Show the treatment of prepaid expenses depreciation, closing stock at the time of preparation of final accounts when:
(a) When given inside the trial balance?
(b) When given outside the trial balance?
Treatment of prepaid expenses, depreciation and closing stock at the time of preparing the final account :
(a) When Given Inside the Trial Balance
Prepaid Expenses When prepaid expenses are given in the trial balance itself it will be treated as current assets only and will be posted in the Assets Side of the balance sheet. No further adjustment will be required in this case
Depreciation When depreciation is given in the trial balance it will be treated as an expenditure and will be shown in the debit side of the Profit and Loss Account. No further adjustment will be required in this case.
Closing Stock When closing stock is given in the trial balance it will purely be treated as assets and will be shown only in the Assets Side of the Balance sheet. No further adjustment will be required in this case.
(b) When Given Outside the Trial Balance
Prepaid Expenses When prepaid expenses are given outside the trial balance it will be treated as an Adjustment and will be posted at two places first of all it will be deducted from the concerned expenses in the debit side of Profit and Loss Account and after that it will be treated as current assets and will be posted in the Assets side of the Balance Sheet.
Depreciation When depreciation is given outside the trial balance it will be treated as an adjustment and will be posted at two places to comply with the rules of double entry book keeping system. First of all the amount of depreciation will be shown in the debit side of Profit and Loss account as an expenditure and the amount of depreciation will be deducted from the concerned assets in the assets side of Balance Sheet.
Closing Stock When closing stock is given outside the trial balance It will purely be treated as an adjustment and will be posted at two places first of all the amount of closing stock will be shown at the credit side of Trading Account and after that it will be shown as an assets in the Assets side of the Balance Sheet.
If the rent of one month is still to be paid the adjustment entry will be :
(a) Debit outstanding rent account and Credit rent account.
(b) Debit profit and loss account and Credit rent account.
(c) Debit rent account and Credit profit and loss account.
(d) Debit rent account and Credit outstanding rent account.
What adjusting entries would you record for the following :
(a) Depreciation
(b) Discount on debtors
(c) Interest on capital
(d) Manager’s commission
State the meaning of:
(a) Outstanding expenses
(b) Prepaid expenses
(c) Income received in advance
(d) Accrued income
Rahul’s trial balance provide you the following information :
Debtors Rs. 80,000
Bad debts Rs. 2,000
Provision for doubtful debts Rs. 4,000
It is desired to maintain a provision for bad debts of Rs. 1,000
State the amount to be debited/credited in profit and loss account :
(a) Rs. 5,000 (Debit) (b) Rs. 3,000 (Debit)
(c) Rs. 1,000 (Credit) (d) none of these.
If the opening capital is Rs. 50,000 as on April 01, 2016 and additional capital introduced Rs. 10,000 on January 01, 2017. Interest charge on capital 10% p.a. The amount of interest on capital shown in profit and loss account as on March 31, 2017 will be :
(a) Rs. 5,250 (b) Rs. 6,000
(c) Rs. 4,000 (d) Rs. 3,000
What is meant by closing stock? Show its treatment in final accounts?
If the rent received in advance Rs. 2,000. The adjustment entry will be :
(a) Debit profit and loss account and Credit rent account.
(b) Debit rent account Credit rent received in advance account.
(c) Debit rent received in advance account and Credit rent account.
(d) None of these.
What are adjusting entries? Why are they necessary for preparing final accounts?
If the insurance premium paid Rs. 1,000 and prepaid insurance Rs. 300. The amount of insurance premium shown in profit and loss account will be :
(a) Rs. 1,300 (b) Rs. 1,000
(c) Rs. 300 (d) Rs. 700
Give the journal entries for the following adjustments :
(a) Outstanding salary ₹ 3,500.
(b) Rent unpaid for one month at ₹ 6,000 per annum.
(c) Insurance prepaid for a quarter at ₹ 16,000 per annum.
(d) Purchase of furniture costing ₹ 7,000 entered in the purchases book.
Name any two types of commonly used negotiable instruments.
State the meaning of incomplete records?
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?
Use of common unit of measurement and common format of reporting promotes;
a. Comparability
b. Understandability
c. Relevance
d. Reliability
If suspense account does not balance off even after rectification of errors it implies that:
(a) There are some one sided errors only in the books yet to be located.
(b) There are no more errors yet to be located.
(c) There are some two sided errors only yet to be located.
(d) There may be both one sided errors and two sided errors yet to be located.
Discuss in detail the straight line method and written down value method of depreciation. Distinguish between the two and also give situations where they are useful.
Name and explain different types of reserves in detail.
Depreciation written off on furniture 1,500 was not posted to depreciation account.
This is an error of ..................................
The wrong effect has been:
The correct effect should have been:
The rectification entry will be.
Explain the errors of commission and give two examples with measures to rectify them.
Deepti wants to buy a building for her business today. Which of the following is the relevant data for his decision?
a. Similar business acquired the required building in 2000 for ₹ 10,00,000
b. Building cost details of 2003
c. Building cost details of 1998
d. Similar building cost in August, 2005 ₹ 25,00,000
Describe the various types of accounting software along with their advantages and limitations.
Describe the various elements of a computer system and explain the distinctive features of a computer system and manual system.
Describe how accounts are used to record information about the effects of transactions?