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Wednesday, 13 April 2016

Accounting and Financial Concepts

51. Capital receipts: Capital receipts may be defined as “non-recurring receipts from the owner of the business or lender of the money crating a liability to either of them.

52. Revenue receipts: Revenue receipts may defined as “A recurring receipts against sale  of goods in the normal course of business and which generally the result of the trading activities”.

53. Meaning of Company: A company is an association of many persons who contribute money or money’s worth to common stock and employs it for a common purpose. The
common stock so contributed is denoted in money and is the capital of the company.

54. Types of a company:
          1.Statutory companies
          2.government company
          3.foreign company
          4.Registered companies:
             a. Companies limited by shares
             b. Companies limited by guarantee
             c. Unlimited companies
             d. private company
             e  public company

55. Private company: A private co. is which by its
AOA: Restricts the right of the members to transfer of shares Limits the no. Of   members 50. Prohibits any Invitation to the public to subscribe for its shares or debentures.

56. Public company: A company, the articles of association of which does not contain the requisite restrictions to make it a private limited company, is called a public company.

57. Characteristics of a company:
Voluntary association
Separate legal entity
Free transfer of shares
Limited liability
Common seal
Perpetual existence.

58. Formation of company:
    A) Promotion
    B )Incorporation
    C) Commencement of business

59. Equity share capital: The total sum of equity shares is called equity share capital.

60. Authorized share capital: It is the maximum amount of the share capital, which a company can raise for the time being.

61. Issued capital: It is that part of the authorized capital, which has been allotted to the   public for subscriptions.

62. Subscribed capital: It is the part of the issued capital, which has been allotted to the public
63. Called up capital: It has been portion of the subscribed capital which has been called up by the company.

64. Paid up capital: It is the portion of the called up capital against which payment has been received.

65. Debentures: Debenture is a certificate issued by a company under its seal    acknowledging a debt due by it to its holder.

66. Cash profit: cash profit is the profit it is occurred from the cash sales.

67. Deemed public Ltd. Company: A private company is a subsidiary company to public   company it satisfies the    following terms/conditions Sec 3(1)3:
      1.Having minimum share capital 5 lakh’s
      2.Accepting investments from the public
      3.No restriction of the transferable of shares
      4.No restriction of no. of members.
      5.Accepting deposits from the investors

68. Secret reserves: secret reserves are reserves the existence of which does not appear   on the face of balance sheet. In such a situation, net assets position of the business is stronger than that disclosed by the balance sheet. These reserves are crated by:
1.Excessive dep.of an asset, excessive over-valuation of a liability.
2.Complete elimination of an asset, or under valuation of an asset.

69. Provision: provision usually means any amount written off or retained by way of providing depreciation, renewals or diminutions in the value of assets or retained by way of providing for any known liability of which the amount can not be determinedwith substantial accuracy.


70. Reserve: The provision in excess of the amount considered necessary for the purpose it was originally made is also considered as reserve Provision is charge against profits while reserves  is an appropriation of profits Creation of reserve increase proprietor’s fund while creation of provisions decreases his funds in the business.

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