Rs.1,000 paid as rent to Krishna, the landlord, was debited to Krishna’s personal account.
This error will
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This is an error of commission where an amount is posted in the wrong account but on the same side so in this case there will be no effect on the trial balance since the amount is placed on the correct side though in the wrong account.
Option (b) is correct.
An old furniture was purchased for Rs. 10,000, it was repaired for Rs. 100. The repairs account should be debited by
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The original cost of an asset takes into consideration all of the costs that can be attributed to its purchase and to putting the asset to use. These costs can include such factors as the purchase price,repairs,commissions, transportation, appraisals, warranties and installation.
Thus repairs incurred to bring the old furniture bought to use will be capitalized and will be included in the total cost of the asset and will not be debited to repairs account.
Correct option is (d) nil
Ramesh, an employee gets salary Rs. 10,000 per month. He withdrew goods worth Rs. 1,500 for personal use and got salary of Rs. 9,000 in cash in the month of March, 2012. The
excess payment of Rs. 500 should be debited to
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The goods withdrawn by Ramesh for personal use will be debited to his salary Rs. 1,500 and the when he received Rs. 9,000 again in cash for salary he got Rs. 500 excess salary so it should be debited to salaries paid in advance as per the matching principle.
Gauri paid Rs. 1,000 towards a debt of Rs. 1,050, which was written off as bad debt in the previous year. Gauri’s account should be credited with
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A debt from accounts receivable that is recovered either in whole or in part after it has been written off or classified as a bad debt is known as bad debt recovery . Because it generally generates a loss when it is written off, a bad debt recovery usually produces income.
In accounting, the bad debt recovery would credit the “bad debts” account and the net amount of the account is transferred to profit and loss account.So the bad debt recovered from Gauri will not effect the account of Gauri and the correct option is (c) nil.
Goods costing Rs. 10,000 is supplied to Ram at an invoice price of 10% above cost and a trade discount of 5%. The amount of sales is
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Here the cost of goods sold = 10,000
Invoice price will be = 10,000 + 10% of 10,000 = 11,000
Trade discount = 5% of 11,000 = Rs. 550
Sales = Invoice Price - Trade Discount
= 11,000 - 550 = 10,450
Rekha purchased a machinery for Rs. 50,000 on 1.4.2011. She paid electricity charges and salary amounting Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 2,000 respectively. Telephone bill amounting
Rs. 200 was outstanding on 31.3.2012. The amount of expenses for the year ended 31st March, 2012 will be
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A purchased a car for Rs. 5,00,000, making a down payment of Rs. 1,00,000 and signing a bill payable of Rs. 4,00,000. As a result of this transaction
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A, B and C are the partners sharing profits in the ratio 1:1:2. C died on 30th June 2012 and profits for the accounting year ended on 31st December, 2011 were Rs. 24,000. How
much share in profits for the period 1st January, 2012 to 30th June, 2012 will be credited to C’s Account?
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On the death of a partner, the representatives are entitled to Share of profit upto the date of death. Profit till date will be calculated on the basis of last years profit.
Thus share in profits for the period 1st january 2012 to 30th June 2012 to be credited to C’s Account will be calculated as follows:
Profit for the period on the basis of last year’s profit will be 24,000 × 6/12 = Rs. 12,000
Share of C in profit = 2/4 of 12,000 = Rs. 6,000
Goods costing Rs.10,000 sent out to consignee at Cost + 25%. Invoice value of the goods will be
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Goods are normally sent on cost price to the consignee but some time the consignor makes the invoice at the selling price i.e. proforma invoice price. The idea is that consignee should not know the actual cost of the goods. In such cases the entries are made by the consignor in his books at the invoice price.
Here the goods are sent to the consignee at cost + 25%
Cost of goods sent = Rs. 10,000
Invoice value of the goods sent = 10,000 + 25% of 10,000 = Rs. 12,500
Capital introduced by Mr. A on 1.4.2011 Rs. 3,00,000; further capital introduced during the year was Rs. 50,000 in the mid of the year. Mr. A withdrew Rs. 2,000 per month and
the profit earned during the year was Rs. 20,000. Capital as on 31.3.2012 will be
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