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प्रश्न
What is a balance sheet. What are its characteristics?
उत्तर
Balance sheet is referred to as the statement which tells about the position of the assets and the liabilities and the owner's equity on the given particular date.
Following are the characteristics of the balance sheet:
1. Balance sheet is not prepared for an entire period and thus it depicts the situation of the business o a particular date.
2. Balance sheet is prepared only after the completion of the profit and loss statement for the accounting period in order to tell about the financial position of the business.
3. Balance comprises of two sides - Assets and Liabilities.
The figure of both the sides should tally with each other in the balance sheet.
4. Blanc sheets establish the value of the position of the business on a particular date by discussing the position of the assets and liabilities of the business.
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| Particulars | ₹ | Particulars | ₹ |
| Capital | 80,000 | Cash in hand | 20,000 |
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| Drawings | 8,800 | Plant | 43,200 |
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| To Balance b/d | By Salary | 14,000 | |
| Cash in hand | 9,600 | By Office expenses | 7,200 |
| To Government grants for purchase of books | 10,000 | By Books purchased | 15,000 |
| To Subscription | 24,800 | By Stationery purchased | 1,800 |
| To Admission fees | 2,000 | By Newspaper purchased | 2,100 |
| To Prize fund receipts | 6,000 | By Prizes awarded | 5,000 |
| To Bank interest | 1,500 | By Balance c/d | |
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| Dr. | Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 31st March, 2018 | Cr. | ||
| Receipts | ₹ | ₹ | Payments | ₹ |
| To balance b/d | By Rent and rates | 18,000 | ||
| Cash in hand | 10,000 | By Electricity charges | 17,000 | |
| Cash at bank | 20,000 | 30,000 | By Furniture purchased | 12,000 |
| To Subscription | By Billiards table purchased | 70,000 | ||
| 2016 – 2017 | 5,000 | By Repairs and renewals | 16,000 | |
| 2017 – 2018 | 25,000 | By Special dinner expenses | 4,000 | |
| 2018 – 2019 | 6,000 | 36,000 | By Special dinner expenses | 2,000 |
| To Legacies | 40,000 | By Balance c/d | ||
| To Rent from hall | 14,000 | Cash in hand | 1,000 | |
| To Lockers rent | 5,000 | |||
| To Collection for special dinner | 12,000 | |||
| To Balance c/d | ||||
| Bank overdraft | 3,000 | |||
| 1,40,000 | 1,40,000 | |||
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