Provided by Sherazi (Accounts) : Final Account

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Notes on Final Account

Provided by Sherazi (Accounts)


Final Account:
Final account is prepared to examine the financial position of the firm. It is necessary for COMPANIES
but optional for partnership and sole ownership. It is the Final stage of the accounting cycle that’s why it is called
final account.

Final Account

Trading Account Profit and loss account Balance sheet


Direct Expenses:
1: Link with purchases
Wages
Transportation inward/Carriage inward/Freight inward
2: All Factory expenses
Direct Income:
1. Sales and Closing Stock
Indirect Expenses:
1: Link with sales
2: All Office / Selling / Admin / Distributing expenses
Office rent Advertisement Salary Carriage outward
Printing Freight outward
Stationary Transportation outward
Rent
Indirect Income:
Any thing which is received. E.g. Dividend, Interest on investment, interest on loan, discount on
creditors, Interest on drawings etc.
Custom Duty:
All duties are direct expense except Export duty because it linked with sales. Other duties are import
duty, Excise duty, Octroi duty are direct expense.
Trading Account
Direct Expenses Direct Income
Opening Stock Sales
Less: Return
Purchases Closing Stock
Less: Return
Discount and Allowances
Wages
Custom duty, Import duty, Octroi duty. Excise duty
Carriage inward, Transportation inward, Freight inward
Clearing Charges
Dock Charges
Gas, Oil, Fuel, Manufacturing expenses, Motive power
Insurance in transit
Royalty

Profit and Loss Account


Indirect Expenses Indirect Income
Gross Loss b/d Gross Profit b/d
Printing , Stationary Discount, Commission, Interest which is received
Export duty Dividend, Rent received
Office rent Bad debts recovered
Discount, Commission, Interest which is paid Miscellaneous revenue
General expenses , Trade expenses
Rent , Salary
Postage and telegrams , Telephone charges
Rent and rates and taxes
Advertisement
Bad debts treatment
ONNO
Old bad debts
Add: New bad debts
New provision
Less: Old Provision
Carriage outward, Transportation outward, Freight
outward
Depreciation
Any Charges which is paid like Bank & legal Charges
Office electricity Charges, Packing expenses
Insurance, Audit fee, Repairs

Net Profit c/d Net Loss c/d

Adjustments and Their Effects:


1. Closing Stock:
(a) If it is given in the trial balance ;

If on the debit side Then Current If on the Credit side then direct income
(a) If it is given in adjustment then treated as both direct income and current asset.
2. Depreciation:
(a) If it is given in the trial balance then ;
(i) If on the debit side then treated as indirect expense
(j) If on the credit side then less from Fixed assets in Balance sheet
(b) If depreciation is given in adjustments then treated as both indirect expense and less from relating
asset in the balance sheet.
3. Prepaid Expenses
(a) If in the trial balance then treated as current asset only
(b) If in the adjustments then less from relating expense and treated as current asset
4. Outstanding Expense:
(a) If in the trial balance then treated as current liability
(b) If in the adjustment then add in the relating asset and treated as current liability
5. Received in advance Income:
(a) If in the trial balance then treated as liability
(b) If in the adjustments then less from income and treated as liability
6. Receivable Income:
(a) If in the trial balance then treated as current asset
(b) If in the adjustments then add from relating income and treated as current asset
7. Interest on Capital
(a) Interest on capital is given in the adjustments then
(i) Recorded in the debit side of the profit and loss account
(j) Add in the capital in Balance sheet
8. Interest on drawings
(a) Interest on drawings is given in the adjustments then
(i) Recorded in the credit side of the profit and loss account
(j) Add in the drawings
9. Formula used for recording interest in Balance Sheet:
Capital amount which is given
Add: Interest on Capital
Add: Net profit
Less: Net Loss
Less: Interest on drawings
Less: Drawings

10. Bad debts and Provision on Debtors:


Profit and Loss Account Balance Sheet
O Old bad debts (in trail balance) Sundry Debtors
N Add: New bad debts (in adjustments) Less: New bad debts
N Add: New provision (In adjustments on debtors Less: New provision
O Less: Old provision (in trial balance cr side) Less: Discount on debtors

11. Discount on Debtors and Creditors:


(a) If discount on debtors are given then recorded in the debit side of profit & loss account and less from
debtors in balance sheet
(b) If discount on creditors are given then recorded in the credit side of the profit and loss account and less
from creditors in balance sheet
12. Goods withdraw by the owner:
(a) If goods are withdraw by the owner is given the adjustments then less from purchases and then
deducted from capital in balance sheet
13. If loan is received ( Loan from):
(a) If loan is received then interest on loan will be an indirect expense and amount of loan will be written
in liability side of the balance sheet
14. If loan is given ( Loan to):
(a) If loan is given then the interest on loan will be treated as indirect income and shown on the asset side
of the balance sheet
15. Income Tax:
(a) Income tax will be given in the trial balance and will be deducted from Capital as drwings of the
business owner in case of sole or partnership
(b) Income tax deducted from capital in case of company
16. Abnormal Loss:
(a) If abnormal loss is made then
(i) If amount is recovered by the insurance company then
Abnormal Loss 10000
Less: Insurance Claim 8000 (Insurance Claim will be treated as Current Asset)
Profit and loss account 2000
(ii) If amount is not recovered by the insurance company then whole amount will be treated as
Indirect expense.
17. Increased Provision:
(a) Increased Provision will not be calculated as usual way but it will be;

Old Provision
Less: Old Bad debts
Excess Old provision
Add: New Provision by calculating on debtors
Increased Provision

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