Distinguish between statement of affairs and balance sheet.
Basic of Difference | Balance Sheet | Statement of Affairs |
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1. Double Entry | It is prepared with the list of ledger balances drawn from the books of accounts kept on the basis of double entry. | It is not prepared with the list of ledger balances but with such information as is available from the accounting records kept on the basis of single entry. |
2. Arithmetical Accuracy | The tallying of balance sheet proves arithmetical accuracy of accounting books because it is prepared on the basis of a trial balance. | A statement of Affairs does not prove the arithmetical accuracy of accounting books because it is not prepared on the basis of a trial balance. |
3. Value of Assets and Liabilities | The values of assets and liabilities shown in a Balance Sheet are the actual values based on ledger accounts. | The values of assets and liabilities shown in the statement of Affairs are merely the estimates based on physical inspection. |
4. Object | It is prepared for ascertaining the financial position of a business. | It is prepared for ascertaining the capital of a business. |
5. Omission of an Asset or a Liability | If an asset or liability is omitted while preparing a Balance Sheet, it will be easily detected because the Balance Sheet will not tally. | If an asset or liability is omitted while preparing a statement of affairs, it cannot be easily detected. |
6. Reliability | A Balance Sheet is treated as more reliable because it is based on double entry principles. | It is treated as less reliable because it is based on incomplete records and estimates. |
Credit purchase, during the year is ascertained by preparing :
(a) Total creditors account (b) Total debtors account
(c) Cash account (d) Opening statement of affairs
What are the possible reasons for keeping incomplete records?
Explain how the following may be ascertained from incomplete records:
(a) Opening capital and closing capital
(b) Credit sales and credit purchases
(c) Payments to creditors and collection from debtors
(d) Closing balance of cash.
State the meaning of incomplete records?
Tick the correct answer :
Incomplete record mechanism of book keeping is :
(a) Scientific (b) Unscientific
(c) Unsystematic (d) both (b) and (c)
Opening capital is ascertained by preparing :
(a) Total debtors account (b) Total creditors account
(c) Cash account (d) Opening statement of affairs
Write the correct word(s) :
1. Credit sales can be ascertained as the balancing figure in the .......... account.
2. Excess of .......... over ......... represents loss sustained during the period.
3. To ascertain the profit, closing capital is to be adjusted by deducting .......... and adding ..........
4. Incomplete records are generally used by ..........
If opening capital is Rs. 60,000, drawings Rs. 5,000, capital introduced during the period Rs. 10,000, closing capital Rs. 90,000. The value of profit earned during the period will be :
(a) Rs. 20,000 (b) Rs. 25,000
(c) Rs. 30,000 (d) Rs. 40,000
What is meant by a ‘statement of affairs’? How can the profit or loss of a trader be ascertained with the help of a statement of affairs?
‘Is it possible to prepare the profit and loss account and the balance sheet from the incomplete book of accounts kept by a trader’? Do you agree? Explain.
Name any two types of commonly used negotiable instruments.
Why is it necessary to record the adjusting entries in the preparation of final accounts?
What is ‘Depreciation’?
Briefly state how the cash book is both journal and a ledger.
State the meaning of a trial balance?
State the four basic requirements of a database applications.
Define accounting.
State the different elements of a computer system.
Why is it necessary for accountants to assume that business entity will remain a going concern?
State the need for the preparation of bank reconciliation statement?
Briefly explain the term ‘favourable balance as per cash book’.
The realisation concept determines when goods sent on credit to customers are to be included in the sales figure for the purpose of computing the profit or loss for the accounting period. Which of the following tends to be used in practice to determine when to include a transaction in the sales figure for the period. When the goods have been:
a. dispatched
b. invoiced
c. delivered
d. paid for Give reasons for your answer.
State True or False :
(i) Gross profit is total revenue.
(ii) In trading and profit and loss account, opening stock appears on the debit side because it forms the part of the cost of sales for the current accounting year.
(iii) Rent, rates and taxes is an example of direct expenses.
(iv) If the total of the credit side of the profit and loss account is more than the total of the debit side, the difference is the net profit.
List the distinctive advantages of a computer system over a manual system.
Fill in the correct word:
1. Recognition of expenses in the same period as associated revenues is called _______________concept.
2. The accounting concept that refers to the tendency of accountants to resolve uncertainty and doubt in favour of understating assets and revenues and overstating liabilities and expenses is known as _______________.
3. Revenue is generally recognised at the point of sale denotes the concept of _______________.
4. The _______________concept requires that the same accounting method should be used from one accounting period to the next.
5. The_______________concept requires that accounting transactions should be free from the bias of accountants and others.
Briefly explain the statement ‘wrongly debited by the bank’ with the help of an example.
What is matching concept? Why should a business concern follow this concept? Discuss?
Cash book does not record transaction of :
(i) Cash nature
(ii) Credit nature
(iii) Cash and credit nature
(iv) None of these
What is difference between trade discount and cash discount?
Describe the various types of accounting software along with their advantages and limitations.