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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – AN
INTRODUCTION
In the previous lessons you have learnt how to record the business
transactions in various books of accounts and posting into ledger. You
have also learnt about balancing the account and preparing the trial
balance. One of the most important purposes of accounting is to ascertain
financial results, i.e., profit or loss of the business operations of a business
enterprise after a certain period and the financial position of it on a
particular date. For this certain financial statements are prepared which are
termed as income statement (i.e. Trading and Profit & Loss Account) to
know what the business has earned during a particular period and the
Position Statement (i.e. Balance Sheet) to know the financial position of
the business enterprise on a particular date.
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In this lesson you will learn about the financial statements that are
prepared by a business unit for profit.

OBJECTIVES
After studying this lesson you will be able to :
• explain the meaning and the objectives of financial statements;
• classify the financial statements into Trading and Profit & Loss
Account and Balance Sheet;
• distinguish between capital expenditure and revenue expenditure,
capital receipts and revenue receipts;
• explain the purpose of preparing Trading Account and Profit and Loss
Account;
• draw the format of Trading Account and Profit and Loss Account;
• explain the Balance Sheet.
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13.1 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS : MEANING AND OBJECTIVES

When a student has studied for a year, he/she wants to know how much
Notes he/she has learnt during that period. Similarly, every business enterprise
wants to know the result of its activities of a particular period which is
generally one year and what is its financial position on a particular date
which is at the end of this period. For this, it prepares various statements
which are called the financial statements.
Financial statements are the statements that are prepared at the end
of the accounting period, which is generally one year. These include
income statement i.e. Trading and Profit & Loss Account and
Position statement i.e. Balance Sheet.

Objectives of financial statements

Financial statements are prepared to ascertain the profits earned or losses
incurred by a business concern during a specified period and also to
ascertain its financial position at the end of that specified period.

Financial statements are generally of two types (a) Income statement

which comprises of Trading Account and Profit & Loss Account, and (b)
Position Statement i.e., the Balance Sheet.

Following are the objectives of preparing financial statements: -

1. Ascertaining the results of business operations

Every businessman wants to know the results of the business

operations of his enterprise during a particular period in terms of
profits earned or losses incurred. Income statement serves this
purpose.

2. Ascertaining the financial position

Financial statements show the financial position of the business

concern on a particular date which is generally the last date of the
accounting period. Position statement i.e. Balance Sheet is prepared
for this purpose.

3. Source of information

Financial statements constitute an important source of information

regarding finance of a business unit which helps the finance manager
to plan the financial activities of the business and making proper
utilisation of the funds.

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4. Helps in managerial decision making

The Manager can make comparative study of the profitability of the

concern by comparing the results of the current year with the results
of the previous years and make his/her managerial decisions
accordingly.

5. An index of solvency of the concern

Financial statements also show the short term as well as long term
solvency of the concern. This helps the business enterprise in
borrowing money from bank and other financial institutions and/or
buying goods on credit.

Capital Expenditure and Revenue Expenditure, Capital Receipts and

Revenue Receipts
The preparation of Trading Account and Profit and Loss Account requires
the knowledge of revenue expenditure, revenue receipts and capital
expenditure and capital receipts. The knowledge shall facilitate the
classification of revenue items and put them in the Trading account and
Profit and Loss Account on one hand and prepare Balance Sheet based on
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capital items (expenditure as well as receipts) on the other hand.

Capital Expenditure refers to the expenditure incurred for acquiring fixed

assets or assets which increase the earning capacity of the business. The
benefits of capital expenditure to the firm extend to number of years.
Examples of capital expenditure are expenditure incurred for acquiring a
fixed asset such as building, plant and machinery etc.

Revenue expenditure, on the other hand, is an expenditure incurred in the

course of normal business transactions of a concern and its benefits are
availed of during the same accounting year. Salaries, carriage etc. are
examples of revenue expenditure.

There is another category of expenditure called deferred revenue

expenditure. These are the expenses incurred during one accounting year
but are applicable wholly or in part in future periods. These expenditures
are otherwise of a revenue nature. Example of deferred revenue
expenditure are heavy expenditure on advertisement say for introducing a
new product in the market, expenditure incurred on research and
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Table 13.1 Difference between capital expenditure and

revenue expenditure
Basis of Capital Revenue
Difference Expenditure Expenditure
1. Purpose It is incurred for It is incurred for the
acquiring of fixed assets. maintenance of fixed assets.
2. Earning It increases the earning It helps in maintaining
capacity capacity of the business. the earning capacity
of the business intact.
3. Periodicity Its benefits are spread Its benefits accrue only in
of benefit over a number of years. one accounting year.
4. Placement in It is an item of Balance It is an item of Trading
financial Sheet and is shown as and Profit and Loss
statements an item of asset. Account and is shown
on the debit side of
either of the two.
5. Occurrence of It is non-recurring It is usually a recurring
expenditure in nature. expenditure.

