
Question No 27 Chapter No 5
Loss of Goods/Cash
27. Journalese the following transactions in the books of Ram Gopal :
| 2019 | |
| Feb. 1 | Goods destroyed by fire Rs 16,000. Goods were uninsured. |
| Feb. 4 | Goods destroyed by rain Rs 90,000. Insurance company admitted the full claim |
| Feb. 8 | Goods destroyed in transit Rs 25,000. Transport company admitted the claim Rs 19,000 |
| Feb. 12 | Goods destroyed by flood Rs 38,000. Full claim received from the government by cheque |
| Feb. 18 | Cash was stolen from the cash box Rs 45,000. With the help of police, Rs 27,000 could be received the same day. |
| Feb. 25 | Goods destroyed by accident Rs 91,000. The insurance company paid the claim Rs 71,000 |
| Feb. 26 | Goods lost by embezzlement Rs 25,000 |
| Feb. 27 | Bharti Axa Insurance Company admitted the above claim Rs 19,000 |
| Feb. 28 | Insurance company paid the above claim. |
In the Books of Ram Gopal
| Date | Particulars |
L.F. | Debit | Credit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | |||||
| Feb.1 | Loss on fire A/c | Dr. | 16,000 | ||
| To Purchases A/c | 16,000 | ||||
| (Being Goods destroyed by fire.) | |||||
| Feb.4 | Insurance Company A/c | Dr. | 90,000 | ||
| To Purchases A/c | 90,000 | ||||
| (Being goods destroyed, full claim admitted ) | |||||
| Feb.8 | Loss in Transit A/c | Dr. | 6,000 | ||
| Transport company A/c | Dr. | 19,000 | |||
| To Purchases A/c | 25,000 | ||||
| (Being goods destroyed, partial claim admitted) | |||||
| Feb.12 | Bank A/c | Dr. | 38,000 | ||
| To Purchases A/c | 38,000 | ||||
| (Being goods destroyed, full claim received ) | |||||
| Feb.18 | Loss by theft A/c | Dr. | 18,000 | ||
| To Cash A/c | 18,000 | ||||
| (Being donated goods to poor people) | |||||
| Feb.25 | Bank A/c | Dr. | 71,000 | ||
| Loss by accident A/c | Dr. | 20,000 | |||
| To Purchases A/c | 91,000 | ||||
| (Being goods destroyed, partial claim received) | |||||
| Feb.26 | Loss by embezzlement A/c | Dr. | 25,000 | ||
| To Purchases A/c | 25,000 | ||||
| (Being goods destroyed by embezzlement ) | |||||
| Feb.27 | Bharti Axa Insurance Company A/c | Dr. | 19,000 | ||
| To loss on embezzlement A/c | 19,000 | ||||
| (Being insurance company admitted the claim) | |||||
| Feb.28 | Bank A/c | Dr. | 19,000 | ||
| To Bharti Axa Insurance Company A/c | 19,000 | ||||
| (Being amount to claim received ) | |||||
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Chapter No. 2 - Theory Base of Accounting
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Chapter No. 4 - Vouchers and transactions
Chapter No. 6 - Accounting for Goods and Services Tax(GST)
Chapter No. 9 - Other Subsidiary Books
Chapter No. 10 - Journal Proper
Chapter No. 11 - Trial Balance
Chapter No. 12 - Bank Reconciliation Statement
Chapter No. 14 - Provisions and Reserves
Chapter No. 15 - Bills of Exchange
Chapter No. 16 - Rectification of Errors
Chapter No. 17 - Financial Statements - (Without Adjustments)
Chapter No. 18 - Financial Statements - (With Adjustments)
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