FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING - CHAPTER 2 -PART 1

CHAPTER - 2 GNITNUOCCA SSECORP By this time, you must have understood that accounting is the process of identifying, measuring, recording, classifying, summarising, analysing, interpreting and communicating the financial transactions and events. Accounting helps in keeping systematic records to ascertain financial performance and financial position of an entity and to communicate the relevant financial information to the interested user groups. Transactions and events recorded by suitable account headings are analysed in term of debit and credit; and thus assets become equal to equity and liabilities. Accounts are classified as personal, real and nominal types. Transactions and events are first journalised, then posted to suitable ledgers accounts and all accounts are balanced at the end of year. Generally balances of the nominal accounts are transferred to profit and loss account for determination of profit or loss and balance of personal and real accounts are carried to balance sheet. The process of accounting, depicting how information flows from the source documents up to the stage where final accounts are prepared, can be shown as: Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Represents all documents in business which contains financial Source Documents records and act as evidence of the transactions which have taken place. Book of Original Entry These are books which are used in recording the transactions for the first time. The books are maintained for memorandum purpose only and will not form part of the double entry system. Examples include; Purchase day book, Cash book, Sales day book and purchases return day book These form part of double entry system and used to record the Ledger Accounts transactions for the period. These are accounts where information relating to a particular asset, liability, capital, income and expenses are recorded. Contains the totals from various ledger accounts and act as a Trial Balance preliminary check on accounts before producing final accounts. Financial Statements are produced to show the financial Final Accounts performance and financial position of a business entity. All the above mentioned steps of the accounting process have been discussed in detail in the subsequent units of this chapter. The students are advised to observe the whole sequence or cycle of accounting, starting from journal to the preparation of trial balance (units 1 to 5 of this chapter). The preparation of final accounts will be discussed in chapter 6 of the Study Material. Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India CHAPTER - 2 ACCOUNTING PROCESS Unit 1 Basic Accounting Procedures – Journal Entries Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India BASIC ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES – JOURNAL ENTRIES Learning Objectives After studying this unit, you will be able to : (cid:2) understand meaning and significance of Double Entry Systems. (cid:2) familiarige with the term 'account' and understand the classification of accounts into personal, real and nominal. (cid:2) note the utility of such classification and sub-classifications, (cid:2) understand how debits and credits are determined from transactions and events. (cid:2) observe the points to be taken care of while recording a transaction in the journal. 1. DOUBLE ENTRY SYSTEM Double entry system of book-keeping has emerged in the process of evolution of various accounting techniques. It is the only scientific system of accounting. According to it, every transaction has two-fold aspects–debit and credit and both the aspects are to be recorded in the books of accounts. For example, if a business acquires something then either it must have been given by someone or it must have been acquired by giving up something. On purchase of furniture either the cash balance will be reduced or a liability to the supplier will arise. This has been made clear already, the Double Entry System is so named since it records both the aspects. We may define the Double Entry System as the system which recognises and records both the aspects of transactions. This system has proved to be systematic and has been found of great use for recording the financial affairs for all institutions requiring use of money. 2. ADVANTAGES OF DOUBLE ENTRY SYSTEM This system affords the under mentioned advantages: (i) By the use of this system the accuracy of the accounting work can be established, through the device of the trial balance. (ii) The profit earned or loss suffered during a period can be ascertained together with details. (iii) The financial position of the firm or the institution concerned can be ascertained at the end of each period, through preparation of the balance sheet. (iv) The system permits accounts to be kept in as much details as necessary and, therefore affords significant information for the purposes of control etc. (v) Result of one year may be compared with those of previous years and reasons for the change may be ascertained. It is because of these advantages that the system has been used extensively in all countries. 3. ACCOUNT We have seen how the accounting equation becomes true in all cases. A person starts his business with say, Rs. 10,000; capital and cash are both Rs. 10,000. Transactions entered into by the firm will alter the cash balance in two ways, one will increase the cash balance and other will reduce it. Payment for goods purchased, for salaries and rent, etc., will reduce it; sales of goods for cash and collection from customers will increase it. 2.4 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India We can change the cash balance with every transaction but this will be cumbersome. Instead it would be better if all the transactions that lead to an increase are recorded in one column and those that reduce the cash balance in another column; then the net result can be ascertained. If we add all increases to the opening balance of cash and then deduct the total of all decreases we shall know the closing balance. In this manner, significant information will be available relating to cash. The two columns which we reffered above are put usually in the form of an account, called the 'T' form. This is illustrated below by taking imaginary figures: CASH Increase Decrease Rs. Rs. Opening Balance 10,000 1,000 2,500 300 2,000 200 50 500 1,350 400 Total 2,000 New or Closing Balance 14,300 16,300 16,300 What we have done is to put the increase of cash on the left hand side and the decrease on the right hand side; the closing balance has been ascertained by deducting the total of payments, Rs. 2,000 from the total of the left - hand side. Such a treatment of receipts and payment of cash is very convenient. The proper form of an account is as follows: ACCOUNT Dr. Cr. Date Particulars Ref. Amount Date Particulars Ref. Amount Rs. Rs. The columns are self-explanatory except that the column for reference (Ref.) is meant to indicate the sources where information about the entry is available. 4. DEBIT AND CREDIT We have seen that by deducting the total of liabilities from the total of assets the amount of capital is ascertained, as is indicated by the accounting equation. Assets = Liabilities + Capital or Assets – Liabilities = Capital FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING 2.5 Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India BASIC ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES – JOURNAL ENTRIES We have also seen that if there is any change on one side of the equation, there is bound to be similar change on the other side of the equation or amongst items covered by it. This is again illustrated below: Transactions Total = Liabilities + Owner's Assets Capital Rs. Rs. Rs. (1) Started business with cash Rs. 10,000 10,000 10,000 (2) Borrowed Rs. 5,000 + 5,000 + 5,000 (3) Withdrew cash from business Rs. 2,000 - 2,000 - 2,000 (4) Loan repaid to the extent of Rs. 1,000 - 1,000 - 1,000 Balance 12,000 = 4,000 + 8,000 As has been seen previously, what has been given above is suitable only if the number of transactions is small. But if the number is large, a different procedure of putting increases and decreases in different columns will be useful and this will also yield significant information. The transactions given above are being shown below according to this method. Total Assets = Liabilities + Owner's Capital Increase Decrease Decrease Increase Decrease Increase Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. (1) 10,000 10,000 (2) 5,000 5,000 (3) 2,000 2,000 (4) 1,000 1,000 Total 15,000 3,000 1,000 5,000 2,000 10,000 Balance 12,000 = 4,000 + 8,000 It is a tradition that: (i) increases in assets are recorded on the left-hand side and decreases in them on the right- hand side; and (ii) in the case of liabilities and capital, increases are recorded on the right-hand side and decreases on the left-hand side. When two sides are put together in T form, the left-hand side is called the 'debit side' and the right hand side is 'credit side'. When in an account a record is made on the debit or left-hand side, one says that one has debited that account; similary to record an amount on the right-hand side is to credit it. From the above, the following rules can be obtained: 2.6 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (i) When there is an increase in the amount of an asset, its account is debited; the account will be credited if there is a reduction in the amount of the asset concerned : Suppose a firm purchases furniture for Rs. 800, the furniture account will be debited by Rs. 800 since the asset has increased by this amount. Suppose later the firm sells furniture to the extent of Rs. 300, the reduction will be recorded by crediting the furniture account by Rs. 300. (ii) If the amount of a liability increases, the increase will be entered on the credit side of the liability account, i.e. the