
Question No 40 Chapter No 18
Mutual indebtedness
40. The following trial balance was extracted from the books of Ram Pratap as of 31st March 2018
| Debit balances | Rs | Debit balances | Rs |
| Drawings account | 7,000 | Cash at bank | 12,400 |
| Purchases | 82,210 | Cash in hand | 2,210 |
| Sale return | 1,820 | Office furniture | 3,500 |
| Stock on April 1, 2017 | 11m460 | Traveller’s salaries | 9,870 |
| Salaries | 6,280 | Bad debts | 1,000 |
| Wages | 8,560 | Carriage outwards | 3,240 |
| Leasehold premises | 25,000 | Credit balance | |
| Rent rates & Insurance | 6,940 | Capital account | 90,000 |
| Carriage inwards | 2,310 | Purchases return | 4,240 |
| Office expenses | 9,520 | Sales | 1,49,840 |
| Plant & machinery | 24,000 | Bad debts provision on April 1, 2017 | 4,240 |
| Light & water | 7,950 | Discount | 180 |
| Bills receivable | 1,240 | Sundry creditor | 16,980 |
| Sundry debtors | 38,970 |
You are required to prepare a trading ad Profit & loss account for the year ending 31st March 2018 and a balance sheet as on that date after taking into account the following
Trading A/c
| Particular |
Amount | Particular |
Amount | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Opening Stock A/c | 11,460 | By Sale A/c | 1,49,840 | ||
| To Purchases A/c | 82,210 | Less: return | 1,820 | 1,48,020 | |
| Less: return | 4,240 | 77,970 | |||
| To Wages A/c | 8,560 | By Closing Stock A/c | 14,920 | ||
| Add: outstanding | 570 | 952 | |||
| To carriage inwards A/c | 2,310 | ||||
| To Light & power A/c | 7,950 | ||||
| To Gross Profit A/c | 54,120 | ||||
| 1,62,940 | 1,62,940 | ||||
Profit/Loss A/c
| Particular |
Amount | Particular |
Amount | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Salaries | 6,280 | By Gross Profit A/c | 54,120 | ||
| To rent, rates & insurance. | 6,940 | By Discount A/c | 180 | ||
| Less: unexpired insurance | 680 | 6,260 | |||
| To office expenses | 9,520 | ||||
| To Bad debts w/off during the year | 1,000 | ||||
| Add: w/off now | 500 | ||||
| Add: new provision | 1,000 | ||||
| Less: old provision | 500 | 2,260 | |||
| To office expenses | 9,520 | ||||
| To traveller salaries | 9,870 | ||||
| To carriage outwards | 3,240 | ||||
| To dep. On leasehold premises | 1,250 | ||||
| To dep. On plant & machinery | 2,400 | ||||
| To Net profit A/c | 13,220 | ||||
| 54,300 | 54,300 | ||||
Balance Sheet
| Labilities |
Amount | Assets |
Amount | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital A/c | 90,000 | Debtors | 38,970 | ||
| Add: Net Profit | 13,220 | Less: bad debts | 500 | ||
| Less: Drawing | 7,000 | 96,220 | Less: provision | 5,000 | 33,470 |
| Creditor | 16,980 | Cash in hand | 2,120 | ||
| Outstanding wages | 570 | Cash at bank | 12,400 | ||
| Bill receivable | 1,240 | ||||
| Plant & machinery | 24,000 | ||||
| Less: depreciation | 2,400 | 21,600 | |||
| Leasehold premises | 25,000 | ||||
| Less: depreciation | 1,250 | 23,750 | |||
| Closing stock | 14,920 | ||||
| Office furniture | 3,500 | ||||
| Unexpired premium | 680 | ||||
| 1,13,770 | 1,13,770 | ||||
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