MEFA UNIT-4 and UNIT 5 Notes
MEFA UNIT-4 and UNIT 5 Notes
UNIT -5
RATIO ANALYSIS
Companies issue financial statements on a routine schedule. The statements are considered
external because they are given to people outside of the company, with the primary recipients
being owners/stockholders, as well as certain lenders. If a corporation's stock is publicly traded,
however, its financial statements (and other financial reportings) tend to be widely circulated,
and information will likely reach secondary recipients such as competitors, customers,
employees, labor organizations, and investment analysts.
Double Entry Book Keeping: Double entry is the fundamental concept underlying present-day
bookkeeping and accounting. Double-entry accounting is based on the fact that every financial
transaction has equal and opposite effects in at least two different accounts. It is used to satisfy
the equation Assets =Liabilities+Equity, in which each entry is recorded to maintain the
relationship. In the double-entry system, transactions are recorded in terms of debits and credits.
Capital Expenditure Vs Revenue Expenditure: Capital expenditures are for fixed assets,
which are expected to be productive assets for a long period of time. Revenue expenditures are
for costs that are related to specific revenue transactions or operating periods, such as the cost of
goods sold or repairs and maintenance expense.
2. Going Concern Concept: This concept relates with the long life of Business. The assumption
is that business will continue to exist for unlimited period unless it is dissolved due to some
reasons or the other.
3. Money Measurement Concept: In this concept “Only those transactions are recorded in
accounting which can be expressed in terms of money, those transactions which can not be
expressed in terms of money are not recorded in the books of accounting”.
4. Cost Concept: Accounting to this concept, can asset is recorded at its cost in the books of
account. i.e., the price, which is paid at the time of acquiring it. In balance sheet, these assets
appear not at cost price every year, but depreciation is deducted and they appear at the amount,
which is cost, less classification.
5. Accounting Period Concept: every Businessman wants to know the result of his investment
and efforts after a certain period. Usually one-year period is regarded as an ideal for this purpose.
This period is called Accounting Period. It depends on the nature of the business and object of
the proprietor of business.
6. Dual Aspect Concept: According to this concept “Every business transactions has two
aspects”, one is the receiving benefit aspect another one is giving benefit aspect. The receiving
benefit aspect is termed as“DEBIT”, where as the giving benefit aspect is termed as “CREDIT”.
Therefore, for every debit, there will be corresponding credit.
7. Matching Cost Concept: According to this concept “The expenses incurred during an
accounting period, e.g., if revenue is recognized on all goods sold during a period, cost of those
good sole should also be charged to that period.
8. Realisation Concept: According to this concept revenue is recognized when a sale is made.
Sale is Considered to be made at the point when the property in goods posses to the buyer and he
becomes legally liable to pay.
ACCOUNTING CONVENTIONS
Accounting is based on some customs or usages. Naturally accountants here to adopt that usage
or custom. They are termed as convert conventions in accounting. The following are some of the
important accounting conventions.
1.Full Disclosure: According to this convention accounting reports should disclose fully and
fairly the information. They purport to represent. They should be prepared honestly and
sufficiently disclose information which is if material interest to proprietors, present and potential
creditors and investors. The companies ACT, 1956 makes it compulsory to provide all the
information in the prescribed form.
2.Materiality: Under this convention the trader records important factor about the commercial
activities. In the form of financial statements if any unimportant information is to be given for
the sake of clarity it will be given as footnotes.
3.Consistency: It means that accounting method adopted should not be changed from year to
year. It means that there should be consistent in the methods or principles followed. Or else the
results of a year cannot be conveniently compared with that of another.
4. Conservatism: It is also known as ‘doctrine of prudence’. This convention warns the trader not
to take unrealized income in to account. That is why the practice of valuing stock at cost or
market price, which ever is lower is in vague. This is the policy of “playing safe”; it takes in to
consideration all prospective losses but leaves all prospective profits.
