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Distinguish between fixed assets and current assets.

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Fixed assets refer to those assets which are held for continued use in the business and are not meant for resale whereas current assets are either meant for sale or which are expected to be converted into cash within one year.

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Oswal Woollen Mills, Amritsar (Punjab) sold shawls to Gupta Shawls, Jaipur as per details:
Sold 100 shawls @ ₹ 200 per shawl on 4th January, 2019, IGST is levied @ 12%. Trade Discount 25% and Cash Discount 5% if full payment is made within 14 days. Gupta Shawls sent 50% of the payment on 14th January, 2019 and balance payment on 10th February, 2019. Pass Journal entries.
What are Errors of Principle?
Show the accounting equation on the basis of the following transactions and present a Balance Sheet of the last new equation balance:
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i. Mohan commenced business with 70,000
ii. Purchased goods on Credit 14,000
iii. Withdrew for private use 1,700
iv. Purchased goods for Cash 10,000
v. Paid wages 300
vi. Paid to Creditors 10,000
vii. Sold goods on Credit at par 15,000
viii. Sold goods for Cash (cost price was ₹ 3,000) 4,000
ix. Purchased furniture for cash 500
State with reasons whether the following are capital or revenue expenditures:
  1. A new machine is purchased for ₹ 60,000, ₹ 800 were spent on its carriage and ₹ 1,500 were paid as wages for its installation.
  2. A sum of ₹ 10,000 was spent on painting the new factory.
  3. ₹ 5,000 paid for the erection of a new machine.
  4. ₹ 2,000 were spent on repairs before using a second hand generator purchased recently.
  5. ₹ 1,500 were spent on the repair of a machinery.
  6. ₹ 10,000 was paid as brokerage on issue of shares and other expenses of issue were ₹ 25,000.
Show the Accounting Equation on the basis of the following and present a balance sheet on the last new equation balances:
 
 
i.
Manu started business with cash
50,000
ii.
Bought furniture for
500
iii.
Purchased goods on credit
4,000
iv.
Sold goods on cash (cost ₹ 500) for
700
v.
Received rent
200
vi.
Purchased goods for cash
1,000
vii. Withdrew for personal use 700
viii. Paid to creditors 400
ix. Paid for salaries 200
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  1. Appropriation or charge.
  2. Financial Position.
  3. Distribution.
Open a 'T' shape account of creditor, 'Rakesh', and write the following transactions on the proper side:
S.No
 
i
Goods purchased from Rakesh on credit
50,000
ii
Goods returned to Rakesh for
5,000
iii
Paid to Rakesh
20,000
iv
Purchase goods from Rakesh on credit
10,000
'Accounting Standards have been evolved to improve the reliability and credibility of Financial Statements. Accounting Standards provide the solution in case of conflicts among various groups'. In the light of this statement, enumerate the objectives of Accounting Standards.
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2017 July
04
M/s Gupta Traders returned the goods
1,500
10
Goods returned from M/s Harish Traders
800
18
M/s Rahul Traders returned the goods not as per specifications
1,200
28
Goods returned from Sushil Traders
1,000
Ramesh purchased on credit goods for ₹ $5,00,000$ Less $20 \%$ Trade Discount. As per the terms, he can deduct $4\%$ Cash Discount if he pays the full amount within 15 days. What amount he will have to pay to avail the Cash Discount?