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  2. AbhishekBatabyal Helpful Pursuing CA, BCOM (HONS)
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    Journal entry for goods purchased by cheque The journal entry for goods purchased by cheque is as follows: In this journal entry, purchase account and bank account are involved. The explanation is given below. Explanation Purchase Whenever there is a purchase of goods, the purchase account is debiteRead more

    Journal entry for goods purchased by cheque

    The journal entry for goods purchased by cheque is as follows:

    In this journal entry, purchase account and bank account are involved. The explanation is given below.

    Explanation

    Purchase

    Whenever there is a purchase of goods, the purchase account is debited.

    Goods refer to the items which an enterprise manufactures or purchases and sells to generate its business revenue.

    If there is a purchase of any other item which does not satisfy the above definition of goods, then the purchase account is not involved.

    For example, if stationery is purchased and the enterprise does not trade in stationery items, then the purchase account will not appear in the journal entry.

    Payment by cheque

    Payment by cheque means the payment amount will be deducted from the bank account balance. Hence, in the given journal entry, the bank account is involved.

    The logic behind the debit and credit

    The golden rules of accounting

    Purchase is an expense hence it is a nominal account. The golden rule for nominal accounts is “Debit all expense and loss and credit all incomes and gains”

    Hence, the purchase account is debited.

    Bank is a real account and the golden rule of accounting for real accounts is, “Debit what comes in, credit what goes out”.

    Hence, the bank account is credited as money is going out of the bank.

    Modern rules of accounting

    Purchase is an expense account, and expenses are debited when increased and credited when decreased.

    Hence, the purchase account is debited here.

    A bank account is an asset account. Asset accounts are debited in case of an increase and credited in case of a decrease. Hence, the bank account is credited here.

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    When the Accumulated depreciation account is not maintained, the journal entry for vehicle depreciation shall be                              Particulars     Debit   Credit Depreciation a/c                                              Dr.      (xxx)      To Vehicle a/c      (xxx) (Being DepreciationRead more

    When the Accumulated depreciation account is not maintained, the journal entry for vehicle depreciation shall be

                                 Particulars     Debit   Credit
    Depreciation a/c                                              Dr.      (xxx)
         To Vehicle a/c      (xxx)
    (Being Depreciation charge on Vehicle made)

    For example, let us assume that a vehicle (Bike) was purchased on 1st April 2019 with INR. 2,50,000, the rate of depreciation is 15% and also the Company follows the straight-line method of calculating depreciation.

    Then the journal entries shall be,

    The depreciation charge for the 1st Year 

            Date                                Particulars  Debit  Credit
    31-03-2020 Depreciation a/c Dr.  37,500
        To Vehicle a/c  37,500
    (Being Depreciation made on Vehicle)

    The depreciation charge for the 2nd Year 

            Date                                Particulars  Debit  Credit
    31-03-2021 Depreciation a/c Dr.  37,500
        To Vehicle a/c  37,500
    (Being Depreciation made on Vehicle)

    The depreciation charge for the 3rd Year

            Date                                Particulars  Debit  Credit
    31-03-2022 Depreciation a/c Dr.  37,500
        To Vehicle a/c  37,500
    (Being Depreciation made on Vehicle)

    The respective ledger accounts for all three years are given below:

    When the Accumulated depreciation account is maintained, the journal entry for vehicle depreciation shall be

                                 Particulars   Debit   Credit
    Depreciation a/c                                              Dr.    (xxx)
         To Accumulated depreciation a/c    (xxx)
    (Being Depreciation charge on Vehicle made)

    Taking the above said example,

    The depreciation charge for the 1st Year 

            Date                                Particulars  Debit  Credit
    31-03-2020 Depreciation a/c Dr.  37,500
        To accumulated depreciation a/c  37,500
    (Being Depreciation made on Vehicle)

    The depreciation charge for the 2nd Year 

            Date                                Particulars  Debit  Credit
    31-03-2021 Depreciation a/c Dr.  37,500
        To accumulated depreciation a/c  37,500
    (Being Depreciation made on Vehicle)