account will be credited : similarly, a liability account will be debited if there is a reduction in the amount of the liability. Suppose a firm borrows Rs. 500 from Mohan; Mohan's account will be credited since Rs. 500 is now owing to him. If, later, the loan is repaid, Mohan's account will be debited since the liability no longer exists. (iii) An increase in the owner's capital is recorded by crediting the capital account : Suppose the proprietor introduces additional capital, the capital account will be credited. If the owner withdraws some money, i.e., makes a drawing, the capital account will be debited. (iv) Profit leads to an increase in the capital and a loss to reduction : According to the rule mentioned in (iii) above, profit may be directly credited to the capital account and losses may be similarly debited. However, it is more useful to record all incomes, gains, expenses and losses separately. By doing so, very useful information will be available regarding the factors which have contributed to the year's profits and losses. Later the net result of all these is ascertained and adjusted in the capital account. (v) Expenses are debited and Incomes are credited : Since incomes and gains increase capital, the rule is to credit all gains and incomes in the accounts concerned and since expenses and losses decrease capital, the rule is to debit all expenses and losses. Of course, if there is a reduction in any income or gain, the account concerned will be debited; similarly, for any reduction in an expenses or loss the concerned account will be credited. The rules given above are summarised below: (i) Increases in assets are debits; decreases are credits; (ii) Increases in liabilities are credits; decreases are debits; (iii) Increases in owner's capital are credits; decreases are debits; (iv) Increases in expenses are debits; decreases are credits; and (v) Increases in revenue or incomes are credits; decreases are debits. The terms debit and credit should not be taken to mean, respectively, favourable and unfavourable things. They merely describe the two sides of accounts. FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING 2.7 Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India BASIC ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES – JOURNAL ENTRIES Illustration 1 2006 Rs. April 1. R. started business with 10,000 2. He purchased furniture for 2,000 3. Paid salary to his clerk 100 4. Paid rent 50 5. Received interest 20 Solution 2006 Explanation Accounts Nature of How Debit Credit April Involved Accounts affected Rs. Rs. 1. Rs. 10,000 cash Cash and Asset Increased 10,000 invested in business R's Proprietorship Increased 10,000 2. Purchased furniture Furniture and Asset Increased 2,000 for Rs. 2,000 Cash Asset Decreased 2,000 3. Paid Rs. 100 to clerk Salary & Expense Increased 100 for salary Cash Asset Decreased 100 4. Paid Rent Rs. 50 Rent & Cash Expense Increased 50 Asset Decreased 50 5. Received interest Rs. 20 Cash & Asset Increased 20 Interest Income Increased 20 5. TRANSACTIONS In the system of book-keeping, students can notice that transactions are recorded in the books of accounts. A transaction is a type of event, which is generally external in nature and can be determined in terms of money. In an accounting period, every business has huge number of transactions which are analysed in financial terms and then recorded individually, followed by classification and summarisation process, to know their impact on the financial statements. A transaction is a two way process in which value is transferred from one party to another. In it either a party receives a value in terms of goods etc. and passes the value in terms of money or vice versa. Therefore, one can easily make out that in a transaction, a party receives as well as passes the value to other party. For recording transaction it is very important that they are supported by a substantial document like purchasing invoices, bills, pay-slips, cash-memos, passbook etc. Transactions analysed in terms of money and supported by proper documents are recorded in the books of accounts under double entry system. To analyse the dual aspect of each transaction, two approaches can be followed: 2.8 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (1) Accounting Equation Approach. (2) Traditional Approach. 6. ACCOUNTING EQUATION APPROACH The relationship of assets with that of liabilities and owners' equity in the equation form is known as 'Accounting Equation'. Basic accounting equation comes into picture when sum total of capital and liabilities equalises assets, where assets are what the business owns and capital and liabilities are what the business owes. Under double entry system, every business transaction has two-fold effect on the business enterprise where each transaction affects changes in assets, liabilities or capital in such a way that an accounting equation is completed and equated. This accounting equation holds good at all points of time and for any number of transactions and events except when there are errors in accounting process. Let us suppose that an individual started business by contributing Rs. 5,00,000 and taking loan of Rs.1,00,000 from a bank to be repayable, after 5 years. He purchased furniture costing Rs. 1,00,000, and merchandise worth Rs. 5,00,000. For purchasing the merchandise he paid Rs. 4,00,000 to the suppliers and agreed to pay balance after 3 months. Assume that all these transactions and events occurred at to, base point of time. The contribution by the owner is termed as capital; the borrowings are termed as loans or liabilities. Whenever the loan is repayable in the short-run, say within one year, it is called short-term loan or liability. On the other hand, if the loan is repayable within 4 or 5 years or more, it would be termed as long term loan or liability. Some other short-term liabilities relating to credit purchase of merchandise are popularly called as trade creditors, and for other purchases and services received on credit as expense creditors. These short-term liabilities are also termed as current liabilities. On the other hand, money raised has been invested in two types of assets–fixed assets and current assets. Furniture is a fixed asset, if it lasts long, say more than one year, and has utility to the business, while inventory and cash balance will not remain fixed for long as soon as the business starts to roll-these are current assets. Often the owner's claim or fund in the business is called equity. Owner's claim implies capital invested plus any profit earned minus any loss sustained. Now at to we have an equation: Equity + Liabilities = Assets or, Equity + Long-Term Liabilities = Fixed Assets + Current Assets - Current Liabilities FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING 2.9 Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India BASIC ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES – JOURNAL ENTRIES Check : L.H.S. Equity Rs. 5,00,000 Long – Term Liabilities Rs. 1,00,000 Current Liabilities Rs. 1,00,000 Rs. 7,00,000 R.H.S. Fixed Assets: Furniture Rs. 1,00,000 Current Assets: Inventory Rs. 5,00,000 Cash Rs. 1,00,000 Rs. 7,00,000 Cash = Capital + Loan - Furniture - Payment to Creditors = Rs. 5,00,000 + Rs. 1,00,000 - Rs. 1,00,000 - Rs. 4,00,000 = Rs. 1,00,000 Let us use E , L and A to mean Equity, Liabilities and Assets respectively at t . Thus the basic o o o 0 accounting equation becomes E + L = A 0 0 0 or E = A - L ...(Eq. 1) 0 0 0 Now, let us suppose that at the end of period inventory valuing Rs. 2,50,000 is in hand, cash Rs. 2,00,000, trade creditors, Rs. 50,000 bank loan Rs. 1,00,000 (interest was properly paid), furniture Rs. 80,000 (Rs. 20,000 is taken as loss of value due to use). So at t - 1 Assets: Fixed assets/ Furniture Rs. 80,000 Current assets/ Inventory Rs. 2,50,000 Cash Rs. 2,00,000 Rs. 5,30,000 Liabilities: Long–Term Liabilities Rs. 1,00,000 Current Liabilities Rs. 50,000 Rs. 1,50,000 Rs. 3,80,000 2.10 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Equity = Assets - Liabilities i.e., E = A - L 1 1 1 or E + L = A ...(Eq. 2) 1 1 1 Let us compare E with E . Equity is reduced by Rs. 1,20,000 (5,00,000 - 3,80,000). Reduction 1 0 in equity is termed as loss. Since the business sustained loss during the period, E becomes less than E . 2 0 E < E implies loss during t 1 0 01 Similarly, E < E implies loss during t and so on. 2 1 12 On the other hand, E > E implies profit earned by business during t , E > E implies profit 1 0 01 2 1 earned during t and so on. 12 So if E > E , in general terms, equity has increased, while E < E implies that equity has n n-1 n n-1 declined. Increase in equity is termed as profit while decrease in equity is termed as loss. Illustration 2: Develop the accounting equation from following information available at the beginning of accounting period: Rs. Capital 1,00,000 Loan 50,000 Trade Creditors 70,000 Fixed Assets 80,000 Stock 60,000 Debtors 50,000 Cash and Bank 30,000 At the end of the accounting period the balances appear as follows : Rs. Capital ? Loan 50,000 Trade Creditors 80,000 Fixed Assets 72,000 Stock 90,000 Debtors 50,000 Cash at Bank 60,000 (a) Reset the equation and find out profit. (b) Prepare Balance Sheet at the end of the accounting period. FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING 2.11 Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India BASIC ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES – JOURNAL ENTRIES Solution (a) Accounting equation is given by Equity + Liabilities = Assets Let us use E , L and A to mean equity, liabilities and assets respectively at the beginning of 0 0 0 the accounting period. E = Rs. 1,00,000 0 L = Loan + Trade Creditors 0 = Rs. 50,000 + Rs. 70,000 = Rs. 1,20,000 A = Fixed Assets + Stock + Debtors + Cash at Bank 0 = Rs. 80,000 + Rs. 60,000 + Rs. 50,000 + Rs. 30,000 = Rs. 2,20,000 So, at the beginning of accounting period E + L = A 0 0 0 i.e., Rs. 1,00,000 + Rs. 1,20,000 = Rs. 2,20,000 Let us use E , L , A to mean equity, liabilities and assets respectively at the end of the accounting 1 1 1 period. L = Loan + Trade Creditors 1 = Rs. 50,000 + Rs. 80,000 = Rs. 1,30,000 A = Fixed Assets + Stock + Debtors + Cash at Bank 1 = Rs. 72,000 + Rs. 90,000 + Rs. 50,000 + Rs. 60,000 = Rs. 2,72,000 E = A1 - L = Rs. 2,72,000 - Rs. 1,30,000 = Rs. 1,42,000 1 1 Profit = E - E = Rs. 1,42,000 - Rs. 1,00,000 = Rs. 42,000 1 0 (b) Balance Sheet Liabilities Rs. Rs. Assets Rs. Capital Fixed Assets 72,000 Balance 1,00,000 Stock 90,000 Add: Profit 42,000 1,42,000 Debtors 50,000 Loan 50,000 Cash at Bank 60,000 Trade Creditors 80,000 2,72,000 2,72,000 2.12 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India 7. TRADITIONAL APPROACH Under traditional approach of recording transactions one should first understand the term debit and credit and their rules. The term debit and credit have already been explained in para 4 of this Unit. Transactions in the journal are recorded on the basis of the rules of debit and credit only. For the purpose of recording, these transactions are classified in three groups: (i) Personal transactions. (ii) Transactions related to assets and properties. (iii) Transactions related to expenses, losses, income and gains. 