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What are the objectives of preparing financial statements?

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The following are the objectives of preparing financial statements:

1. To ascertain profit earned or loss incurred by a business during an accounting period.

This is estimated by preparing Trading and Profit and Loss Account.

2. To ascertain the true financial position of a business.

This is reflected by the Balance Sheet.

3. To enable comparison of current year’s performance with that of the previous year’s, i.e., intra-firm comparisons.

Also, to compare own performance with that of the other firms in the same industry, i.e., inter-firm comparisons.

4. To assess the solvency and credit worthiness of the business

5. To provide various provisions and reserves to meet unforeseen future conditions and to toughen the financial position of the business

6. To provide vital information to facilitate various users of accounting information in decision-making process.

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State any objective of Financial Statement Analysis’.


What is meant by 'Analysis of Financial Statements'? State any two objectives of such an analysis.


Financial statements are prepared following the consistent accounting concepts, principles, procedures and also the legal environment in which the business organisations operate. These statements are the source of information on the basis of which conclusions are drawn about the profitability and financial position of a company so that their users can easily understand and use them in their economic decisions.

From the above statement identify any two values that a company should observe while preparing its financial statements. Also, state under which major headings and sub-headings the following items will be presented in the Balance Sheet of a company as per Schedule III of the Companies Act, 2013:  


(i) Calls-in-arrears
(ii) Calls-in-advance
(iii) Gain on reissue of forfeited equity shares
(iv) Trade payables to be settled beyond 12 months from the date of Balance Sheet


State the significance of analysis of financial statements to ‘Top Management’.


Long Answer Question

Prepare the format of balance sheet and explain the various elements of balance sheet.


From the following information prepare the balance sheet of Jam Ltd. as per the (revised) Schedule VI:

Inventories Rs. 7,00,000; Equity Share Capital Rs. 16,00,000; Plant and Machinery Rs. 8,00,000; Preference Share Capital Rs. 6,00,000; General Reserves Rs. 6,00,000; Bills payable Rs. 1,50,000; Provision for taxation Rs. 2,50,000; Land and Building Rs. 16,00,000; Noncurrent Investments Rs. 10,00,000; Cash at Bank Rs. 5,00,000;Creditors Rs. 2,00,000; 12% Debentures Rs. 12,00,000.


Brinda Ltd. has furnished the following information:

(a) 25,000, 10% debentures of Rs. 100 each;

(b) Bank Loan of Rs. 10,00,000 repayable after 5 years;

(c) Interest on debentures is yet to be paid.

Show the above items in the balance sheet of the company as at March 31, 2017.


Name the itmes that are shown under Long-term Borrowings.


A company has an opening credit balance in Surplus, i.e., Balance in Statement of Profit and Loss of ₹ 1,00,000. During the year, it earned a profit of ₹ 75,000. It decided to transfer ₹ 15,000 to Debentures Redemption Reserve (DRR) and also proposed to pay dividend of ₹ 25,000.
How will be the appropriations shown in the financial statements? 


Under which head and how are the following items shown in the Balance Sheet of a company under Schedule III:

(i) Calls-in-Arrears;  (ii)  Share Application Money Pending Allotment; (iii) Unpaid Dividend; and (iv) Dividend not paid on Cumulative Preference Shares?


State any two items that are included in the following major heads under which liabilities of a company are shown:

(i) Reserves and Surplus;

(ii) Long-term Borrowings; 

(iii)  Short-term Borrowings;

(iv) Other Current Liabilities.


Classify the following items under major head and sub-head (if any) in the Balance Sheet of a company as per Schedule III of the Companies Act, 2013:

(i) Capital Work-in-Progress:

(ii) Provision for Warranties;

(iii) Income received in Advance; and

(iv) Capital Advances


Identify which of the following items will be shown in the Note to Accounts on Other Expenses?

(i) Salaries;

(ii) Postage Expenses;

(iii) Telephone and Internet Expenses;

(iv) Rent for warehouse;

(v) Carriage Inwards;

(vi) Depreciation on computers;

(vii) Computer Software amortised;

(viii) Computer Hiring Charges;

(ix) Audit fee;

(x) Bonus.


Choose the appropriate alternative from the given options:
Which of the following is a limitation of financial analysis?


Which of the following statement is not true?


___________ is conducted by bankers and government.


A company prepares its Balance Sheet as per the format in ______.


Assertion (A): The focus of calculation of working capital revolves around managing the operating cycle of the business.

Reason (R): It is because the concept of operating cycle is required to ascertain the liquidity of assets and urgency of payments to liabilities.

In the context of the above two statements, which of the following is correct?