Capital and Revenue Receipts

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Capital receipts are receipts which do not arise out of normal course of
business. Examples of such receipts are sale of fixed assets, and raising of
loans etc. Such receipts are not treated as income of the enterprise.
Revenue receipts are receipts which arise during the normal course of
business, Sale of goods, rent from tenants, dividend received, etc. are
some of the examples of revenue receipts. They are the items of incomes
of the business entity.
Table 13.2 Distinction between Capital Receipts and
Revenue Receipts
Basis of Capital Receipt Revenue Receipt
difference
Source Receipts that do not arise during Receipts that arise during the
the normal course of business. normal course of business.
Nature These are of capital nature and These are of revenue nature and
hence are not treated as items of hence are treated as items of
income of the business. income of the business.
Occurrence These are of non-recurring These are recurring in nature.
in nature.
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INTEXT QUESTIONS 13.1

I. Classify the following items of expenditure into capital expenditure
revenue expenditure and deferred revenue expenditure
(i) Amount spent on purchase of Machine.
(ii) Expenditure incurred on repairs of building.
(iii) Heavy expenditure on advertisement to introduce a new product
in the market.
(iv) Purchase of Motor Vehicle for business use.
II. One important objective of financial statements is to ascertain the
results of business operations. List the other objectives of the financial
statements :
(a) ......................................................................................................
(b) ......................................................................................................
(c) ......................................................................................................
(d) ......................................................................................................

13.2 TRADING ACCOUNT

Income statement consists of Trading and Profit and Loss Account. Let us
first study the Trading Account. A business firm either purchases goods
from others and sells them or manufactures and sells them to earn profit.
This is known as trading activities. A statement is prepared to know the
results in terms of profit or loss of these activities. This statement is called
Trading Account.

Trading Account is prepared to ascertain the results of the trading

activities of the business enterprise. It shows whether the selling of goods
purchased or manufactured has earned profit or incurred loss for the
business unit. Cost of goods sold is subtracted from the net sales of the
business of that accounting year. In case the total sales value exceeds the
cost of goods sold, the difference is called Gross Profit. On the other hand,
if the cost of goods sold exceeds the total net sales, the difference is Gross
Loss. All accounts related to cost of goods sold such as opening stock, net
purchases i.e. purchase less returns outward, direct expenses such as
wages, carriage inward etc. and closing stock with net sales (i.e. Sales
minus Sales returns)
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are taken to the Trading Account. Then this account is balanced. Credit
balance shows the gross Profit and debit balance shows the gross loss.

It is necessary to understand the meaning of cost of goods sold before

preparing Trading Account.

Cost of goods sold and gross profit

A business enterprise either purchases goods or manufactures goods to sell
in the market. Cost of goods sold is computed to know the profit earned
(Gross Profit) or loss incurred (Gross Loss) from the trading activities of
a business unit for a particular period.

Cost of goods sold = the amount of goods purchased + expenses incurred

in bringing the goods to the place of sale or expenses incurred on
manufacturing the goods (called direct expenses).

In case there is a stock of goods to be sold in the beginning of the year

or at the end of the year, the cost of goods is calculated as follows :
Cost of goods sold = Opening stock + Net purchases + All direct
expenses – Closing stock

Gross Profit = Net sales – Cost of goods sold

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Illustration 1
Calculate the cost of goods sold from the following information :

Rs
Opening stock 10000
Closing stock 8000
Purchases 80000
Carriage on purchases 2000
Wages 6600

Solution :
Cost of goods sold = opening stock + purchases + direct expenses (carriage
on purchases + wages) – closing stock

= Rs. [10000 + 80000 + 8600 (i.e. 2000 + 6600) – 8000]

= Rs. 90600
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Illustration 2
Calculate cost of goods sold and gross profit from the following information.
Sales Rs. 62500
Sales Returns Rs. 500
Opening Stock Rs. 6400
Purchases Rs. 32000
Direct Expenses Rs. 4200
Closing Stock Rs. 7200

