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It is a summary of all incomes and expenses of the current accounting year. It is prepared to know the surplus or deficit during the accounting year.
- Receipts and Payments Account
- Income and Expenditure Account
- Balance Sheet
- None of these
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Income and Expenditure Account
Reason — Income and Expenditure Account is a summary of all incomes and expenses relating to the current accounting year only. It is prepared by non-trading organisations on accrual basis to ascertain the surplus (excess of income over expenditure) or deficit (excess of expenditure over income) during the accounting year. It is equivalent to the Profit and Loss Account of a business concern.
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The Receipts and Payments Account includes both cash and non-cash transactions such as depreciation.
- True
- False
Assertion (A): The Receipts and Payments Account reflects non-cash transactions such as depreciation.
Reason (R): Depreciation is a non-cash expense that affects the organization's financial position.
- A is true but R is false
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- Receipts and Payments Account
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- Balance Sheet
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- Both transactions appear on the credit side, increasing the final balance.