7.1 CLASSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS (i) Personal Accounts: Personal accounts relate to persons, debtors or creditors. Example would be; the account of Ram & Co., a credit customer or the account of Jhaveri & Co., a supplier of goods. The capital account is the account of the proprietor and, therefore, it is Accounts Personal Accounts Impersonal Accounts Real Nominal Natural Artificial Representative (legal) also personal but adjustment on account of profits and losses are made in it. This account is further classified into three categories: (a) Natural personal accounts: It relates to transactions of human beings like Ram, Rita, etc. (b) Artificial (legal) personal account: For business purpose, business entities are treated to have separate entity. They are recognised as persons in the eye of law for dealing with other persons. For example: Government, Companies (private or limited), Clubs, Co-operative societies etc. (c) Representative personal accounts: These are not in the name of any person or organisation but are represented as personal accounts. For example: outstanding liability account or prepaid account, capital account, drawings account. (ii) Impersonal Accounts: Accounts which are not personal such as machinery account, cash account, rent account etc. These can be further sub-divided as follows: FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING 2.13 Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India BASIC ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES – JOURNAL ENTRIES (a) Real Accounts: Accounts which relate to assets of the firm but not debt. For example, accounts regarding land, building, investment, fixed deposits etc., are real accounts. Cash in hand and Cash at the bank accounts are also real. (b) Nominal Accounts: Accounts which relate to expenses, losses, gains, revenue, etc. like salary account, interest paid account, commission received account. The net result of all the nominal accounts is reflected as profit or loss which is transferred to the capital account. Nominal accounts are, therefore, temporary. 7.2 GOLDEN RULES OF ACCOUNTING All the above classified accounts have two rules each, one related to Debit and one related to Credit for recording the transactions which are termed as golden rules of accounting, as transactions are recorded on the basis of double entry system. 1. Personal account is governed by the following two rules: Debit the receiver Credit the giver 2. Real account is governed by the following two rules: Debit what comes in Credit what goes out 3. Nominal account is governed by the following two rules: Debit all expenses and losses Credit all incomes and gains. 8. JOURNAL Transactions are first entered in this book to show which accounts should be debited and which credited. Journal is also called subsidiary book. Recording of transactions in journal is termed as journalizing the entries. 8.1 JOURNALISING PROCESS All transactions are first recorded in the journal as and when they occur; the record is chronological; otherwise it would be difficult to maintain the records in an orderly manner. The form of the journal is given below : JOURNAL Dr. Cr. Date Particulars L.F. Amount Amount Rs. Rs. Rs. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 2.14 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India The columns have been numbered only to make clear the following but otherwise they are not numbered. The following points should be noted: (i) In the first column the date of the transaction is entered-the year is written at the top, then the month and in the narrow part of the column the particular date is entered. (ii) In the second column, the names of the accounts involved are written; first the account to be debited, with the word "Dr" written towards the end of the column. In the next line, after leaving a little space, the name of the account to be credited is written preceded by the word "To" (the modern practice shows inclination towards omitting "Dr." and "To"). Then in the next line the explanation for the entry together with necessary details is given-this is called narration. (iii) In the third column the number of the page in the ledger on which the account is written up is entered. (iv) In the fourth column the amounts to be debited to the various accounts concerned are entered. (v) In the fifth column, the amount to be credited to various accounts is entered. 8.2 POINTS TO BE TAKEN INTO CARE WHILE RECORDING A TRANSACTION IN THE JOURNAL 1. Journal entries can be single entry (i.e. one debit and one credit) or compound entry (i.e. one debit and two or more credits or two or more debits and one credit or two or more debits and credits). In such cases, it is important to check that the total of both debits and credits are equal. 2. If journal entries are recorded in several pages then both the amount column of each page should be totalled and the balance should be written at the end of that page and also that the same total should be carried forward at the beginning of the next page. An entry in the journal may appear as follows: Rs. Rs. May 5 Cash Account Dr. 450 To Mohan 450 (Being the amount received from Mohan in payment of the amount due from him) We will now consider some individual transactions. (i) Mohan commences business with Rs. 5,000. This means that the firm has Rs. 5,000 cash. According to the rules given above, the increase in an asset has to be debited to it. The firm also now owes Rs. 5,000 to the proprietor, Mohan as capital. The rule given above also shows that the increase in capital should be credited to it. Therefore, the journal entry will be: FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING 2.15 Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India BASIC ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES – JOURNAL ENTRIES Cash Account Dr. Rs. 5,000 To Capital Account Rs. 5,000 (Being capital introduced by Shri Mohan) (ii) Out of the above, Rs. 500 is deposited in the bank. By this transaction the cash balance is reduced by Rs. 500 and another asset, bank account, comes into existence. Since increase in assets is debited and decrease is credited, the journal entry will be: Bank Account Dr. Rs. 500 To Cash Account Rs. 500 (Being cash deposited in Bank) (iii) Furniture is purchased for cash Rs. 200. Applying the same reasoning as above the entry will be: Furniture Account Dr. Rs. 200 To Cash Account Rs. 200 (Being Furniture purchased vide CM No....) (iv) Purchased goods for cash Rs. 400. The student can see that the required entry is: Purchases Account Dr. Rs. 400 To Cash Account Rs. 400 (Being goods purchased vide CM No....) (v) Purchased goods for Rs. 1,000 credit from M/s.Ram Narain Bros. Purchase of merchandise is an expense item so it is to be debited. Rs. 1,000 is now owing to the supplier; his account should therefore be credited, since the amount of liabilities has increased. The entry will be: Purchases Account Dr. Rs. 1,000 To M/s Ram Narain Bros. Rs. 1,000 (Being goods purchased vide Bill No.....) (vi) Sold goods to M/S Ram & Co. for cash Rs. 600. The amount of cash increases and therefore, the cash amount should be debited; sale of merchandise is revenue item so it is to be credited. The entry will be: 2.16 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Cash Account Dr. Rs. 600 To Sales Account Rs. 600 (Being goods sold vide CM No....) (vii) Sold goods to Ramesh on credit for Rs. 300. The stock of goods has decreased and therefore, the goods account has to be credited. Ramesh now owes Rs. 300; that is an asset and therefore, Ramesh should be debited. The entry is: Ramesh Dr. Rs. 300 To Sales Account Rs. 300 (Being goods sold vide Bill No....) (viii)Received cash from Ramesh Rs. 300. The amount of cash increased therefore the cash account has to be debited. Ramesh no longer owes any amount to the firm, i.e., this particular form of assets has disappeared; therefore, the account of Ramesh should be credited. The entry is: Cash Account Dr. Rs. 300 To Ramesh Rs. 300 (Being cash received against Bill No....) (ix) Paid to M/s Ram Narain Bros. Rs. 1,000. The liability to M/S Ram Narain Bros. has been discharged; therefore this account should be debited. The cash balance has decreased and, therefore, the cash account has to be credited. The entry is: M/S Ram Narain Bros. Dr. Rs. 1,000 To Cash Account Rs. 1,000 (Being cash paid against Bill No....) (x) Paid rent Rs. 100. The cash balance has decreased and therefore, the cash account should be credited. No asset has come into existence because of the payment; the payment is for services enjoyed and is an expense. Expenses are