Solution :
Net sales Rs.
(Sales-Sales Returns i.e. 62500 – 500) 62000
Less : Cost of goods sold Rs.
Opening Stock 6400
Add Purchases 32000
Add Direct Expenses 4200
Less Closing Stock (7200) 35400
26600
Gross profit = Net sales – cost of goods sold
= 62000 – 35400 = 26600

Illustration 3
From the following information for the year ending 31st March, 2006
furnished by Mr. Vikram, a trader, calculate cost of goods sold and also
calculate Gross Profit/Gross Loss of business.
Rs
Sales 120000
Purchases 80000
Octroi 1600
Carriage on purchases 4500
Purchase Returns 2400
Opening Stock 27600
Closing Stock 32400
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Solution :
Rs
Cost of goods sold :
Opening stock 27600
Add Net Purchases
(Rs 80000 – Rs 2400) 77600
Add carriage on Purchases 4500
Add Octroi 1600
Cost of goods available for sale 111300
Less closing stock 32400
Cost of goods sold 78900
Gross Profit : Rs
Sales 120000
Less Cost of goods
Sold 78900
Gross Profit 41100
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Need of Trading Account

Trading Account serves the following purposes :
1. Knowledge of Gross Profit
Trading Account gives information about Gross Profit. It is the profit
earned by a business enterprise from its trading activities. The
percentage of gross profit on sales reflects the degree of success of
business.
2. Knowledge of All Direct expenses
All direct expenses are taken to trading Account. Direct expenses are
the expenses that can be directly attributed to purchase or
manufacturing of goods for sale. Percentage of Direct expenses on
sales of current year when compared with the same of previous years,
helps the manager to exercise control over direct expenses.
3. Precaution against future losses
Trading Account, if shows gross loss, reasons for this loss can be
found out and necessary corrective steps can be taken.
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Format of Trading Account

Trading Account
for the year ending …………..
Dr. Cr.
Particulars Amount Particulars Amount
Rs Rs
Opening Stock Sales
Purchases Less: Sales Returns
Less Purchase Returns Closing stock
Direct Expenses : Gross loss transferred to
Carriage Inward Profit & Loss Account
Freight
Wages
Fuel & Power
Excise Duty
Factory Rent
Heating & Lighting
Factory Rent & Insurance
Work Managers Salary
Gross Profit transferred
to Profit & Loss Account

Important items of Trading account

Important items of Trading account are :

1. Stock
Stock refers to the goods lying unsold on a particular date. It can be
of two types:
(a) Opening stock and (b) Closing stock
(a) Opening stock
Opening stock refers to the value of goods lying unsold at the
beginning of the accounting year. It is shown on the debit side
of the Trading Account. In the first year of business there is no
opening stock
(b) Closing Stock
It is the value of goods lying unsold at the end of the accounting
year. It is valued at the cost price or market price whichever is
less. It is shown on the credit side of the Trading Account.
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2. Purchases
Purchases mean total items purchased for resale during the year. It can be
both in cash and on credit. Purchases are shown on the debit side of the
Trading account. These are always shown as net purchases i.e. amount of
purchases returned (Purchase returns or return outwards) is deducted from
the total amount of purchases made. Goods received on consignment basis
are never treated as purchases. Similarly, goods received on ‘sale or
return’ basis are never treated as purchases.

3. Sales
Sales refer to the total revenue from sale of goods of the business
enterprise for which the Trading account is being prepared. It includes
both cash sales and credit sales. These are recorded on the credit side of
the Trading Account. Sales are shown at their net value i.e. sales return or
returns inward is deducted from the total sales. Cash sales plus credit sales
minus sales returns constitute net sales. Goods sent on ‘sale or approval’
are not part of sales until approval is received.

4. Direct Expenses
Direct expenses are the expenses that can be attributed directly to the
purchase of goods or goods manufactured. These are shown on the debit
side of the Trading Account. These are shown at the amount as shown in
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the Trial balance. For example, wages are recorded on the debit side of
Trading Account at the amount shown in the Trial balance.

Important items of direct expenses

1. Wages i.e. wages relate to production. If amount under this head
includes wages paid for construction of building or manufacturing of
furniture for office it will be subtracted from the amount of wages.
2. Carriage Cartage Freight i.e. amount paid for carriage of goods
purchased for sale or raw material purchased for manufacturing.
3. Other such direct expenses are customs and import duty, packing
materials, gas, electricity water, fuel, oil, gas greese, heating and
lighting, factory rent and insurance and many more such items.