    The depreciation charge for the 3rd Year

            Date                                Particulars  Debit  Credit
    31-03-2021 Depreciation a/c Dr.  37,500
        To accumulated depreciation a/c  37,500
    (Being Depreciation made on Vehicle)

    The respective ledger accounts for all three years are given below:

     

     

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  2. SidharthBadlani CA Inter Student

    A bills receivable book is a subsidiary book that shows the details of various bills receivables drawn on customers. It shows the amount, due date, date when the bill was drawn, name of the acceptor, and various other details pertaining to each bill. A bills payable book is a subsidiary book that shRead more

    A bills receivable book is a subsidiary book that shows the details of various bills receivables drawn on customers. It shows the amount, due date, date when the bill was drawn, name of the acceptor, and various other details pertaining to each bill.

    A bills payable book is a subsidiary book that shows the details of various bills that suppliers have drawn on the business. It shows the amount, due date, date when the bill was drawn, name of the drawer and various other details pertaining to each bill.

    The total of both these books is ultimately transferred to the general ledger. From there, it is used in drafting the balance sheet.

    Importance of bills receivable and bills payable books

    Bills receivable books help us know the amount that each customer is liable to pay us on specific dates while bills payable books help us know the amounts that we have to pay our various suppliers on certain dates.

    Together these books help us handle our cash flows in an efficient manner.

    We can evaluate our credit cycle. Bills receivable books help us avoid bad debts while bills payable books help us to avoid defaults.

     

    Difference between bills receivable and bills payable

    These are the primary differences between bills payable and bills receivable:

    • Bills receivable represent the amounts that the business is to receive from customers while bills payable represent the amounts that the business has to pay to suppliers.
    • Bills receivable are recorded as an asset in the balance sheet while bills payable are recorded as a liability.
    • Bills receivable are drawn by the business on the customers while the bills payable are drawn by the suppliers on the business.
    • Bills receivable are the outcome of credit sales while bills payable are the outcome of credit purchases.
    • Bills receivable result in an inflow of cash while bills payable result in an outflow of cash.
    • The dishonor of a bill receivable is recorded as an increase in the debtors of the business. Default on payment of bills payable may occur either because the business has become bankrupt or the business may record an increase in creditors.

    We can conclude that both bills receivable and bills payable books are subsidiary books. Bills receivable shows the details of every bill that the business has drawn on each credit customer. Bills payable show the details of every bill that each credit supplier has drawn on the business.

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    All expenses whose benefits are received over the years or the expenses or losses that are to be written off over the years are classified as Deferred revenue expenses. It includes fictitious expenses like preliminary expenses, loss on issue of debentures, advertising expenses, loss due to unusual oRead more

    All expenses whose benefits are received over the years or the expenses or losses that are to be written off over the years are classified as Deferred revenue expenses. It includes fictitious expenses like preliminary expenses, loss on issue of debentures, advertising expenses, loss due to unusual occurrences like loss due to fire, theft, and research and development expenses, etc. 

     

    DEFERRED REVENUE EXPENSES

    There are certain expenses which are revenue in nature (i.e. expenses incurred to maintain the earning capacity of the firm and generate revenue) but whose benefits are received over a period of years generally between 3 to 7 years. It means its benefit is received not only in the current accounting period but over a few consecutive accounting periods.

    CHARACTERISTICS

    • Revenue in nature
    • Benefits received for more than one accounting period.
    • Huge expenditure (large amount is involved)
    • Affects the profitability of the business (since a large amount is involved if charged in the same accounting period, then it will decrease the profitability for the year)
    • Written off over the years either partially or entirely.
    • Fictitious asset It doesn’t result in the creation of any asset but is shown as an asset (fictitious asset) on the Balance Sheet till fully written off.

     

    EXAMPLES

     

    ADVERTISING EXPENSES refers to the expenses incurred for promoting the goods or services of the firm through various channels like TV, Social media, Hoardings, etc.