debited. Therefore, the entry should be: Rent Account Dr. Rs. 100 To Cash Account Rs. 100 (Being rent paid for the month of .......) FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING 2.17 Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India BASIC ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES – JOURNAL ENTRIES (xi) Paid Rs. 200 to the clerk as salary. Applying the reasons given in (x) above, the required entry is: Salary Account Dr. Rs. 200 To Cash Account Rs. 200 (Being salary paid to Mr..... for the month of ...........) (xii) Received Rs. 20 interest. The cash account should be debited since there is an increase in the cash balance. There is no increase in any liability; since the amount is not returnable to any one, the amount is an income, incomes are credited. The entry is : Cash Account Dr. Rs. 20 To Interest Account Rs. 20 (Being interest received from........ for the period ............) When transactions of similar nature take place on the same date, they may be combined while they are journalised. For example, entries (x) and (xi) may be combined as follows: Rent Account Dr. Rs. 100 Salary Account Dr. Rs. 200 To Cash Account Rs. 300 (Being expenses done as per detail attached) When journal entry for two or more transactions are combined, it is called composite journal entry. Usually, the transactions in a firm are so numerous that to record the transactions for a month will require many pages in the journal. At the bottom of one page the totals of the two columns are written together with the words "Carried forward" in the particulars column. The next page is started with the respective totals in the two columns with the words "Brought forward" in the particulars column. Illustration 3 Analyse transactions of M/S Sahil & Co. for the month of March, 2006 on the basis of double entry system by adopting the following approaches: (A) Accounting Equation Approach. (B) Traditional Approach. Transactions for the month of March, 2006 were as follows: 1. Sahil introduced cash Rs. 40,000. 2.18 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India 2. Cash deposited in the City Bank Rs. 20,000. 3. Cash loan of Rs. 5,000 taken from Mr. Y. 4. Salaries paid for the month of March, 2006, Rs. 3,000 and Rs. 1,000 is still payable for the month of March, 2006. 5. Furniture purchased Rs. 5,000. What conclusions one can draw from the above analysis? Solution (A) Analysis of Business Transaction: Accounting Equation Approach Transaction Analysis Account Affected Rule Entry and Nature of Account Introduction of Cash received Cash – Asset Debit increase in Debit Cash Rs. 40,000 cash Investment asset by the Proprietor by owner Capital – Capital Credit increase Credit Capital in capital Cash Bank balance Bank – Asset Debit increase in Debit Bank deposited increases asset in bank Rs. 20,000 Cash balance Cash – Asset Credit decrease Credit Cash decrease in asset Loan from Y Cash balance Cash – Asset Debit increase Debit Cash Rs. 5,000 increases in assets Creates an Y's Loan Credit increase Credit Y's Loan obligation to Liability in liabilities repay Y Salaries paid Salaries for Salary Temporary Debit increase in Debit Salary Rs. 3,000 and services received capital (Expense) expenses (Rs. 4,000) outstanding Rs. 4,000 Cash–Asset Rs. 1,000 paid Rs. 3,000 Credit decrease Credit Cash Obligation to paySalaries in asset (Rs. 3,000) Rs. 1,000 outstanding Credit increase Credit Salaries Liability in liabilities outstanding (Rs. 1,000) Furniture Increases Furniture–Asset Debit increase Debit Furniture purchased furniture owned in asset Rs. 5,000 Cash decreases Cash–Asset Credit decrease Credit Cash in asset FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING 2.19 Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India BASIC ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES – JOURNAL ENTRIES (B) Analysis of Business Transactions: Traditional Approach Transaction Analysis Account Affected Rule Entry and Nature of Account Introduction of Cash is received Cash–Real Debit what Debit Cash Rs. 40,000 cash by business comes in by the proprietor Owner has given Capital–Personal Credit the giver Credit Capital cash Cash deposited Bank receives Bank–Personal Debit the receiver Debit Bank in bank cash Rs. 20,000 Cash goes out Cash–Real Credit what of business goes out Credit Cash Loan from Y Business gets cash Cash–Real Debit what Debit Cash Rs. 5,000 Y pays cash Y's Loan–Personal comes in Credit the giver Credit Y's Loan Salary paid Cost of services Salary Nominal Debit all expenses Debit Salary Rs. 3,000 and used Rs. 4,000 (Rs. 4,000) still payable Cash goes out Cash–Real Credit what Credit Cash Rs. 1,000 Rs. 3,000 goes out (Rs. 3,000) Still payable or Salary Outstanding Credit the giver Credit Salary outstanding for Personal outstanding services received (Rs. 1,000) Rs. 1,000 Furniture Furniture is Furniture Real Debit what Debit Furniture purchased purchased comes in Rs. 5,000 Cash is paid Cash–Real Credit what goes out Credit Cash Conclusion: It is evident from above analysis that procedure for analysis of transactions, classification of accounts and rules for recording business transactions under accounting equation approach and traditional approach are different. But the accounts affected and entries in affected accounts remain same under both approaches. Thus, the recording of transactions in affected accounts on the basis of double entry system is independent of the method of analysis followed by a business enterprise. In other words, accounts to be debited and credited to record the dual aspect remain same under both the approaches. Illustration 4 Journalise the following transactions. Also state the nature of each account involved in the Journal entry. 1. December 1, 2005, Ajit started business with Cash Rs. 40,000. 2.20 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India 2. December 3, he paid into the Bank Rs. 2,000. 3. December 5, he purchased goods for cash Rs. 15,000. 4. December 8, he sold goods for cash Rs. 6,000. 5. December 10, he purchased furniture and paid by cheque Rs. 5,000. 6. December 12, he sold goods to Arvind Rs. 4,000. 7. December 14, he purchased goods from Amrit Rs. 10,000. 8. December 15, he returned goods to Amrit Rs. 5,000. 9. December 16, he received from Arvind Rs. 3,960 in full settlement. 10. December 18, he withdrew goods for personal use Rs. 1,000. 11. December 20, he withdrew cash from business for personal use Rs. 2,000. 12. December 24, he paid telephone charges Rs. 1,000. 13. December 26, cash paid to Amrit in full settlement Rs. 4,900. 14. December 31, paid for stationery Rs. 200, rent Rs. 500 and salaries to staff Rs. 2,000. 15. December 31, goods distributed by way of free samples Rs. 1,000. Solution JOURNAL Dr. Cr. Sl. Date Particulars Nature of L.F. Debit Credit No Account (Rs.) (Rs.) 1. Dec. 1 Cash Account Dr. Real A/c 40,000 To Capital Account Personal A/c 40,000 (Being commencement of business) 2. Dec. 3 Bank Account Dr. Personal A/c 2,000 To Cash Account Real A/c 2,000 (Being cash deposited in the Bank) 3. Dec. 5 Purchases Account Dr. Real A/c 15,000 To Cash Account Real A/c 15,000 (Being purchase of goods for cash) 4. Dec. 8 Cash Account Dr. Real A/c 6,000 To Sales Account Real A/c 6,000 (Being goods sold for cash) FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING 2.21 Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India BASIC ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES – JOURNAL ENTRIES 5. Dec. 10 Furniture Account Dr. Real A/c 5,000 To Bank Account Personal A/c 5,000 (Being purchase of furniture, paid by cheque) 6. Dec. 12 Arvind Dr. Personal A/c 4,000 To Sales Account Real A/c 4,000 (Being sale of goods) 7. Dec. 14 Purchases Account Dr. Real A/c 10,000 To Amrit Personal A/c 10,000 (Being purchase of goods from Amrit ) 8. Dec. 15 Amrit Dr. Personal A/c 5,000 To Purchases Returns Account Real A/c 5,000 (Being goods returned to Amrit) 9. Dec. 16 Cash Account Dr. Real A/c 3,960 Discount Account Dr. Nominal A/c 40 To Arvind Personal A/c 4,000 (Being cash received from Arvind in full settlement and allowed him Rs. 40 as discount) 10. Dec. 18 Drawings Account Dr. Personal A/c 1,000 To Purchases Account Real A/c 1,000 (Being withdrawal of goods for personal use) 11. Dec. 20 Drawings Account Dr. Personal A/c 2,000 To Cash Account Real A/c 2,000 (Being cash withdrawal from the business for personal use) 12. Dec. 24 Telephone Expenses Dr. Nominal A/c 1,000 Account To Cash Account Real A/c 1,000 (Being telephone expenses paid) 13. Dec. 26 Amrit Dr. Personal A/c 5,000 To Cash Account Real A/c 4,900 To Discount Account Nominal A/c 100 (Being cash paid to Amrit and he allowed Rs. 100 as discount) 2.22 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India 14. Dec. 31 Stationery Expenses Dr. Nominal A/c 200 Rent Account Dr. Nominal A/c 500 Salaries Account Dr. Nominal A/c 2,000 To Cash Account Real A/c 2,700 (Being expenses paid) 15. Dec. 31 Advertisement Expenses Account Dr. Nominal A/c 1,000 To Purchases Account Real A/c 1,000 (Being distribution of goods by way of free samples) _______ _______ Total 1,03,700 1,03,700 _______ _______ Illustration 5 Show the classification of the following Accounts under traditional and accounting equation approach: (a) Building; (b) Purchases; (c) Sales; (d) Bank Deposit; (e) Rent; (f) Rent Outstanding; (g) Cash; (h) Adjusted Purchases; (i) Closing Stock; (j) Investments; (k) Debtors; (l) Sales Tax Payable, (m) Discount Allowed; (n) Bad Debts; (o) Capital; (p) Drawings; (q) Provision for depreciation account, (r) Interest Receivable account; (s) Rent received in advance account; (t) Prepaid salary account; (u) Provision for Bad & doubtful debts account; (v) Bad debts recovered account; (w) Depreciation account, (x) Personal income-tax account; (y) Stock reserve account; (z) Provision for discount on creditors account. Solution Nature of Account Sl. No. Title of Account Traditional Approach Accounting Equation