5. Gross Profit/Gross Loss

It is the excess of net sales revenue over cost of goods sold. Gross Profit is
equal to net sales minus cost of goods sold. If total of the credit side exceeds
the total of debit side, the excess amount is termed as ‘gross profit’ and is
shown
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on the debit side of Trading Account. On the other hand if debit side is
more than the credit side, the difference in amount is called gross loss and
is shown on the credit side of the Trading Account.
Gross profit = Net sales – Cost of goods sold

Gross loss = Cost of goods sold – Net sales

INTEXT QUESTION 13.2

I. Fill in the blanks with suitable word/words :
1. Financial statements are generally of..................Types.
2. Income statement comprises of .......….. A/c and..................A/c.
3. Trading Account is prepared to ascertain the..................activities
of the business.
4. The percentage of gross profit on sales reflects the degree of
.......……. of business.
II. Show the result in the following cases
(a) Sales – sales return =
(b) Purchases – purchases return =
(c) Total of the credit column of trading Account – total of the debit
column of trading A/c =
(d) Total cost of goods sold – total sales =

13.3 TRANSFER ENTRIES

Before preparing Trading Account, closing transfer Journal entries are
made in the Journal proper of the business enterprise. These journal
entries are:
(a) For transferring debit balances
Trading A/c Dr.
To Opening stock
To Purchases
To Direct expenses
To Sales returns
(Transfer of debit balances from trial balance)
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(b) For transferring credit balances

Sales A/c Dr.

Closing stock A/c Dr.

Purchase Returns A/c Dr.

To Trading A/c

(Transfer of credit balances from trial balance)

(c) For transferring gross profit

Trading A/c Dr

To Profit & Loss A/c

(Transferring of gross profit)

(d) For transferring gross loss

Profit & Loss A/c Dr.

To Trading A/c

(Transferring of gross loss)

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Illustration 4
The ledger balances extracted at the close of a trading year on 31st March,
2006 are given as follows

Name of the Account Amount (Rs.)

Opening stock 12,000

Purchases 52,000

Sales 74,000

Purchase Returns 2000

Carriage Inward 800

Wages 4200

Closing stock 13500

Make necessary journal entries in the journal proper.
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Solution :
Journal
Date Particulars LF Dr Cr
2006 Amount Amount
Rs Rs

March 31 Trading A/c Dr 69,000

To Opening stock A/c 12000
To Purchases A/c 52000
To Wages A/c 4200
To Carriage Inward A/c 800
(Transfer of debit balances
to trading Account)
March 31 Sales A/c Dr 74000
Purchase Returns A/c Dr 2000
Closing stock A/c Dr 13500
To Trading A/c 89500
(Transfer of credit items to
trading account)
March 31 Trading A/c Dr 20500
To Profit & Loss A/c 20500
(Transfer of gross profit to
Profit & Loss Account)

Illustration 5
Following are the balances of accounts extracted from the ledger of Rohit
& Sons at the close of the year 2006.
Rs
Stock (1.1.2006) 21,000
Purchases 140000
Sales 224000
Purchases Returns 8000
Sales Returns 12000
Wages 15000
Factory Power 12000
Stock (31.12.2006) 26500
Make closing journal entries in the journal proper.
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Solution :

Journal
Date Particulars LF Dr Cr
Amount Amount
Rs Rs

2006
Dec. 31 Trading A/c Dr 200000
To Opening stock A/c 21000
To Purchases A/c 140000
To Sales Returns A/c 12000
To wages A/c 15000
To Factory power A/c 12000
(Closing entry of debit items
transferred to Trading A/c)
Sales A/c Dr 224000
Closing stock A/c Dr 26500
Purchase Returns A/c Dr 8000
To Trading A/c 258500
(Transfer of credit balances
to Trading A/c)
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Trading A/c Dr 58500

To Profit & Loss A/c 58500
(Transfer of Gross Profit)

INTEXT QUESTION 13.3

Write the “debit” if the items given below are to be taken to debit side of
the Trading A/c and “Credit” they are taken to the credit side of the
Trading Account.
(i) Closing sock
(ii) Carriage inward
(iii) Sales
(iv) Custom duty

