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Question
What is meant by ' Securities Premium '?
Solution
When shares are issued at a price higher than its face value then, the difference between the issue price and the face value of the share is considered as premium (capital gain) for the company. This premium amount is transferred to a separate account called Securities Premium Account.
RELATED QUESTIONS
What do you mean by ‘issue of shares at premium’?
B' Ltd. took over the assets of Rs.14,00,000 and liabilities of Rs.4,00,000 of C Ltd. for a purchase consideration of Rs.9,19,000. Rs.17,000 were paid by a bank draft in favour of C Ltd. and the balance was paid by issue of equity shares of Rs.10 each at a premium of 10% in favour of C Ltd.
Pass necessary journal entries for the above transactions in the books of B Ltd.
BBG Ltd. had issued 1,00,000 equity shares of Rs.10 each at a premium of Rs.3 per share payable with application money. While passing the journal entries related to the issue, some blanks are left. You are required to complete these blanks.
Books of BBG Ltd
Journal
| Date | Particulars | L.F. | Dr.(Rs.) | Cr.(Rs.) |
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2015 Jan 05
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Dr To _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Amount received on application for 1,40,000) shares @ Rs.6 per share including premium) |
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Jan 17
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Equity Share Application A/c Dr To _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ To _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ To _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ To _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Transfer of application money to share capital securities premium, money refunded for 20,000 shares for rejected application and balance adjusted towards amount due on allotment as shares were allotted on Pro-rata basis) |
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Jan 17
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Dr To _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Amount due on allotment @ Rs.4 per share) |
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Feb 20
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ Dr To _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Balance amount received on allotment) |
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April 01
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Dr To _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (First and Final Call money due) |
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April 20
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Dr Calls – in – arrears A/c Dr To _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Money received on First and Final Call) |
3,000
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May 20
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Dr To _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ To _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ (Forfeited the shares on which call money was not received) |
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June 15
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Dr _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Dr To _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ (Re-issued the forfeited shares) |
3,000
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Samachar India Ltd. took over the assets of Rs 14,00,000 and liabilities of Rs 4,00,000 from News Ltd. for a purchase consideration of Rs 9,19,000. Samachar India Ltd. issued a promissory note of Rs 17,000 payable after 60 days in favour of News Ltd. and the balance amount was paid by issue of equity shares of Rs 100 each at a premium of Rs 25 per share.
Pass necessary Journal entries for the above transactions in the books of Samachar India Ltd.
Y. Ltd forfeited 1,00 equity shares of Rs 10 each for the non-payment of the first call of Rs 2 per share. The final call of Rs2 per share was yet to be made.
Calculate the maximum amount of discount at which these shares can be reissued.
X Ltd invited applications for issuing 500, 12 % debentures of `100 each at a discount of 5%. These debentures were redeemable after these years at par. Applications for 600 debentures were received. Prorata allotment was made to all the applications.
Pass necessary journal entries for the issue of debentures assuming that the whole amount was payable with application.
State any three conditions for the issue of shares at discount.
Pass necessary journal entries for the following transactions in the books of Sewak Ltd.:
(i) Sewak Ltd. acquired assets of Rs 5,00,000 and liabilities of Rs 3,00,000 of Goodwill Ltd. for a purchase consideration of Rs 1,35,000. Payment to Goodwill Ltd. was made by issuing equity shares of 10 each at a discount of 10%.
(ii) Purchase furniture of Rs 5,00,000 from Ramprastha Ltd. The payment to Ramprastha Ltd. was made by issuing equity shares of Rs 10 each at a premium of 25%.
Answer in one Sentence only :
What is meant by share premium?
Answer in one Sentence only :
What is meant by discount on issue of shares?
Give one word / Term / phrase for the following statement :
Issue of share above face value.
Select the most appropriate answer from the alternatives given below and rewrite the sentence :
As per SEBI guidelines, the minimum amount payable on share application should be ____________ of nominal value of share.
Select the most appropriate answer from the alternatives given below and rewrite the sentence :
If shares are issued at its face value, it is called as issue at __________________.
(Issue at discount and Pro-rate allotment)
Global IT Ltd. issued 1,00,000 shares of 10 each at a discount of 10% payable as follows-
| On Application | Rs 3 | On Allotment | Rs 3 (Discount) |
| On First Call | Rs 2 | On Second Call | Rs 1 |
Public applied for 1,20,000 shares and the directors made pro-rata allotment to the applicants.
Show the journal of the company assuming that all money received on allotment and calls.
State, whether the following statements is True or False.
Shares are always issued at par.
State, whether the following statements is True or False.
A public company can issue shares at only rate of discount.