Approach (a) Building Real Asset (b) Purchases Real Asset (c) Sales Nominal (Revenue) Temporary Capital (Revenue) (d) Bank Deposit Personal Asset (e) Rent Nominal (Expense) Temporary Capital (Expense) (f) Rent Outstanding Personal Liability (g) Cash Real Asset (h) Adjusted Purchases Nominal (Expense) Temporary Capital (Expense) (i) Closing Stock Real Asset (j) Investment Real Asset (k) Debtors Personal Asset FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING 2.23 Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India BASIC ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES – JOURNAL ENTRIES (l) Sales Tax Payable Personal Liability (m) Discount Allowed Nominal (Expense) Temporary Capital (Expense) (n) Bad Debts Nominal (Expense) Temporary Capital (Expense) (o) Capital Personal Capital (p) Drawings Personal Temporary Capital (Drawings) (q) Provision for depreciation Valuation (Real) Asset (r) Interest receivable Personal Asset (s) Rent received in advance Personal Liability (t) Prepaid salary Personal Valuation (Asset) (u) Provision for bad and doubtful debts Valuation (Personal) Valuation (Asset) (v) Bad debts recovered Nominal (Gain) Temporary Capital (Gain) (w) Depreciation Nominal (Expense) Temporary Capital (Expense) (x) Personal Income Tax Personal (Drawing) Temporary Capital (Drawings) (y) Stock reserve Valuation (Real) Valuation (Asset) (z) Provision for discount on creditors Valuation (Personal) Valuation (Liability) Illustration 6 Transactions of Ramesh for April are given below Journalise them. 2006 Rs. April 1 Ramesh started business with 10,000 " 2 Paid into bank 7,000 " 3 Bought goods for cash 500 " 5 Drew cash from bank for credit 100 " 13 Sold to Krishna goods on credit 150 " 20 Bought from Shyam goods on credit 225 " 24 Received from Krishna 145 " Allowed him discount 5 " 28 Paid Shyam cash 215 " Discount allowed 10 " 30 Cash sales for the month 800 Paid Rent 50 Paid Salary 100 2.24 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Solution JOURNAL Dr. Cr. Date Particulars L.F. Amount Date 2006 Rs. Rs. April 1 Cash Account Dr. 1 10,000 To Capital Account 4 10,000 (Being the amount invested by Ramesh in the business as capital) " 2 Bank Account Dr. 5 7,000 To Cash Account 1 7,000 (Being the amount paid into bank) " 3 Purchases Account Dr. 7 500 To Cash Account 500 (Being goods purchased for cash) " 5 Cash Account Dr. 1 100 To Bank Account 5 100 (Being cash withdrawn from bank) " 13 Krishna Dr. 9 150 To Sales Account 7 150 (Being goods sold to Krishna on credit) " 20 Purchases Account Dr. 7 225 To Shyam 10 225 (Being goods bought from Shyam on credit) " 24 Cash Account Dr. 1 145 Discount Account Dr. 12 5 To Krishna 9 150 (Being cash received from Krishna and discount allowed to him) " 28 Shyam Dr. 10 225 To Cash Account 1 215 To Discount Account 12 10 (Being cash paid to Shyam and discount allowed by him) " 30 Cash Account Dr. 1 800 FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING 2.25 Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India BASIC ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES – JOURNAL ENTRIES To Sales Account 7 800 (Being goods sold for cash) " 30 Rent Account Dr. 15 50 Salaries Account Dr. 10 100 To Cash Account 1 150 (Being the amount paid for rent and salary) _____ _____ Total 19,300 19,300 (Ledger Folio imaginary) Illustration 7 Pass Journal Entries for the following transactions in the books of Gamma Bros. (i) Employees had taken stock worth Rs. 10,000 (Cost price Rs. 7,500) on the eve of Deepawali and the same was deducted from their salaries in the subsequent month. (ii) Wages paid for erection of Machinery Rs. 8,000. (iii) Provision for discount on creditors is to be made amounting Rs. 1,500. (iv) Income tax liability of proprietor Rs. 1,700 was paid out of petty cash. (v) Purchase of goods from Naveen of the list price of Rs. 2,000. He allowed 10% trade discount, Rs. 50 cash discount was also allowed for quick payment. Solution Journal Entries in the books of Gamma Bros. Particulars Dr. Cr. Amount Amount Rs. Rs. (i) Salaries A/c Dr. 7,500 To Purchase A/c 7,500 (Being entry made for stock taken by employees) (ii) Machinery A/c Dr. 8,000 To Cash A/c 8,000 (Being wages paid for erection of machinery) (iii) Provision for discount on creditors A/c Dr. 1,500 To Profit and Loss A/c 1,500 (Being provision for discount made on creditors) (iv) Drawings A/c Dr. 1,700 To Petty Cash A/c 1,700 (Being the income tax of proprietor paid out of business money) (v) Purchase A/c Dr. 1,800 To Cash A/c 1,750 To Discount Received A/c 50 (Being the goods purchased from Naveen for 2.26 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Rs. 2,000 @ 10% trade discount and cash discount of Rs. 50) 9. ADVANTAGES OF JOURNAL In journal, transactions recorded on the basis of double entry system, fetch following advantages: 1. As transactions are recorded on chronological order, one can get complete information about the business transactions on time basis. 2. Entries recorded in the journal are supported by a note termed as narration, which is a precise explanation of the transaction for the proper understanding of the entry. One can know the correctness of the entry through these narrations. 3. Journal forms the basis for posting the entries in the ledger. This eases the accountant in their work and reduces the chances of error. SELF EXAMINATION QUESTIONS I. Pick up the correct answer from the given choices: (i) The rent paid to landlord is credited to (a) Landlord’s account. (b) Rent account. (c) Cash account. (d) None of the above. (ii) In case of a debt becoming bad, the amount should be credited to (a) Debtors account. (b) Bad debts account. (c) Cash account. (d) Sales account. (iii) Sunset Tours has a Rs. 3,500 account receivable from Mohan. On January 20, the Rotary makes a partial payment of Rs. 2100 to Sunset Tours. The journal entry made on January 20 by Sunset Tours to record this transaction includes: (a) A credit to the cash received account of Rs. 2,100. (b) A credit to the Accounts receivable account of Rs. 2,100. (c) A debit to the cash account of Rs. 1,400. (d) A debit to the Accounts receivable account of Rs. 1,400. (iv) Which financial statement represents the accounting equation, assets = Liabilities + Owner’s equity: (a) Income Statement (b) Statement of Cash flows (c) Balance Sheet (d) None of the above (v) Which account is the odd one out? (a) Office furniture & Equipment. (b) Freehold land and Buildings. (c) Stock of materials. (d) Plant and Machinery. (vi) The debts written off as bad, if recovered subsequently are (a) credited to Bad Debts Recovered Account (b) credited to Debtors Account. (c) debited to Profit and Loss Account (d) None of the above [Ans: 1: (i)-(c), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(b), (iv)-(c), (v)-(c), (vi)-(a)] FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING 2.27 Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India BASIC ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES – JOURNAL ENTRIES II From the given information, choose the most appropriate answer. 1. Classify each of the following items under: (i) Prepaid salary account. (a) Personal, (b) Real (c) Nominal (d) None of the above (ii) Bill payable account. (a) Personal, (b) Real (c) Nominal (d) None of the above (iii) Rent account. (a) Personal, (b) Real (c) Nominal (d) None of the above (iv) Proprietor’s account (a) Personal, (b) Real (c) Nominal (d) None of the above (v) Patents account. (a) Personal, (b) Real (c) Nominal (d) None of the above [Ans. 1: (i)-(a), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(c), (iv)-(a), (v)-(b)] 2. Classify each of the following items under: (i) Salaries. (a) revenue(R), (b) expense (E), (c) asset (A), (d) liability (L), or (ii) Equipment. (a) revenue(R), (b) expense (E), (c) asset (A), (d) liability (L), or (iii) Accounts payable. (a) revenue(R), (b) expense (E), (c) asset (A), (d) liability (L), or (iv) Membership fees earned. (a) revenue(R), (b) expense (E), (c) asset (A), (d) liability (L), or (v) Stock. (a) revenue(R), (b) expense (E), (c) asset (A), (d) liability (L), or (vi) Accounts receivable. (a) revenue(R), (b) expense (E), (c) asset (A), (d) liability (L), or (vii) Building. (a) revenue(R), (b) expense (E), (c) asset (A), (d) liability (L), or (viii) Profits. (a) revenue(R), (b) expense (E), (c) asset (A), (d) owner’s capital (OC) item. [Ans.2: (i)-(b), (ii)-(c), (iii)-(d), (iv)-(a), (v)-(c), (vi)-(c), (vii)-(c), (viii)-(d)] 3. In each of the following, indicate the alternative which you consider to be correct: (a) In Double Entry System of Book-keeping every business transaction affects: (i) Two accounts. (ii) two sides of the same account. (iii) the same account on two different dates. (iv) All of the above (b) A sale of goods to Ram for cash should be debited to: (i) Ram (ii) Cash (iii) Sales (iv) Capital (c) A withdrawal of cash from business by the proprietor should be credited to: (i) Drawing Account (ii) Capital Account (iii) Cash Account (iv) Purchase Account [Ans:3: (a)(i), (b)(ii), (c)(iii)] 2.28 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India CHAPTER - 2 ACCOUNTING PROCESS Unit 2 Ledgers Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India LEDGERS Learning Objectives After studying this unit, you will be able to : (cid:2) Understand the concept of Ledgers. (cid:2) Learn the technique of ledger posting sand how to balance an account. (cid:2) Learn the technique of opening accounts each year taking closing balances of the previous year. Note also the use of 'balance c/d' and 'balance b/d'. 1. INTRODUCTION After recording the transactions in the journal, recorded entries are classified and grouped into by preparation of accounts and the book, which contains all set of accounts (viz. personal, real and nominal accounts), is known as Ledger. It is known as principal books of account in which account-wise balance of each account is determined. 