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Mr. Dilip furnishes the following trial balance and some other information: Trial Balance as on 31st March, 2024 Particulars Debit Credit Capital Account 19,50,000 Purchases & Sales 12,90,000 29,10,000 Opening Inventory 3,30,000 Freights Inward 1,20,000 Salaries 6,30,000 Administration Expenses 4,50,000 Furniture 10,50,000 Trade Receivables and Trade Payables 6,30,000 5,70,000 Returns 60,000 36,000 Discount Allowed and Received 57,000 27,000 Bad Debts 15,000 Investment in Government Securities 3,00,000 Cash in Hand and Cash at Bank 5,67,000 Input CGST 30,000 Input SGST 30,000 Output CGST 24,000 Output SGST 24,000 Output IGST 18,000 55,90,000 55,90,000 [MTP Jan. 2025]

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In the Books of Mr. Dilip Trading Account for the year ended 31st March, 2024 Particulars Amount Particulars Amount To Opening Inventory To Purchases 12,90,000 Less: Returns (36,000) To Freight Inwards To Gross profit 3,30,000 12,54,000 1,20,000 16,86,000 By Sales 29,10,000 Less: Returns (60,000) By Closing Inventory 28,50,000 5,40,000 33,90,000 33,90,000 Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 31st March, 2024 Particulars Amount Particulars Amount To Depreciation To Salaries To Administration expenses To Discount allowed To Bad debts To Net profit 1,57,500 6,30,000 4,50,000 57,000 15,000 4,03,500 By Gross profit By Discount received 16,86,000 27,000 17,13,000 17,13,000 Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2024 Liabilities Amount Assets Amount Capital 19,50,000 Add: Net profit 4,03,500 Trade payables Output IGST 23,53,500 5,70,000 6,000 Furniture 10,50,000 Less: Dep. (1,57,500) Closing Inventory Trade receivables Investment in Govt Securities Cash in Hand and Cash at Bank 8,92,500 5,40,000 6,30,000 3,00,000 5,67,000 Total 29,29,500 Total 29,29,500 Working Note: Summary of Output and Input GST liability (as per trial balance) OUTPUT GST INPUT GST CGST 24,000 30,000 SGST 24,000 30,000 IGST 18,000 Output liability (Tax head) Tax Payable Paid through ITC Tax Liability IGST CGST SGST CGST 24,000 24,000 SGST 24,000 24,000 IGST 18,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 In the above solution, it is assumed that balance IGST liability of ₹ 6,000 (after utilising CGST and SGST) is not paid off in cash. Alternatively, it can also be assumed that the balance liability of ₹ 6,000 is paid off in cash. Accordingly, Output IGST liability of ₹ 6,000 shall not appear under liability side of the balance sheet and amount of cash at bank is reported as 5,61,000.

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Paper 1: Accounting

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25-30%

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Sole Proprietor, NPO, Manufacturing

This chapter covers Sole Proprietor, NPO, Manufacturing and is part of Paper 1: Accounting in the CA Foundation exam.

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