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Question
This account is equivalent to the Profit and Loss Account of a business concern.
Options
Receipts and Payments Account
Income and Expenditure Account
Balance Sheet
None of these
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Solution
Income and Expenditure Account
Explanation:
The Income and Expenditure Account is equivalent to the Profit and Loss Account of a business concern. It records all incomes and expenses for a specific period, typically a year, and helps determine whether the organization has a surplus or deficit during that period.
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Income and Expenditure Account is a ______ account.
Income and expenditure contain only ______ items.
Justify either for or against by giving a reason for the following statement. ‘Income and Expenditure account shows the opening and closing balances of cash in hand and cash at bank.’
______ depicts the Capital fund of the organization.
______ account is prepared to ascertain surplus or deficit at the end of an accounting year.
How is Receipts & Payments Account different from Income & Expenditure Account?
It is a summary of all incomes and expenses of the current accounting year. It is prepared to know the surplus or deficit during the accounting year.
It contains only revenue items.
On the other hand, if the total of ______ side is greater than the total of ______ side, it is known as 'deficit' or 'excess of expenditure over income'.
State any one point of difference between Receipt and Payment account and Income and Expenditure Account.