2. SPECIMEN OF LEDGER ACCOUNTS A ledger account has two sides-debit (left part of the account) and credit (right part of the account). Each of the debit and credit side has four columns. (i) Date (ii) Particulars (iii) Journal folio i.e. page from where the entries are taken for posting and (iv) Amount. Dr. Account Cr. Date Particulars J.F. Amount (Rs). Date Particulars J.F. Amount (Rs.) 3. POSTING The process of transferring the debit and credit items from journal to classified accounts in the ledger is known as posting. 3.1 RULES REGARDING POSTING OF ENTRIES IN THE LEDGER 1. Separate account is opened in ledger book for each account and entries from ledger posted to respective account accordingly. 2. It is a practice to use words 'To' and 'By' while posting transactions in the ledger. The word 'To' is used in the particular column with the accounts written on the debit side while 'By' is used with the accounts written in the particular column of the credit side. These 'To' and 'By' do not have any meanings but are used to represent the account debited and credited. 3. The concerned account debited in the journal should also be debited in the ledger but reference should be of the respective credit account. For example: Rent paid by cash Rs. 500. The journal entry for this transaction would be. 2.30 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India 4. BALANCING AN ACCOUNT At the end of the each month or year or any particular day it may be necessary to ascertain the balance in an account. This is not a too difficult thing to do; suppose a person has bought goods worth Rs. 1,000 and has paid only Rs. 850; he owes Rs. 150 and that is balance in his account. To ascertain the balance in any account, what is done is to total the sides and ascertain the difference; the difference is the balance. If the credit side is bigger than the debit side, it is a credit balance. In the other case it is a debit balance. The credit balance is written on the debit side as, "To Balance c/d"; c/d means "carried down". By doing this, two sides will be equal. The totals are written on the two sides opposite one another. Then the credit balance is written on the credit side as "By balance b/d (i.e., brought down)". This is the opening balance for the new period. The debit balance similarly is written on the credit side as "By Balance c/d", the totals then are written on the two sides as shown above as then the debit balance written on the debit side as, "To Balance b/d", as the opening balance of the new period. It should be noted that nominal accounts are not balanced; the balance in the end are transferred to the profit and loss account. Only personal and real accounts ultimately show balances. In the illustration given above, one will have noticed that the capital account, the purchases account, sales account, the discount account, the rent account and the salary account have not been balanced. The capital account will have to be adjusted for profit or loss and that is why it has not been balanced yet. Illustration 1 Prepare the Stationery Account of a firm for the year ended 31.12.2005 duly balanced off, from the following details: 2005 Rs. Jan. 1 Stock in hand 480 April 5 Purchase of stationery by cheque 800 Nov. 15 Purchase of stationery on credit from Five Star Stationery Mart 1,280 Dec. 31 Stock in hand 240 Solution Stationery Account Dr. Cr. Date Particulars Rs. Date Particulars Rs. 1.1.2005 To Balance b/d 480 31.12.2005 By Profit and loss 5.4.2005 To Bank A/c 800 A/c (Balancing figure) 2,320 15.11.2005 To Five Star Stationery Mart A/c 1,280 31.12.2005 By Balance c/d 240 2,560 2,560 FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING 2.31 Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India LEDGERS Illustration 2 Journalise the following transactions in the books of a trader Debit Balance on January 1, 2006 Cash in Hand Rs. 8,000, Cash at Bank Rs. 25,000, Stock of Goods Rs. 20,000, Building Rs. 10,000. Sundry Debtors: Vijay Rs. 2,000 and Madhu Rs. 2,000. Credit Balances on January 1, 2006: Sundry Creditors: Anand Rs. 5,000. Following were further transactions in the month of January, 2006: Jan. 1 Purchased goods worth Rs. 5,000 for cash less 20% trade discount and 5% cash discount. Jan. 4 Received Rs. 1,980 from Vijay and allowed him Rs. 20 as discount. Jan. 8 Purchased plant from Mukesh for Rs. 5,000 and paid Rs. 100 as cartage for bringing the plant to the factory and another Rs. 200 as installation charges. Jan. 12 Sold goods to Rahim on credit Rs. 600. Jan. 15 Rahim became insolvent and could pay only 50 paise in a rupee. Jan. 18 Sold goods to Ram for cash Rs. 1,000. Solution Cash Account Dr. Cr. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. 2006 2006 Jan. 1 To Balance b/d 8,000 Jan. 1 By Purchases A/c 3,800 Jan. 4 To Vijay 1,980 Jan. 8 By Plant A/c 300 Jan. 15 To Rahim 300 Jan. 31 By Balance c/d 7,180 Jan. 18 To Sales A/c 1,000 11,280 11,280 Feb. 1 To Balance b/d 7,180 Bank Account Dr. Cr. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Jan. 1 To Balance b/d 25,000 Jan. 31 By Balance c/d 25,000 25,000 25,000 Feb. 1 To Balance b/d 25,000 Stock Account Dr. Cr. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Jan. 1 To Balance b/d 20,000 Jan. 31 By Balance c/d 20,000 20,000 20,000 Feb. 1 To Balance b/d 20,000 2.32 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Building Account Dr. Cr. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Jan. 1 To Balance b/d 10,000 Jan. 31 By Balance c/d 10,000 10,000 10,000 Feb. 1 To Balance b/d 10,000 Vijay Dr. Cr. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Jan. 1 To Balance b/d 2,000 Jan. 4 By Cash A/c 1,980 By Discount A/c 20 2,000 2,000 Madhu Dr. Cr. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Jan. 1 To Balance b/d 2,000 Jan. 31 By Balance c/d 2,000 2,000 2,000 Feb. 1 To Balance b/d 2,000 Capital Account Dr. Cr. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Jan. 31 To Balance c/d 55,000 Jan. 1 By Balance b/d 55,000 55,000 55,000 Feb. 1 By Balance b/d 55,000 Purchases Account Dr. Cr. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Jan. 1 To Cash 3,800 Jan. 1 To Discount 200 Jan. 31 By Balance c/d 4,000 4,000 4,000 Feb. 1 To Balance b/d 4,000 Discount Account Dr. Cr. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Jan. 4 To Vijay 20 Jan. 1 By Purchases A/c 200 Jan. 31 To Balance c/d 180 200 200 Feb. 1 By Balance b/d 180 FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING 2.33 Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India LEDGERS Plant Account Dr. Cr. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Jan. 8 To Mukesh 5,000 Jan. 31 By Balance c/d 5,300 Jan. 8 To Cash A/c 300 _____ 5,300 5,300 Feb. 1 To Balance b/d 5,300 Mukesh Dr. Cr. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Jan. 31 To Balance c/d 5,000 Jan. 8 By Plant A/c 5,000 5,000 5,000 Feb. 1 By Balance b/d 5,000 Sales Account Dr. Cr. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Jan. 31 To Balance c/d 1,600 Jan. 12 By Rahim 600 Jan. 18 By Cash A/c 1,000 1,600 Feb. 1 By Balance b/d 1,600 Rahim Dr. Cr. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Jan. 12 To Sales A/c 600 Jan. 15 By Cash A/c 300 ___ Jan. 15 By Bad Debts A/c 300 600 600 Bad Debts Account Dr. Cr. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Date Particulars L.F. Rs. Jan. 15 To Rahim 300 Jan. 31 By Balance c/d 300 300 300 Feb. 1 To Balance b/d 300 Illustration 3 The following data is given by Mr. S, the owner, with a request to compile only the two personal accounts of Mr. H and Mr. R, in his ledger, for the month of April, 2006. 1 Mr. S owes Mr. R Rs. 15,000; Mr. H owes Mr. S Rs. 20,000. 4 Mr. R sold goods worth Rs. 60,000 @ 10% trade discount to Mr. S. 5 Mr. S sold to Mr. H goods prices at Rs. 30,000. 2.34 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India 17 Record a purchase of Rs. 25,000 net from R, which were sold to H at a profit of Rs. 15,000. 18 Mr. S rejected 10% of Mr. R's goods of 4th April. 19 Mr. S issued a cash memo for Rs. 10,000 to Mr. H who came personally for this consignment of goods, urgently needed by him. 22 Mr. H cleared half his total dues to Mr. S, enjoying a ½% cash discount (of the payment received, Rs. 20,000 was by cheque). 26 R's total dues (less Rs. 10,000 held back) were cleared by cheque, enjoying a cash discount of Rs. 1,000 on the payment made. 29 Close H's Account to record the fact that all but Rs. 5,000 was cleared by him, by a cheque, because he was declared bankrupt. 