Question
Explain differences: Receipt – Payment Account and Income-Expenditure Account:
| Point | Receipt - Payment Account | Income-Expenditure Account |
| $1.$ Meaning | A summary of cash received and cash paid prepared by a non-trading concern is known as receipt-payment account. | To know the result of a concern at the end of the year, the account which is prepared is known as income-expenditure account. |
| $2.$ Nature | It is similar to cash account. | It is similar to profit & loss account |
| $3.$ Balance | Opening balance is cash balance and bank balance or bank overdraft. Closing balance is cash balance and bank balance or bank overdraft. | No opening balance is prevails. Closing balance is either excess of income over expenditure or excess of expenditure over income. |
| $4.$ Treatment of transactions | Debit side receipts and credit side payments are recorded. | On debit side revenue expenses and on credit side revenue incomes are recorded. |
| $5.$ Income & Expenses | In Receipt-Payment account, capital and revenue both cash receipt payment and expense is shown. | In Income-expenditure account, only current year revenue income or expense is shown. |
| $6.$ Time period | In receipt-payment account, income and expenses are of which year is not considered. | In income-expenditure account, only running year's revenue income and revenue expense is considered. |
| $7.$ Non-cash transaction and accounting standard | Receipt-payment A/c. is maintain on the basis of cash. So, no effect show on cash. Non-cash transaction like depreciation, bad debts, outstanding income, Expense not paid etc. is not noted. | Income-expenditure A/c is maintain on the basis of Trading A/c., so in that none-cash transaction like depreciation, bad debts, outstanding income, not paid expense is noted. |
| $8.$ Balance | In this account there is a balance. This balance is only bank overdraft. | In this account there is no debit or credit balance. |
| $9.$ Difference | In receipt-payment account both side difference show closing balance of a year. | In income-expenditure A/c., difference during a year show 'Excess of income over expenditure or Excess of expenditure over income.' |
| $10.$ Balance-Sheet | In receipt-payment account there is not necessary to prepare Balance sheet. | In income-expenditure account there is necessary to prepare Balance-sheet. |
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