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Question
What is Income and Expenditure Account?
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Solution
- An Income and Expenditure Account is a financial statement used largely by non-trading organizations, such as non-profits, clubs, and societies, to assess their financial success over a given time period, usually a year.
- It records all revenues (income) and spending (expenditure) related to the organization's activities during that time period, determining whether there is a surplus (excess income over expenditure) or a deficit (excess expenditure over income).
RELATED QUESTIONS
Income and expenditure contain only ______ items.
Explain any two features of Income and Expenditure account.
______ account is prepared to ascertain surplus or deficit at the end of an accounting year.
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 serves as the basis for preparing the Balance Sheet of a non-trading organisation.
It contains only revenue items.
If the total of ______ side is greater than the total of ______ side, it is called 'surplus' or 'excess of income over expenditure'.
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'.
Explain the term surplus in Income and Expenditure Account.
State any one point of difference between Receipt and Payment account and Income and Expenditure Account.