30 Balance R's Account. Solution In the books of Mr. S Mr. H Account Dr. Cr. Date Particulars Rs. Date Particulars Rs. 1.4.2006 To Balance b/d 20,000 22.4.2006 By Bank A/c 20,000 5.4.2006 To Sales A/c 30,000 22.4.2006 By Cash A/c (Note 2) 24,775 17.4.2006 To Sales A/c 40,000 29.4.2006 By Discount Allowed A/c 225 29.4.2006 By Bank A/c 40,000 29.4.2006 By Bad Debts A/c 5,000 90,000 90,000 Mr. R Account Dr. Cr. Date Particulars Rs. Date Particulars Rs. 18.4.2006 To Purchase 5,400 1.4.2006 By By Balance b/d 15,000 Returns A/c 4.4.2006 By Purchases A/c 54,000 26.4.2006 To Bank A/c 77,600 17.4.2006 By Purchases A/c 25,000 26.4.2006 To Discount Received A/c 1,000 30.4.2006 To Balance c/d 10,000 94,000 94,000 1.5.2006 By Balance b/d 10,000 FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING 2.35 Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India LEDGERS Working Notes: (1) Sale of Rs. 10,000 on 19th April is a cash sales, therefore, it will not be recorded in the Personal Account of Mr. H; and (2) On 22nd April, Mr. H owes Mr. S Rs. 90,000, amount paid by Mr. H ½ of Rs. 90,000 less ½% discount i.e. Rs. 45,000– Rs. 225 = Rs. 44,775. Out of this amount, Rs. 20,000 paid by cheque and the balance of Rs. 24,775 in cash. SELF EXAMINATION QUESTIONS I. Pick up the correct answer from the given choices: (i). The process of transferring the debit and credit items from a Journal to their respective accounts in the ledger is termed as (a) posting (b) purchase (c) balancing of an account (d) arithmetically accuracy test (ii) The technique of finding the net balance of an account after considering the totals of both debits and credits appearing in the account is known as (a) posting (b) purchase (c) balancing of an account (d) arithmetically accuracy test. (iii) Journal and ledger records transactions in (a) a chronological order and analytical order respectively. (b) an analytical order and chronological order respectively. (c) a chronological order only (d) an analytical order only. (iv) Ledger book is popularly known as (a) secondary book of accounts (b) principal book of accounts (c) subsidiary book of accounts (d) none of the above (v) At the end of the accounting year all the nominal accounts of the ledger book are (a) balanced but not transferred to profit and loss account (b) not balanced and also the balance is not transferred to the profit and loss account (c) balanced and the balance is transferred to the balance sheet (d) not balanced and their balance is transferred to the profit and loss account. [Ans: (i)-(a), (ii)-(c), (iii)-(a), (iv)-(b), (v)-(d)] 2.36 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India CHAPTER - 2 ACCOUNTING PROCESS Unit 3 Trial Balance Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India TRIAL BALANCE Learning Objectives After studying this unit, you will be able to : (cid:2) Understand what is trial balance and what purposes it can serve, (cid:2) Learn the technique of taking balances from ledger accounts to prepare trial balance. 1. INTRODUCTION Preparation of trial balance is the third phase in the accounting process. After posting the accounts in the ledger, a statement is prepared to show separately the debit and credit balances. Such a statement is known as the trial balance. It may also be prepared by listing each and every account and entering in separate columns the totals of the debit and credit sides. Whichever way it is prepared, the totals of the two columns should agree. An agreement indicates reasonable accuracy of the accounting work; if the two sides do not agree, then there is simply an arithmetic error(s). This follows from the fact that under the Double Entry System, the amount written on the debit sides of various accounts is always equal to the amounts entered on the credit sides of other accounts and vice versa. Hence the totals of the debit sides must be equal to the totals of the credit sides. Also total of the debit balances will be equal to the total of the credit balances. Once this agreement is established, there is reasonable confidence that the accounting work is free from clerical errors, though is not proof of cent per cent accuracy, because some errors of principle and compensating errors may still remain. Generally, to check the arithmetic accuracy of accounts, trial balance is prepared at monthly intervals. But because double entry system is followed, one can prepare a trial balance any time. Though a trial balance can be prepared any time but it is preferable to prepare it at the end of the accounting year to ensure the arithmetic accuracy of all the accounts before the preparation of the financial statements. It may be noted that trial balance is a statement and not an account. 2. OBJECTIVES OF PREPARING THE TRIAL BALANCE The preparation of trial balance has the following objectives: (i) Trial balance enables one to establish whether the posting and other accounting processes have been carried out without committing arithmetical errors. In other words, the trial balance helps to establish arithmetical accuracy of the books. (ii) Financial statements are normally prepared on the basic of agreed trial balance; otherwise the work may be cumbersome. Preparation of financial statements, therefore, is the second objective. (iii) The trial balance serves as a summary of what is contained in the ledger; the ledger may have to be seen only when details are required in respect of an account. The form of the trial balance is simple as shown below: 2.38 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India TRIAL BALANCE as at....................... S. No Ledger Accounts L.F. Dr. Amount Cr. Amount (Total or Balance) (Total or Balance) Rs. Rs. The under mentioned points may be noted: (i) A trial balance is prepared as on a particular date which should be mentioned at the top (ii) In the second column the name of the account is written. (iii) In the fourth column the total of the debit side of the account concerned or the debit balance, if any is entered. (iv) In the next column, the total of the credit side or the credit balance is written. (v) The two columns are totalled at the end. (vi) The first and third column needs no explanation. 3. LIMITATIONS OF TRIAL BALANCE One should note that the agreement of Trial Balance is not a conclusive proof of accuracy. In other words, in spite of the agreement of the trial balance some errors may remain. These may be of the following types: (i) Transaction has not been entered at all in the journal. (ii) A wrong amount has been written in both columns of the journal. (iii) A wrong account has been mentioned in the journal. (iv) An entry has not at all been posted in the ledger. (v) Entry is posted twice in the ledger. Still, the preparation of the trial balance is very useful; without it, the preparation of financial statement, the profit and loss account and the balance sheet, would be difficult. 4. METHODS OF PREPARATION OF TRIAL BALANCE 1. TOTAL METHOD Under this method, every ledger account is totaled and that total amount (both of debit side and credit side) is transferred to trial balance. In this method, trial balance can be prepared as soon as ledger account is totaled. Time taken to balance the ledger accounts is saved under this method as balance can be found out in the trial balance itself. The difference of totals of each ledger account is the balance of that particular account. This method is not commonly used as it cannot help in the preparation of the financial statements. FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING 2.39 Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India TRIAL BALANCE Illustration 1 Given below is a ledger extract relating to the business of X and Co. as on March, 31, 2010. You are required to prepare the Trial Balance by the Total Amount Method. Cash Account Dr. Cr. Particulars Rs. Particulars Rs. To Capital A/c 10,000 By Furniture A/c 3,000 To Ram's A/c 25,000 By Salaries A/c 2,500 To Cash Sales 500 By Shyam's A/c 21,000 By Cash Purchases 1,000 By Capital A/c 500 By Balance c/d 7,500 35,500 35,500 Furniture Account Dr. Cr. Particulars Rs. Particulars Rs. To Cash A/c 3,000 By Balance c/d 3,000 3,000 3,000 Salaries Account Dr. Cr. Particulars Rs. Particulars Rs. To Cash A/c 2,500 By Balance c/d 2,500 2,500 2,500 Shyam's Account Dr. Cr. Particulars Rs. Particulars Rs. To Cash A/c 21,000 By Purchases A/c 25,000 To Purchase Returns A/c 500 (Credit Purchases) To Balance c/d 3,500 – 25,000 25,000 2.40 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Purchases Account Dr. Cr. Particulars Rs. Particulars Rs. To Cash A/c (Cash Purchases) 1,000 By Balance c/d 26,000 To Sundries as per Purchases Book (Credit Purchases) 25,000 – 26,000 26,000 Purchases Returns Account Dr. Cr. Particulars Rs. Particulars Rs. To Balance c/d 500 By Sundries as per Purchases Return Book 500 500 500 Ram's Account Dr. Cr. Particulars Rs. Particulars Rs. To Sales A/c (Credit Sales) 30,000 By Sales Returns A/c 100 By Cash A/c 25,000 By Balance c/d 4,900 30,000 30,000 Sales Account Dr. Cr. Particulars Rs. Particulars Rs. To Balance c/d 30,500 By Cash A/c (Cash Sales) 500 By Sundries as per Sales Book (Credit sales) 30,000 30,500 30,500 Sales Returns Account Dr. Cr. Particulars Rs. Particulars Rs. To Sundries as per Sales Returns Book 100 By Balance c/d 100 100 100 FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING 2.41 Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India TRIAL BALANCE Capital Account Dr. Cr. Particulars Rs. Particulars Rs. To Cash A/c 500 By Cash A/c 10,000 To Balance c/d 9,500 – 10,000 10,000 Solution Trial Balance of X and Co. as at 31.03.2010 Sl. No. Name of Account Total Debit Total of Items Credit Items Rs. Rs. 1. Cash A/c 35,500 28,000 2. Furniture A/c 3,000 3. Salaries A/c 2,500 4. Shyam's A/c 21,500 25,000 5. Purchases A/c 26,000 6. Purchases Returns A/c 500 7. Ram's A/c 30,000 25,100 8. Sales A/c 30,500 9. Sales Returns A/c 100 10. Capital A/c 500 10,000 1,19,100 1,19,100 2. BALANCE METHOD Under this method, every ledger account is balanced and those balances only are carry forward to the trial balance. This method is used commonly by the accountants and helps in the preparation of the financial statements. Financial statements are prepared on the basis of the balances of the ledger accounts. Illustration 2 Taking the same information as given in Illustration 1, prepare the Trial Balance by Balance Method. 2.42 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Solution Trial Balance of X and Co. as at 31.03.2010 Sl. No. Name of Account Debit Balance Credit Balance Rs. Rs. 1. Cash A/c 7,500 2. Furniture A/c 3,000 3. Salaries A/c 2,500 4. Shyam's A/c 3,500 5. Purchases A/c 26,000 6. Purchases Returns A/c 500 7. Ram's A/c 4,900 8. Sales A/c 30,500 9. Sales Returns A/c 100 10. Capital A/c – 9,500 44,000 44,000 3. TOTAL AND BALANCE METHOD Under this method, the above two explained methods are combined. Under this method statement of trial balance contains seven columns instead of five columns. This has been explained with the help of the following example: Trial Balance of X as at 31.3.2010 Sl. No. Heads of Account L.F. Debit Credit Debit Credit Balance Balance Total Total (Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.) 