22 November 2009
Pl. tell me the jouranl entries to be passed in the books at the year end to close the books like, transfer of profit to P&L account, Gen. reserve, Proposed dividend, tax on dividend, closing stock, Provision for tax, deffered tax, unclaimed dividend, etc.
22 November 2009
1. Please note that amount of profit is not seperately transferred to P&L A/c. Instead, P&L A/c in itself shows the balance of Profit & Loss after transfers made to Gen Reserve, Prop Div., Propv. for tax, etc.,
2. Journal Entries.... - For transfer to Gerenal Reserve Dr. P&L Appropiation A/c Cr. General Reserve
- For Proposed Dividend Dr. P&L Appropiation A/c Cr. Proposed Dividend Cr. Provision for tax on Dividend
- For Provision on Tax Dr. P&L A/c Cr. Provision for Tax
- For Deffered Tax Dr. DTA Cr. P&L A/c
OR
Dr. P&L A/c Cr. DTL
- Closing Stock - It is seperately valued & entered into books of accounts as Dr. Closing Stock Cr. Trading A/c
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