as of that date.
Trial Balance as of 31st March 2019
| Debit balances | Amount (₹) | Credit Balances | Amount (₹) |
| Drawings | 2,000 | Capital | 80,000 |
| Motor Car | 30,000 | Sundry Creditors | 25,000 |
| Cash in hand | 1,000 | Dividend | 4,800 |
| Bills Receivable | 20,000 | Commission | 2,535 |
| Wages | 1,000 | 8% Loan (taken on | 13,700 |
| Discount | 235 | 1.7.2018) | |
| Rent | 300 | Purchases Returns | 400 |
| Advertisement | 2,500 | Sales | 38,680 |
| Bad Debts | 500 | ||
| Travelling expenses | 1,000 | ||
| Purchases | 27,400 | ||
| Machinery | 30,000 | ||
| Office expenses | 500 | ||
| Sales Returns | 680 | ||
| Opening Stock | 10,000 | ||
| Sundry Debtors | 35,500 | ||
| Carriage Outward | 500 | ||
| Cash at Bank | 2,000 | ||
| 1,65,115 | 1,65,115 |
Adjustments:
1. Stock on 31st March 2019 was valued at ₹ 28,000
2. Create a Provision for doubtful debts on Sundry Debtors @ 5%
3. Depreciate Motor car by 5% p.a. and Machinery by 7% p.a.
4. Outstanding expenses Rent ₹ 800 & Wages ₹ 1,000
5. Charge interest on Capital @ 3% p.a.
6. Goods of ₹ 4,000 withdrawn by the proprietor for personal use.
From the following Trial Balance of Manish Enterprise, Prepare the Trading Account and Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 31st March 2019 and Balance sheet as of that date.
Trial Balance as of 31st March 2019
| Debit balances | Amount (₹) | Credit Balances | Amount (₹) |
| Cash in hand | 5,200 | Capital | 50,000 |
| Opening stock | 10,370 | Bank Loan | 15,000 |
| Goodwill | 10,000 | Bills Payable | 8,500 |
| Patents | 4,000 | Creditors | 38,260 |
| Cash at Bank | 4,400 | General Reserve | 1,500 |
| Freight | 2,500 | Dividend | 2,000 |
| Power & Fuel | 1,500 | Interest on Fixed Deposit | 3,440 |
| Furniture | 12,000 | Sales | 40,000 |
| Purchases | 35,260 | ||
| Mobile charges | 3,200 | ||
| Factory Salaries | 2,400 | ||
| Repairs | 800 | ||
| Lighting | 1,000 | ||
| Carriage outward | 360 | ||
| Professional charges | 1,240 | ||
| Debtors | 40,000 | ||
| Plant & Machinery | 13,700 | ||
| Office Equipments | 10,000 | ||
| Carriage Inwards | 770 | ||
| 1,58,700 | 1,58,700 |
Adjustments:
1. Closing Stock was ₹ 32,000.
2. Write off 50% of patents, depreciate Plant & Machinery by 10% p.a and Office Equipment by 20%.
3. Reserve for bad debts is to be created 5% and discount on Debtors 2%.
4. Outstanding expenses Mobile charges ₹ 300 and Freight ₹ 500
5. Charge Interest on Capital @ 5%.
6. Goods of ₹ 2,000 distributed on free samples.