1. Cash Account 7,500 35,500 28,000 2. Furniture Account 3,000 3,000 3. Salaries Account 2,500 2,500 4. Shyam's Account 3,500 21,500 25,000 5. Purchases Account 26,000 26,000 6. Purchase Returns Account 500 500 7. Ram's Account 4,900 30,000 25,100 8. Sales Account 30,500 30,500 9. Sale Returns Account 100 100 10. Capital Account 9,500 500 10,000 Total 44,000 44,000 1,19,100 1,19,100 FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING 2.43 Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India TRIAL BALANCE 5. ADJUSTED TRIAL BALANCE (THROUGH SUSPENSE ACCOUNT) If the trial balance do not agree after transferring the balance of all ledger accounts including cash and bank balance and also errors are not located timely, then the trial balance is tallied by transferring the difference of debit and credit side to an account known as suspense account. This is a temporary account opened to proceed further and to prepare the financial statements timely. 6. RULES OF PREPARING THE TRIAL BALANCE While preparing the trial balance from the given list of ledger balances, following rules should be taken into care: 1. The balances of all (i) assets accounts (ii) expenses accounts (iii) losses (iv) drawings (v) cash and bank balances are placed in the debit column of the trial balance. 2. The balances of all (i) liabilities accounts (ii) income accounts (iii) profits (iv) capital are placed in the credit column of the trial balance. Illustration 3 From the following ledger balances, prepare a trial balance of Anuradha Traders as on 31st March, 2010: Account Head Rs. Capital 1,00,000 Sales 1,66,000 Purchases 1,50,000 Sales return 1,000 Discount allowed 2,000 Expenses 10,000 Debtors 75,000 Creditors 25,000 Investments 15,000 Cash at bank and in hand 37,000 Interest received on investments 1,500 Insurance paid 2,500 2.44 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Solution Dr. balance Rs. Cr. balance Rs. Purchases 1,50,000 Capital 1,00,000 Sales return 1,000 Sales 1,66,000 Discount allowed 2,000 Creditors 25,000 Expenses 10,000 Interest received on investments 1,500 Debtors 75,000 Investments 15,000 Cash at bank and in hand 37,000 Insurance paid 2,500 Total 2,92,500 2,92,500 Illustration 4 One of your clients, Mr. Singhania has asked you to finalise his accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2010.Till date, he himself has recorded the transactions in books of accounts. As a basis for audit, Mr. Singhania furnished you with the following statement. Dr. Balance Cr. Balance Singhania's Capital 1,556 Singhania's Drawings 564 Leasehold premises 750 Sales 2,750 Due from customers 530 Purchases 1,259 Purchases return 264 Loan from bank 256 Creditors 528 Trade expenses 700 Cash at bank 226 Bills payable 100 Salaries and wages 600 Stock (1.4.2004) 264 Rent and rates 463 Sales return 98 5,454 5,454 FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING 2.45 Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India TRIAL BALANCE The closing stock on 31st March, 2010 was valued at Rs. 574. Mr. Singhania claims that he has recorded every transaction correctly as the trial balance is tallied. Check the accuracy of the above trial balance. Solution Corrected Trial Balance of Mr. Singhania as on 31st March, 2010 Particulars Dr. Cr. Amount Amount Rs. Rs. Singhania's Capital 1,556 Singhania's Drawings 564 Leasehold premises 750 Sales 2,750 Due from customers 530 Purchases 1,259 Purchases returns 264 Loan from Bank 256 Creditors 528 Trade expenses 700 Cash at Bank 226 Bills payable 100 Salaries and Wages 600 Stock (1.4.2004) 264 Rent and rates 463 Sales return 98 5,454 5,454 Reasons: 1. Due from customers is an asset, so its balance will be a debit balance. 2. Purchases return account always shows a credit balance because assets go out. 3. Creditor is a liability, so its balance will be a credit balance. 4. Bills payable is a liability, so its balance will be a credit balance. 5. Stock (opening) represents assets, so it will have a debit balance. 6. Sales return account always shows a debit balance because assets come in. 2.46 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Illustration 5 An inexperienced bookkeeper has drawn up a Trial Balance for the year ended 30th June, 2010. Dr. (Rs.) Cr. (Rs.) Provision For Doubtful Debts 200 – Bank Overdraft 1,654 – Capital – 4,591 Creditors – 1,637 Debtors 2,983 Discount Received 252 – Discount Allowed – 733 Drawings 1,200 – Office Furniture 2,155 – General Expenses – 829 Purchases 10,923 – Returns Inward – 330 Rent & Rates 314 – Salaries 2,520 – Sales – 16,882 Stock 2,418 – Provision for Depreciation on Furniture 364 – Total 24,983 25,002 Required: (a) Draw up a 'Corrected' Trial Balance, debiting or crediting any residual errors to a Suspense Account. Solution Trial Balance as on 30th June, 2010 Heads of Accounts Dr. Rs. Cr. Rs. Provision for Doubtful Debts – 200 Bank overdraft – 1,654 Capital 4,591 Creditors 1,637 Debtors 2,983 – Discount Received – 252 Discount allowed 733 – Drawings 1,200 – Office furniture 2,155 – General Expenses 829 – Purchases 10,923 – Returns Inward 330 – Rent & Rates 314 – FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING 2.47 Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India TRIAL BALANCE Salaries 2,520 – Stock 2,418 Provision for Depreciation on Furniture – 364 Sales 16,882 Suspense Account (Balancing figure) 1,175 – Total 25,580 25,580 SELF EXAMINATION QUESTIONS I. Pick up the correct answer from the given choices: (i) A trial balance will not balance if (a) correct journal entry is posted twice. (b) the purchase on credit basis is debited to purchases and credited to cash. (c) Rs. 500 cash payment to creditors is debited to creditors for Rs. 50 and credited to cash as Rs. 500. (d) None of the above. (ii) Rs. 1, 500 received from sub-tenant for rent and entered correctly in the cash book is posted to the debit of the rent account. In the trial balance (a) The debit total will be greater by Rs. 3,000 that the credit total. (b) The debit total will be greater by Rs. 1,500 than the credit total. (c) Subject to other entries being correct the total will agree. (d) None of the above. (iii) After the preparation of ledgers, the next step is the preparation of (a) trading accounts (b) trial balance (c) profit and loss account (d) none of the above (iv) After preparing the trial balance the accountant finds that the total of debit side is short by Rs. 1,500. This difference will be (a) credited to suspense account (b) debited to suspense account (c) adjusted to any of the debit balance account (d) adjusted to any of the credit balance account (v) S. No. Account heads Debit (Rs.) Credit (Rs.) 1. Sales 15,000 2. Purchases 10,000 3. Miscellaneous expenses 2,500 4. Salaries 2,500 Total 12,500 17,500 The difference in trial balance is due to (a) wrong placing of sales account (b) wrong placing of salaries account (c) wrong placing of miscellaneous expenses account (d) Wrong placing of all accounts [Ans: (i)-(c), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(b), (iv)-(b), (v)-(b)] 2.48 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India CHAPTER - 2 ACCOUNTING PROCESS Unit 4 Subsidiary Books Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India SUBSIDIARY BOOKS Learning Objectives After studying this unit, you will be able to : (cid:2) Understand the techniques of recording transactions in Purchase Book, Sales Book; Returns Inward Book and Returns outward book; Bills Receivable and Bills Payable book. (cid:2) Learn the technique of posting from Subsidiary Books to Ledger. (cid:2) Understand that even if subsidiary books are maintained, journalisation is required for many other transactions and events. (cid:2) Learn the difference between the subsidiary books and principle books. 1. SUBSIDIARY BOOKS AND THEIR ADVANTAGES In a Business most of the transactions generally relate to receipts and payments of cash, sale of goods and their purchase. It is convenient to keep a separate register for each such class of transactions one for receipts and payments of cash, one for purchase of goods and one for sale of goods. A register of this type is called a book of original entry or of prime entry. For transactions recorded in such books there will be no journal entry. The system by which transactions of a class are first recorded in the book, specially meant for it and on the basis of which ledger accounts are then prepared is known as the Practical System of Book keeping or even the English System. It should be noted that in this system, there is no departure from the rules of the double entry system. These books of original or prime entry are also called subsidiary books since ledger accounts are prepared on their basis and, without the further process of ledger posting, a trial balance cannot be taken out. Normally, the following subsidiary books are used in a business: (i) Cash book to record receipts and payments of cash, including receipts into and payments out of the bank. (ii) Purchases book to record credit purchases of goods dealt in or of the materials and stores required in the factory. (iii) Purchase Returns Books to record the returns of goods and materials previously purchased. (iv) Sales Book to record the sales of the goods dealt in by the firm. (v) Sale Returns Book to record the returns made by the customers. (vi) Bills receivable books to record the receipts of promissory notes or hundies from various parties. (vii) Bills Payable Book to record the issue of the promissory notes or hundies to other parties. (viii) Journal (proper) to record the transactions which cannot be recorded in any of the seven books mentioned above. It may be noted that in all the above cases the word "Journal" may be used for the word "book" Advantages of Subsidiary Books The use of subsidiary books affords the undermentioned advantages : (i) Division of work : Since in the place of one journal there will be so many subsidiary books, the accounting work may be divided amongst a number of clerks. 2.50 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST Copyright -The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India