13.4 PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

As stated earlier, income statement consists of two accounts : Trading
Account and Profit & Loss Account. You have seen that Trading account
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is prepared to ascertain the Gross profit or Gross loss of the trading

activities of the business. But these are not the final results of business
operations of an enterprise. Apart from direct expenses, there are indirect
expenses also. These may be conveniently divided into office and
administrative expenses, selling and distribution expenses, financial
expenses, depreciation and maintenance charges etc.
Similarly, there can be income from sources other than sales revenue.
These may be interest on investments, discount received from creditors,
commission received, etc. Another account is prepared in which all
indirect expenses and revenues from sources other than sales are written.
This account when balanced shows profit (or loss). This account is termed
as Profit and Loss Account. The profit shown by this account is called ‘net
profit’ and if it shows loss it is known as ‘net loss’.
Format of Profit and Loss Account
Profit and Loss A/c of M/s ................…..
for the year ended ...............
Dr. Cr.
Particulars Amount Particulars Amount
Rs Rs

Gross loss b/d — Gross Profit b/d —

Salaries — Discount Received —
Rent, Rates & taxes — Commission Received —
Insurance Premium — Dividend Received —
Advertising — Interest on Investment —
Commission paid — Rent Received —
Discount Allowed — Net Loss transferred —
to capital account
Repairs & Renewals —
Bad Debts —
Establishment charges —
Travelling Expenses —
Bank Charges —
Sales Tax/Value added Tax —
Depreciation on fixed assets —
Net Profit transferred to —
Capital Account

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As stated earlier Indirect expense are written on the debit side of Profit and
Loss A/c. These can be classified under the following heads :

Debit items
Notes 1. Selling and distribution expenses
To materialise sales, the expenses incurred are called selling and
distribution expenses. Examples are :
Carriage on sales/carriage outwards, advertisement, selling expenses,
travelling expenses and salesman commission, depreciation of delivery
van, salary of driver of the delivery van, etc.
2. Office and administration expenses
These are the expenses incurred on establishment and maintenance of
office. Some of the expenses that may be under this head are: rent,
rates and taxes, postage, printing and stationery, insurance, legal
charges, audit fees, office salaries, etc.
3. Financial expenses
Finances are to be arranged for business. Expenses that are incurred in
this connection are called financial expenses. Some of the financial
expenses are: interest on loan, interest on capital, discount on bills, etc.
4. Depreciation and maintenance charges
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The total value of a fixed asset like machinery, building, furniture, etc.
is not charged to profit and loss account in the year in which it is
purchased. Such assets help running business for a number of years to
come. Therefore, only a part of the value of such assets is treated as
an expense and is charged to Profit and Loss A/c as depreciation.
Depreciation means decline in the value of fixed asset due to wear and
tear, lapse of time, obsolescence, etc. Expense incurred on repairs and
renewals and maintenance of assets are expenses other than
depreciation under this category.
5. Other expenses
These are the expenses which are not included under the above
mentioned heads of expenses for example, losses and expenses due to
fire, theft etc.

Credit items
On the credit side of Profit and Loss Account, items of revenue and
incomes are written. The first item on this side of Profit and Loss
Account is the
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gross profit transferred from trading account. Other items of the credit side
are : (i) Interest on investment, fixed deposits etc. Rent Received,
Commission Received, Discount Received, Dividend on shares.

Need of preparing Profit and Loss Account

Need of preparing profit and loss account by a business concern may be
stated as follows :
(i) Knowledge of the net profit or net loss of a business for an
accounting year.
(ii) Net profit of one year can be compared with net profits of
previous year or years. It helps in ascertaining whether the
business is being conducted efficiently or not.
(iii) Different expenses which are taken to Profit & Loss A/c in one
year can be compared with the amounts incurred in previous
year or years. This helps in ascertaining the need of applying
control over such expenses.

INTEXT QUESTIONS 13.4

I. Following are the items of expenditure and income to be taken to
Profit and Loss Account. Write ‘E’ for expenses and ‘I’ for income
against each item.
(i) Interest on Fixed Deposit
(ii) Advertisement
(iii) Insurance Premium
(iv) Discount allowed by creditors
(v) Carriage on sales
II. State whether the following statements are ‘true or false’. Write true
for true statements and ‘false’ for false statements.
(i) Profit and Loss Account is prepared to ascertain the Gross Profit
of a business unit.
(ii) Items of income are written on the credit side of Profit and Loss
Account.
(iii) Net Profit calculated by preparing Profit and Loss Account is
transferred to Trading Account.
(iv) Profit and Loss Account is prepared for an accounting year.
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13.5 TRANSFER ENTRIES OF PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT

Before preparing Profit and Loss Account as per the format given in the
previous section, closing entries are made in the journal proper of the
enterprise. Following journal entries are made :

(i) For transferring the indirect expense accounts :

Profit & Loss A/c Dr.