    As the benefit of advertising is not received not only in the period when such expenses were incurred but also in the coming few years, it is classified as Deferred revenue expense.

    For example – Suppose the company incurred $10 lakh on advertising to introduce a new product in the market and estimated that its benefit will last for 4 years. In this case, $250,000 will be written off every year, for 4 consecutive years.

     

    EXCEPTIONAL LOSSES are losses that are incurred because of some unusual event and don’t happen regularly like loss from fire, theft, earthquake, flood or any other natural disaster, confiscation of property, etc.

    Since these losses can’t be written off in the year they occurred they are also treated as Deferred revenue expenditure and are written off over the years.

     

    RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES are expenses incurred on researching and developing new products or improving the existing ones. Its benefits are received for many years and thus are classified as Deferred revenue expenses.

    For example – Expenses incurred on the creation of intangible assets like patents, copyrights, etc.

     

    PRELIMINARY EXPENSES are those expenses which are incurred before the incorporation and commencement of the business. It includes legal fees, registration fees, stamp duty, printing expenses, etc.

    These expenses are fictitious assets and are written off over the years.

     

    TREATMENT

    It is debited to the P&L amount (amount written off that year) and the remaining amount on the Aeest side of the Balance Sheet.

    In the above example of advertising expenses, in Year 1, $250,000 will be debited in the P&L A/c and the remaining amount of $750,000 is shown on the Asset side of the Balance Sheet.

    In Year 2, $250,00 in P&L A/c and the remaining $500,000 in Balance Sheet.

    In Year 3, $250,000 in P&L A/c and the remaining $250,000 in the Balance Sheet and in the last Year 4, only the remaining amount of $250,000 in P&L A/c and nothing in the Balance Sheet.

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  2. prashant06 B.com, CMA pursuing
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    Revenue also called income is nothing but the income generated by individuals or businesses from the sale of goods or investing capital or assets. Some examples of revenue are as follows:- Sales revenue Dividend received Interest earned Rent received Commission    1. SALES REVENUE Sales revenueRead more

    Revenue also called income is nothing but the income generated by individuals or businesses from the sale of goods or investing capital or assets. Some examples of revenue are as follows:-

    1. Sales revenue
    2. Dividend received
    3. Interest earned
    4. Rent received
    5. Commission

     

     1. SALES REVENUE

    Sales revenue is the income received by the individual or business by selling its product or provision of services. the words “sale” and “revenue” are used interchangeably to mean the same thing. It is to be noted that revenue does not necessarily mean it has been received in cash, it can be partly in cash or partly on credit also.

    How to calculate sales revenue?

    SALES REVENUE = NO. OF UNITS SOLD * AVERAGE PRICE PER UNIT

    For example:- Amazon sold 4000 units of shirts @ 500 each. Therefore sales revenue for amazon is

    Sales revenue = 4000 * 500

    = 20,00,000

    Treatment of sales revenue in the financial statement, since sales are part of a trading account and appear on the credit side of the trading account.

    2. DIVIDEND RECEIVED

    Naina, this can be explained in simple terms. Suppose you own shares of a company which declares dividend so the dividend received is income for you. Since it does not reduce the assets of a company nor creates a liability it is shown as income and posted on the credit side of profit & loss A/c.

    Let me give you a short example of a dividend received, suppose you own 1000 shares of ABC.ltd. the company at the quarter-end calculate its earnings and decides to declare a dividend of Rs 5 per share. Therefore you would receive 1000* 5 i.e Rs 5000 as dividend income.

    3. INTEREST INCOME EARNED

    Interest income is the earnings the entity receives on any investments made. To be more precise it is money earned by an individual or business for lending their fund either by putting them as deposit in the bank. It is shown on the credit side of the profit & loss A/c.

    A very simple example for interest earned is when a business or an individual deposits money in the bank as savings and decided not to touch it for the coming years then such a depositor will gain interest on such savings by the bank. such type of income so received is treated as interest received and shown as income in the profit & loss A/c.