Accounting Cycle: The accounting cycle is often described as a process that includes the
following steps: identifying, collecting and analyzing documents and transactions, recording the
transactions in journals, posting the journalized amounts to accounts in the general and
subsidiary ledgers, preparing an unadjusted trial balance, perhaps preparing a worksheet,
determining and recording adjusting entries, preparing an adjusted trial balance, preparing the
financial statements/ final accounts (Trading Account, Profit & Loss Account and Balance
Sheet), recording and posting closing entries, preparing a post-closing trial balance, and perhaps
recording reversing entries.
Journal Entry
Trial Balance
Accounting Equation
The accounting equation is a basic principle of accounting and a fundamental element of
the balance sheet.
Balance Sheet: The balance sheet is one of the three fundamental financial statements. The
financial statements are key to both financial modeling and accounting
This equation sets the foundation of double-entry accounting and highlights the structure of the
balance sheet. Double-entry accounting is a system where every transaction affects both sides of
the accounting equation. For every change to an asset account, there must be an equal change to
a related liability or shareholder’s equity account.
It is important to keep the accounting equation in mind when performing journal entries.
Journal Entries: Journal Entries are the building blocks of accounting, from reporting to auditing
journal entries (which consist of Debits and Credits)
The balance sheet is broken down into three major sections and their various underlying items:
Assets, Liabilities, and Shareholder’s Equity.
Classification of Business Transactions: All business transactions are classified into three
categories:
1.Those relating to persons
2. Those relating to
property(Assets) 3.Those relating to
income & expenses
Thus, three classes of accounts are maintained for recording all business transactions. They are:
1.Personal accounts
2.Real accounts
3.Nominal accounts
2.Real Accounts: The accounts relating to properties or assets are known as “Real Accounts”
.Every business needs assets such as machinery , furniture etc, for running its activities .A separate
account is maintained for each asset owned by the business .
E.g.: cash A/C, furniture A/C, building A/C, machinery A/C etc.
3.NominalAccounts: Accounts relating to expenses, losses, incomes and gains are known as
“Nominal Accounts”. A separate account is maintained for each item of expenses, losses, income
or gain.
E.g.: Salaries A/C, stationery A/C, wages A/C, postage A/C, commission A/C, interest A/C,
purchases A/C, rent A/C, discount A/C, commission received A/C, interest received A/C, rent
received A/C, discount received A/C.
Before recording a transaction, it is necessary to find out which of the accounts is to be debited
and which is to be credited. The following three different rules have been laid down for the three
classes of accounts….
1.Personal Accounts: The account of the person receiving benefit (receiver) is to be debited and
the account of the person giving the benefit (given) is to be credited.
2.Real Accounts: When an asset is coming into the business, account of that asset is to be debited
.When an asset is going out of the business, the account of that asset is to be credited.
Rule: “Debit What comes in
Credit What goes out”
3. Nominal Accounts: When an expense is incurred or loss encountered, the account representing
the expense or loss is to be debited . When any income is earned or gain made, the account
representing the income of gain is to be credited.
Rule: “Debit All expenses and losses
Credit All incomes and gains”
JOURNAL
The first step in accounting therefore is the record of all the transactions in the books of original
entry viz., Journal and then posting into ledges.
Journal: The word Journal is derived from the Latin word ‘journ’ which means a day. Therefore,
journal means a ‘day Book’ in day-to-day business transactions are recorded in chronological
order. Journal is treated as the book of original entry or first entry or prime entry. All the
business transactions are recorded in this book before they are posted in the ledges. The journal
is a complete and chronological(in order of dates) record of business transactions. It is recorded
in a systematic manner. The process of recording a transaction in the journal is called
“Journalising”. The entries made in the book are called “Journal Entries”.
The proforma of Journal is given below.
LEDGER
All the transactions in a journal are recorded in a chronological order. After a certain period, if
we want to know whether a particular account is showing a debit or credit balance it becomes
very difficult. So, the ledger is designed to accommodate the various accounts maintained the
trader. It contains the final or permanent record of all the transactions in duly classified form. “A
ledger is a book which contains various accounts.” The process of transferring entries from
journal to ledger is called “POSTING”.