To Salaries A/c

To Insurance Premium A/c

To Bad Debts A/c

To Discount Allowed A/c

(Transfer of indirect expenses)

(ii) For transfer of items of incomes and gain

Interest on investment A/c Dr.

Rent Received A/c Dr.

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Discount Received A/c Dr

To Profit & Loss A/c

(Transfer of items of income)

(iii) For transferring Net Profit :

Profit & Loss A/c Dr.

To Capital A/c

(Transfer of Net Profit to Capital A/c)

(iv) For transferring Net Loss

Capital A/c Dr.

To Profit & Loss A/c

(Transfer of Net Loss to Capital Account)

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Illustration 6
The following balances were extracted from the books of Maya Gupta &
Sons at the end of March 31, 2006. Make necessary closing entries as on
that date :

Items Dr. Cr.

Balance Balance
(Rs) (Rs)
Gross Profit 65000
Salaries 11500
Audit fees 400
Insurance Premium 800
Interest received 1600
Discount (Cr) 460
Advertisement 1200
Bad Debts 150
Discount Allowed 340
Depreciation 460
Rent from tenants — 1800

Solution :
Journal Entries
(i) Profit & Loss A/c Dr. 14850
To Salaries A/c 11500
To Audit Fees A/c 400
To Insurance Premium A/c 800
To Advertisement A/c 1200
To Bad Debts A/c 150
To Discount Allowed A/c 340
To Depreciation A/c 460
(Transfer of items of expenses to profit & Loss A/c)
(ii) Interest A/c Dr. 1600
Discount Received A/c Dr. 460
Rent A/c Dr. 1800
To Profit & Loss A/c 3860
(Transfer of items of income to Profit & Loss A/c)
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(iii) Profit & Loss A/c Dr. 54010
To Capital A/c 54010
(Transfer of Net Profit to Capital Account)

Illustration 7
Notes
The following ledger balances were extracted from the books of Rabina &
Brothers at the end of accounting year 31st March, 2006. Make journal
entries to transfer these balances to prepare Profit & Loss A/c for the year
ending 31st March, 2006.

Rs
Gross Profit 65800
Salaries 8400
Rent paid 2400
Discount allowed 500
Interest on investments 3100
Advertisement 1800
Trading expenses 1600
Bad Debts 500
Depreciation 600
Insurance Premium 800
Commission received 2700

Solution :

Journal
Date Particulars LF Dr Cr
Amount Amount
Rs Rs

2007
March 31 Profit & Loss A/c Dr 16600

To Salaries A/c 8400

To Rent A/c 2400

To Discount allowed A/c 500

To Advertisement A/c 1800

To Trading expenses A/c 1600

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To Bad Debts A/c 500

To Depreciation A/c 600
To Insurance Premium A/c 800
(Transfer of accounts with debit
balance to profit & Loss A/c)

March 31 Commision A/c Dr 2700

Interest A/c Dr 3100
To Profit & Loss A/c 5800

(Transfer of credit balance to

Profit & Loss A/c)
March 31 Profit & Loss A/c Dr 55000
To Capital A/c 55000

Position Statement/Balance Sheet

Position Statement or Balance Sheet is another basis of financial
statement. Balance Sheet is a statement prepared on a particular date,
generally at the end of accounting year to ascertain the financial position
of the entity. It consists of assets on the one hand and liabilities on the
In the words of Francis R Steal, “Balance Sheet is a screen picture
of the financial position of a going business at a certain moment.” In
the words of Freeman, “A Balance Sheet is an item wise list of
assets, liabilities and proprietorship of a business at a certain date.”

other.
Financial position of a business is the list of assets owned by the business
and the claims of various parties against these assets. The statement
prepared to show the financial position is termed as Balance Sheet.
In the next lesson we shall discuss Balance Sheet in detail.