A company has an operating cycle of eight months. It has accounts receivables amounting to ₹ 1,00,000 out of which ₹ 60,000 have a maturity period of 11 months. How would this information be presented in the balance sheet?


Financial statements are the ______ of information for interested parties.


Consider the following statements.

Statement 1 - "Financial statements are the end products of accounting process"

Statement 2 - "Financial statements are not the end products of accounting process"


For income measurement ______ basis of accounting is followed.


The statement which shows the assets and liabilities of a company is known as ______.


Profit and loss account is also called ______ statement.


Consider the following statements.

Statement 1 - "Going Concern concept assumes that the enterprise continues for a long period of time."

Statement 2 - "Going Concern concept assumes that the enterprise continues for a shorter period of time."


What are the items shown under the heading 'Reserves and Surplus'?


What are the items shown under the heading 'Miscellaneous expenditure?'


Match the following:

(i) Gross profit (a) The explanatory notes to financial statements
(ii) Operating profit (b) Amounts receivable by the company
(iii) Sundry Debtors (c) Amounts payable by the company
(iv) Sundry Creditors (d) Sales - Cost of good sold
(v) Schedules (e) Gross profit - Operating expenses
(vi) Net profit (f) Operating profit - interest and tax

Name the expenses that are incurred in connection with the formation of a company?


Find out Cost of goods sold Opening stock = 1002, Purchases = 50,000, Wages = 5000, Manufacturing expenses = 20,000.


Carriage Inwards is shown in the Statement of Profit and Loss under ______.


______ are especially interested in the average payment period, since it provides them with a sense of the bill-paying patterns of the firm.


Assertion (A): Financial statements are the end products of the accounting process which reveal the financial results of a specified period and financial position as on a particular date.

Reason (R): The basic objective of these statements is to provide information required for decision making by the management as well as other outsiders who are interested in the affairs of the undertaking, as per Section 129 Schedule III to the Companies Act, 2013 every year.


Nitya, Shreya and Ishita are partners in a firm. They share profits in the ratio of 5: 3 : 2. Their fixed capitals are ₹ 1,80,000;  ₹ 1,60,000 and  ₹ 2,00,000 respectively. For the year ending 31st March 2022, Nitya withdrew ₹ 7,500 at the end of every quarter.

The average number of months for which interest on drawings will be calculated will be:


Nitya, Shreya and Ishita are partners in a firm. They share profits in the ratio of 5 : 3 : 2. Their fixed capitals are ₹ 1,80,000; ₹ 1,60,000 and ₹ 2,00,000 respectively. For the year ending 31st March, 2022, Nitya withdrew ₹ 7,500 at the end of every quarter.

The partnership deed provided that interest on capital will be allowed @10% p.a. The amount of interest on Ishita's capital will be:


Richa and Anmol are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 3 : 2 with capitals of ₹ 2,50,000 and ₹ 1,50,000 respectively. Interest on capital is agreed @6% p.a. Anmol is to be allowed an annual salary of ₹ 12,500. During the year ended 31st March 2023, the profits of the year prior to calculation of interest on capital but after charging Anmol’s salary amounted to ₹ 62,000. A provision of 5% of this profit is to be made in respect of manager’s commission.

Following is their Profit & Loss Appropriation Account:

Particulars (₹) Particulars (₹)
To Interest on Capital   By Profit & loss account (After manager’s commission) __(2)__
Richa ______    
Anmol ______    
To Anmol’s Salary A/c 12,500    
To Profit transferred to: Richa’s Capital A/C (1) __(1)__    
Anmol’s Capital A/c ______    
  ______   ______

The amount to be reflected in blank (1) will be:


Rudra, Dev and Shiv were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 5 : 3 : 2. Their fixed capitals were ₹ 6,00,000, ₹ 4,00,000 and ₹ 2,00,000 respectively. Besides his capital Shiv had given a loan of ₹ 75,000 to the firm. Their partnership deed provided for the following:

  1. Interest on capital @ 9% p.a.
  2. Interest on partner's drawings @ 12% p.a.
  3. Salary to Rudra ₹ 30,000 per month and to Dev ₹ 40,000 per quarter.
  4. Interest on Shiv's loan @ 9% p.a.

During the year Rudra withdrew ₹ 50,000 at the end of each quarter; Dev withdrew ₹ 50,000 in the beginning of each half year and Shiv withdrew ₹ 70,000 at the end of each half year.

The profit of the firm for the year ended 31-3-2022 before allowing interest on Shiv's loan was ₹ 7,06,750.

How much amount of net profit will be transferred to Profit and Loss Appropriation A/c?


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