Question

Eastern Company Limited, having an authorised capital of Rs 10,00,000 in shares of Rs 10 each, issued 50,000 shares at a premium of Rs 3 per share payable as follows :

On Application	Rs 3 per share
On Allotment (including premium)	Rs 5 per share
On first call (due three months after allotment) and the balance as and when required.	Rs 3 per share

Applications were received for 60,000 shares and the directors allotted the shares as follows :

(a) Applicants for 40,000 shares received shares, in full.

(b) Applicants for 15,000 shares received an allotment of 8,000 shares.

(c) Applicants for 500 shares received 200 shares on allotment, excess money being returned.

All amounts due on allotment were received.

The first call was duly made and the money was received with the exception of the call due on 100 shares.

Give journal and cash book entries to record these transactions of the company. Also prepare the Balance Sheet of the company.

Answer 1

Note: In order to solve this question, applicants of category C has been assumed as 5000  instead of 500 and allotment to the applicants of this category has been taken as 2000 in place of 200.

Books of Eastern Company Limited

 

Date	Particulars	L.F	Debit Amount Rs	Credit Amount Rs
	Share Application A/c To Share Capital A/c To Share Allotment A/c (Share Application money for 50,000 shares transferred to Share Capital Account and the excess money transferred to Share Allotment Account)		1,80,000	1,50,000 30,000
	Share Allotment A/c To Share Capital A/c To Share Premium A/c (Allotment money due on 50,000 share @ Rs 5 per share including Rs 3 security premium)		2,50,000	1,00,000 1,50,000
	Share First Call A/c To Share Capital A/c (First call due on 50,000 share @ Rs 3 per share)		1,50,000	1,50,000

Cash Book (Bank Column)

 

Date	Particulars	J.F	Amount Rs	Date	Particulars	J.F	Amount
	Share Application		1,80,000		Balance c/d		5,49,700
	Share Allotment		2,20,000
	Share First Call		1,49,700
			5,49,700				5,49,700

Eastern Company Limited

                                 Balance Sheet

Particulars	Note No.	Amount  (Rs)
I. Equity and Liabilities 1.Shareholders’ Funds a. Share Capital b. Reserves and Surplus 2.Non-Current Liabilities 3.Current Liabilities	1 2	3,99,700 1,50,000
Total		5,49,700
II. Assets 1.Non-Current Assets 2.Current Assets a. Cash and Cash Equivalents	3	5,49,700
Total		5,49,700

Notes to accounts 

Note No.	Particulars		Amount  (Rs)
1	Share Capital Authorised Share Capital 1,00,000 shares of Rs 10 each  Issued Share Capital  50,000 shares of Rs 10 each Subscribed, Called up and Paid up Share Capital  50,000 shares of Rs 10 each, Rs 8 called-up Less: Calls-in-Arrears	4,00,000   (300)	10,00,000   5,00,000     3,99,700
2	Reserves and Surplus Securities Premium		1,50,000
3	Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash at Bank		5,49,700