Proforma for ledger: LEDGER BOOK
Particulars account
TRAIL BALANCE
A trail balance is a statement of debit and credit balances. It is prepared on a particular date with
the object of checking the accuracy of the books of accounts. It indicates that all the transactions
for a particular period have been duly entered in the book, properly posted and balanced. The trail
balance doesn’t include stock in hand at the end of the period. All adjustments required to be
done at the end of the period including closing stock are generally given under the trail balance.
Proforma for Trail Balance:
Trail balance for MR…………………………………… as on …………
N NAME OF DEBIT CREDIT
ACCOUNT AMOUNT(RS AMOUNT(RS
O (PARTICULARS) .) .)
Trail Balance: Specimen of trial balance
Debit balances Credit balances
1 Debtors accounts Creditors account
2 Asset accouts such as plant,furniture Liabilities account
3 Expenses accounts such as rent paid Incomes account
4 Losses accounts such as goods Gains accounts
destroyed in fire
5 Purchases accounts Profits account
6 Sales return account Loan account
7 Drawings accounts Bank overdraft account
8 Carriage inward Sales accont
9 Discount allowed Purchase returns
account
1 Office expenses Trade expenses
0
1 Manufacturing expenses Carriage outward
1
1 Discount received
2
FINAL ACCOUNTS :
TRADING ACCOUNT
Xxxx
Xxxx
BALANCE SHEET OF AS ON
…………………………………….
Liabilities and capital Amount Assets Amount
XXXX XXXX
Pass the following Journal Entries in Journal Book of Mr. Yadav & Co
10th April : Commenced business with a capital of Rs1,00,000
11th April : Purchased goods from Veeru for Rs 20,000
13th April : Purchased Goods for Cash 15,000
14th April : Purchased Goods from Abhiram for cash
9,000 16th April : Bought Goods from Shyam on credit
12,000 17th April : Sold goods worth 15,000 to Tarun
19th April : Sold goods for cash 20,000
30th April : Bought furniture for proprietor's residence and paid cash 10,000
Answer:
Amou Amou
Dat Particulars nt nt
e (Debit) (Credit
)
(Rs)
(Rs)
Cash a/c 1,00,00
10t 0 100000
To Capital a/c
h
Apr [Being the business started with the capital]
il
Amou Amou
Dat Particulars
e nt nt
(Debit) (Credit
)
(Rs)
(Rs)
[Being the value of stock sold on credit to Mr. Tarun]
Answer:
The accounts which appear on the Credit side of The Trial Balance are as follows:
1. Creditors
2. Sales
3. Purchase Returns or Return outwards
4. Capital
5. Income received like rent received, Interest received
6. Profits
7. Bank overdraft
8. Discount received on Purchases
9. Provisions made such as Provision for Bad and doubtful debts, Provision for discount to
be given to debtors
10. Reserves and funds such as general reserve funds, Worksman’s compensation funds
11. Bills Payable
Problem:
Make a trial balance as on 31 March 2020 from the following information:
Answer:
Trial Balance as on 31 March 2020
Capital 75000
Drawings 10000
Sundry Debtors 25000
Sundry creditors 12000
Purchases 52000
Sales 94000
Return Inwards(Sales
Return) 4000
Return Outwards(Purchase Return) 2000
Wages 12000
Salaries 8000
Receivables 5000
Commission Received 7000
Furniture 9000
Buildings 75000
Cash In Hand 2000
Cash at Bank 14000
Bills Payable 8000
Insurance 1200
Bad Debts 1000
Provision for Bad Debts 500
Loan from Bank 20000
Discount Received 3700
Stock as on
1.9.2016 4000
From the above Trial balance, prepare Trading account, Profit and Loss account and Balance
Sheet. The adjustments to the Trial Balance are as follows:
Adjustments:
Adjustments:
Trading a/c
Dr Cr
By Closing Stock 6800
Balance Sheet
Dr Cr
Current Assets
By Closing Stock 6800
Balance Sheet
Dr Cr
Current Assets
By Sundry Debtors
25000
Less Further Bad Debts 1500
Balance Sheet
Dr
Current Assets
By Sundry Debtors
25000
Less Further Bad Debts 1500
Balance Sheet
Dr Cr
Capital 75000
Add Interest on
capital 3750