    3. RENT RECEIVED

    When money is received by the business for exchange of use of assets of the business by the other person, then it will be called rent received. Rent can be received by the business firm in respect of land, building, machinery, etc. As rent received is income for the business firm, it is shown on the credit side of profit & loss A/c.

    For example, X. ltd received Rs 20,000 via cash on one of its properties to Mr. Z. Then rent so received shall be treated as income in the books of ABC. ltd and same shall be treated as income and shown in the profit & loss statement.

    Summarised extract of profit & loss account is shown below for dividend received, Rent received and interest earned.

     

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    Provisional financial statements are prepared on the basis of past data i.e. for the period which is already over. For example, the bank requested for Q4 financial statement but there were still 15 days left for the quarter to get over. In this case, the business/company will prepare a provisional fRead more

    Provisional financial statements are prepared on the basis of past data i.e. for the period which is already over. For example, the bank requested for Q4 financial statement but there were still 15 days left for the quarter to get over. In this case, the business/company will prepare a provisional financial statement.

    Provisional financial statements can be requested by banks, investors, and large vendors while making decisions regarding business and want current financial statements which can be obtained easily.

    It is prepared with the help of past actual figures on a particular date or before the end of a financial statement. The main purpose of preparing is to show the company’s financial position on a particular date. Items of the provisional financial statement are assets, liabilities, and equity/capital.

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    Discount received is the reduction in the price of the goods and services which is received by the buyer from the seller. It is an income for the buyer and is credited to the discount received account and credited to the seller/supplier’s account. Journal entry for discount received as per modern ruRead more

    Discount received is the reduction in the price of the goods and services which is received by the buyer from the seller. It is an income for the buyer and is credited to the discount received account and credited to the seller/supplier’s account.

    Journal entry for discount received as per modern rules:

    Creditor’s A/c Debit Decrease in liability
            To Cash A/c Credit Decrease in asset
            To Discount Received A/c Credit Increase in income
    (Being goods purchased and discount received)

    Discount allowed is the reduction in the price of the goods which is granted by the seller to the buyer on prompt payment of their account. It is an expense for the seller and is debited to the discount allowed account and credited to the buyer’s account.

    Journal entry for discount allowed as per modern rules:

    Cash A/c Debit Increase in asset
    Discount Allowed A/c Debit Increase in expense
        To Debtor’s A/c Credit Decrease in asset
    (Being goods sold and discount allowed)

    For example, A Ltd. offers a 10% discount to the customers who settle their debts within two weeks. Mr.B a customer purchased goods worth Rs.20,000.

    According to modern rules, A Ltd will record this sale as:

    Particulars Amt Amt
    Cash A/c                                    Dr. 8,000
    Discount Allowed A/c             Dr. 2,000
                To Mr.B’s A/c 10,000

     

    Mr.B will record this purchase as:

    Particulars Amt Amt
    A Ltd A/c                                    Dr. 10,000
       To Cash A/c 8,000
       To Discount Received A/c 2,000

    For a business, the discount received is an income, and the discount allowed is an expense. In the above example, A Ltd has granted a discount and B is the receiver of the discount. Hence, for A Ltd discount allowed is an expense and for B discount received is an income.

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  2. Ayushi Curious Pursuing CA
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    Secondary books of accounts are most commonly known as subsidiary books of accounts or day books. They are prepared to record the same type of journals in an ordered manner in a special book. They are nothing, but special journals. Recording all the journals entries in a single journal and these posRead more

    Secondary books of accounts are most commonly known as subsidiary books of accounts or day books. They are prepared to record the same type of journals in an ordered manner in a special book. They are nothing, but special journals.

    Recording all the journals entries in a single journal and these posting them to different ledgers can be very difficult if the number of transactions is huge.

    So, recording the same type of transactions in a special journal proves to be useful in efficient book-keeping and also information retrieval.

