Accountancy: CUET Mock Test - 6 - Commerce MCQ

Legacy is the amount received by a non-profit organisation when a person has mentioned about transferring his property value to such organisation on his or her death. Hence, on death of that person, his property will be taken by the non-profit organisation.

Life Membership Fees is a capital receipt and we add it to the Capital Fund on the liabilities side of the Balance Sheet. We do not account it as an income because a life member makes a one-time payment and avails services all through his life.

Some organisations provide its members an option to pay a lump sum amount to become members for the whole life. The members opting for the life membership are not required to pay a periodic subscription. As this is received only once it is transferred to the Capital fund Account in Balance Sheet. As cash is received, the cash account is debited and it is a liability, so capital/ General fund is credited.

Because accrual basis means recording items in advance. As it already include prepaid rent, outstanding salary etc.

In the normal course of business, some of the expenses may be paid in advance. However, the organization may not receive the benefits from these expenses by the end of the current accounting year. We call these expenses as prepaid expenses. We treat them as current assets.

Sometimes in the normal course of business, an enterprise may have some expenses relating to which the payment is due at the end of the year. We know these expenses as Outstanding Expenses.

Wages, salary, rent, interest on the loan, etc. are examples of such expenses that may remain due at the end of the accounting year.

Deficit : excess of expenditure over income.

The balance of the account, if credit, indicates surplus, i.e. excess of income over expenditure.

While the balance of the account, if debit, indicates deficit, i.e. excess of expenditure over income.

Accrual Accounting. Accounting method that records revenues and expenses when they are incurred, regardless of when cash is exchanged. The term "accrual" refers to any individual entry recording revenue or expense in the absence of a cash transaction.Income and Expenditure Account is prepared on an accrual basis. All incomes and expenses relating to the accounting year, whether they are actually received and paid or not, are taken into consideration. Expenditure is recorded on the debit side and income is recorded on the credit side.

The correct option is B.

Income and expenditure is a nominal account which includes all revenue expenses and incomes. It is prepared the same as a profit and loss account i.e. on accrual basis. The difference of this account will represent surplus or deficit. Purchase and sale of fixed assets is a capital expense. And profit on sale of fixed assets is a revenue income, hence it will be included in income and expenditure accounts.

A non-profit organisation’s statement of financial position which is the balance sheet for business.It presents the financial position of an entity at a given date It is one of the main financial statements. The statement of financial position reports an entity's assets, liabilities, and the difference in their totals as of the final moment of an accounting period.