Professional Documents
Culture Documents
STATEMENTS
“Financial Statements are prepared
at the end of the financial year or
accounting period to know profit or
loss earned by an entity during the
year and the financial position of the
business”
“Trading Account is a part of the
financial statement which determines
the Gross Profit/Loss during an
accounting year.Its main components
are Sales, Purchases and all Direct
Expenses”
“A Profit and Loss Account is an
account into which all gains and
losses are collected in order to
ascertain Net Profit/Loss made by
an entity during an accounting
year”
TRADING ACCOUNT
Dr. for the year ending 31 March….
Cr.
Particulars Amount Particulars Amount
Xxxx xxxx
PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT
Dr. for the year ending 31 March….
Cr.
Particulars Amount Particulars Amount
Xxxx xxxx
Capital Expenditure
Vs.
Revenue Expenditure
Capital expenditure: Revenue expenditure:
Incurred for Incurred to conduct
acquisition of FA business
Its benefits extend
Its benefits extend to
only one year
to more than one
year It’s a nominal account
Its a real account
It’s a part of the
Trading or Profit &
It is shown in the Loss Account
Balance Sheet
Capital Receipts
Vs.
Revenue Receipts
Capital Receipts: Revenue Receipts:
Capital receipts are These are the amounts
the amounts received in the normal &
received in the regular course of the
form of additional business mainly through
capital , loans sale of goods/services.
These are shown in the
received and sale credit side of the Profit &
proceeds of fixed Loss Accounts.
assets. Capital
receipts are shown
in the Balance
Sheets only.
Direct Expenses
Vs.
Indirect Expenses
Direct Expenses: Indirect Expenses:
These are the These are the
expenses which are expenses which are
incurred on the incurred for the sales
goods purchased and distributions of the
till they are brought goods, office
to the place of administration and
business for sale. financial charges.
These are debited These expenses are
to the Trading debited to Profit & Loss
Account. Account.
DIRECT EXPENSES
Carriage or Freight Inward
Customs duty
Wages
Factory Rent
Cartage
INDIRECT EXPENSES
Salaries
Office Rent
Advertisement
Insurance
Traveling Expenses
Postage & Telephone
Depreciation
Bad Debt
Discount Allowed
Printing & Stationery
Office Lighting
Audit Fee
Interest on capital
Interest on Loan
Balance Sheet
“A statement which sets out the assets
and liabilities of a firm or an
institution as at a certain date”
XXXX XXXX
Some Equations
Gross Profit=Net Sales- Cost of Goods
Sold (COGS)
Where
Net Sales= Total Sales – Sales Returns
COGS= Opening Stock+
Net Purchases +Direct Expenses-
Closing Stock
Net Purchases= Purchase – Purchase Returns
Net Profit = Gross Profit +Revenue
Receipts – Indirect Expenses.