    There are eight subsidiary books:

    1. Cashbook – It is three types. (a) Single column cash book – It records only cash receipts and cash payments. (b) Double column cash book – Apart from cash receipts and cash payments, it also records bank receipts and bank payments. (c) Triple column cash book – It additionally records the discount allowed and discount received.
    2. Purchase book – It records all the credit purchases except the purchase of assets.
    3. Sales book – It records all the credit sales except the sale of assets.
    4. Purchase return book – It records all the transactions related to the return of purchased goods.
    5. Sale return book – It records all the transactions related to the return of goods from customers.
    6. Bills receivable book – It records the particulars of all the bills drawn in favour of the business.
    7. Bills payable book – It records the particulars of all the bills drawn in the name of the business.
    8. Journal proper – It records those transactions which cannot be recorded in any of the above-mentioned books. For example, entry related to depreciation charged on assets.

     

    Also, there are a few more things to know:-

    1. Subsidiary books may look like ledger accounts but they are not ledgers. Ledgers are books of final entry and subsidiary books can be said to be the book of intermediate entry and are not but special journals.
    2. Once transactions are recorded in the subsidiary books, they are then posted to the ledgers.
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  2. Radhika
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    Capital maintenance is a principle that states profit should not be recorded until its cost or capital has been maintained. In other words, profit should not be recognized unless net assets have been maintained. Capital maintenance states that profit recognized is the increase in the value of net asRead more

    Capital maintenance is a principle that states profit should not be recorded until its cost or capital has been maintained. In other words, profit should not be recognized unless net assets have been maintained.

    Capital maintenance states that profit recognized is the increase in the value of net assets. However, there are two exceptions to it:

    • Cash increased because of sale of stock to shareholders
    • Cash decreased because of dividend payout to its shareholders

    It is important because:

    • It protects the interest of shareholders
    • It protects the interest of creditors
    • Accurately analyzing the performance of the company

    Capital maintenance is of two types:

    • Financial Capital Maintenance

    It is measured by the value of assets at the beginning and end of the financial year.

    • Physical Capital Maintenance

    It is measured by the production capacity at the beginning and end of the financial year.

    Capital maintenance is concerned with keeping proper account balances of assets and not the physical assets.

    Inflation is the increase in the economic value of goods due to the lower purchasing power and not an actual increase in the value of assets. So, if the value of an asset is increased due to inflation it does not depict the right picture for the company.

    Hence, if the value of assets increases due to inflation, companies need to adjust the value of assets to assess if capital maintenance has occurred. 

     

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  2. Radhika
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    An asset is a resource in the name of the company or controlled by the company that holds economic value and will provide it future benefits. A company invests in various kinds of assets for manufacturing purposes and investment purposes as well. Some examples of assets are: Plant and Machinery InveRead more

    An asset is a resource in the name of the company or controlled by the company that holds economic value and will provide it future benefits.

    A company invests in various kinds of assets for manufacturing purposes and investment purposes as well. Some examples of assets are:

    • Plant and Machinery
    • Investments
    • Inventory
    • Cash and Cash Equivalents, etc.

    Assets can be broadly divided into two categories based on their physical existence:

    • Tangible Assets
    • Intangible Assets

    Tangible Assets can be further divided into two categories based on their life and role in the operating cycle:

    • Non-Current Assets
    • Current Assets

    Since the company derives benefit from the asset, an asset account is debit in nature. If an asset account has a credit balance, it would fundamentally make it a liability. However, there are certain exceptions to it.

    In the case of Bank Overdraft, which means a company withdraws more from the bank than it has deposited in its account, Bank Account can also be shown having a credit balance.

    Contra Assets Accounts are the accounts that are contrary to the basic nature of an assets account, that is it is contrary to the debit nature of the assets account and hence are credit in nature.

    Examples of Contra Assets Account are:

    Accumulated Depreciation Account which is essentially Plant Assets Account also has a credit balance as it is used to depreciate the asset, or in other words, reduce the value of the assets, hence it also has a credit balance.

    When there are balances in the Account Receivables Account that are not paid to the company or have a very low probability of being paid, they are recorded in a separate account called Bad Debts Account, which is also credit in nature.

     

     

     

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