INTEXT QUESTIONS 13.5

I. Write ‘debit’ if Profit and Loss Account is to be debited and ‘credit’

if to be credited of the following items :
(a) Legal charges (b) Net Loss
(c) Rent Received (d) Discount Allowed
(e) Salaries
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II. (a) Name the financial statement which is provided in addition to

income statement.
(b) Why it is prepared?
(c) When it is prepared?
(d) Name its two elements.

WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNT

• Financial statements are of two types :
(a) Income Statement i.e. Trading Account and Profit and Loss
Account.
(b) Position Statement i.e. Balance Sheet.
Trading Account is prepared to ascertain the results of the trading
activities of the business.
• Trading Account may show profit (i.e. the excess of sales to cost of
goods sold or excess of credit side over debit side), which is termed
as Gross Profit.
Trading Account may show loss (i.e. Cost of goods sold exceeds sales
or total of debit side exceeds total of credit side). This is called Gross
Loss.
• Profit and Loss Account is prepared to find out Net Profit/Net Loss.
Net Profit = Gross Profit + other incomes – Indirect expenses.
It may also show a net loss.
All indirect expenses are shown on the debit side of Profit & Loss
Account.
All incomes and gains are shown on the credit side of Profit & Loss
Account.
• Balance Sheet is prepared to ascertain the financial position of a firm
on a particular date.

TERMINAL QUESTIONS
1. State the meaning of financial statements.
2. Explain in brief the various objectives of finanacial statements.
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3. Explain in brief the following terms with two examples each :

(a) Revenue expenditure.
(b) Revenue Receipts
(c) Capital expenditure
(d) Capital Receipts
4. Distinguish between capital expenditure and Revenue expenditure on
the basis of :
(a) Earning capacity
(b) Placement in financial statements
(c) Occurence of expenditure
5. Distinguish between capital receipts and revenue receipts.
6. How is cost of goods sold calculated?
7. What is Trading Account? Why it is prepared?
8. How is Gross Profit calculated?
9. What is meant by Profit and Loss Account? Why it is prepared?
10. When does Profit and Loss Account show Net Profit?
11. What are direct expenses? Give two examples of such expenses.
12. State the meaning of Balance Sheet.
13. From the following balances of Sabana calculate Gross Profit or Gross
Loss by subtracting cost of goods sold from sales for the year ended
31st December, 2006
Rs.
Stock (1.1.2006) 26500
Purchases 64600
Sales 86800
Purchases Returns 2600
Sales Returns 1800
Freight inward 750
Wages 1850
Closing Stock 31100
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14. From the following balances extracted from the books of Seth
Brothers. Make journal entries to prepare a Trading Account and Profit
and Loss Account for year ended 31st March, 2007.
Rs. Rs.
Stock (1.4.2006) 20000 Electric Power 5000
Purchases 95000 Wages 14000
Return Inwards 2000 Selling Commission 5500
Carriage Inwards 1850 Repair & Renewals 2000
Carriage Outwards 1200 General Expenses 8000
Custom duty 3000 Insurance 2200
Return outwards 5000 Stock (31.3.2007) 45000
Sales 165000
Discount Received 1500
15. The balances from the books of Parimal Ghosh are given below. Make
journal entries to prepare Trading and Profit & Loss Account for the
year ended 31st March, 2007.
Rs Rs
Stock as on 1.4.2006 9480 Purchase Returns 1800
Purchases 50800 Advertising 1500
Wages 1200 Commission (Cr.) 3200
Salaries 3400 Rent from tenant 2800
Octroi 1320 Sales 72000
Rent & Taxes 850 Stock (31.3.2007) 10700
Bad Debts 250
Discount (Dr.) 360
Interest on capital 760

16. From the following information calculate cost of goods sold for the
year ending 31st March, 2007
Rs Rs
Opening Stock 14800 Factory expenses 7200
Purchases 65700 Closing stock 28400
Returns outward 1700
Wages 12500
Carriage Inward 2400
Custom Duty 3200
Rent paid 4500
Establishment expenses 650
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17. From the following balances extracted from the books of Jai Bhagwan
& Sons as on 31st March, 2007. Make journal entries to prepare
Trading A/c and Profits & Loss A/c

Rs Rs

Opening Stock 16000 Rent 3600

Purchases 76000 Office expenses 1600
Machinery 28000 Carriage Inward 1200
Debtors 21600 Sales Returns 5400
Drawings 7200 Credit Balance
Wages 1500 Capital 70000
Bank 12000 Creditors 14000
Depreciaiton 2800 Sales 108000
Closing stock 24000 Purchase Returns 2600