A reserve is created but its identity is merged with some other account or group of accounts so that the existence of the reserve is not known:

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• Match List I (Financial Statements and Accounts) with List II (special matters associated with statements and accounts) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List I List II i) Receipts and Payments Account I. Revenue ii) Income and Expenditure Account II. Cash iii) Club subscription received in III. Liability Advance Account Codes:(i) (ii) (iii)
• A few errors committed in Ahhiwalia's books of account are given below. State which errors would affect the Trial Balance. (a) Sales of `950 to Ram completely omitted from books of account (b) Purchases of `720 from Shyam entered in the purchases journal as `700 (c) Purchases Journal is overcast by `1,000 (d) Sales returns journal is undercast by `200 (e) Amount paid to Agarwal wrongly posted to the debit to Mittal's account (f) Bank overdraft shown under debit column in the Trial Balance (g) Sales of `500 to Sadiq entered in sales journal as sales to Mushtaq (h) Wages paid for installation of machinery debited to wages account
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• P and Q are partners sharing profit and loss in the proportion 2:1 in the Joint Venture. P keeps accounts of joint venture. Q gave Rs. 5,000 to P for joint venture business. P prepared accounts and showed profit of Rs. 2,250. P settled Q’s account. In the books of Q, Rs. _______ profit is credited.
• Which of the following statements is/are true? (i) An error in casting the subsidiary books is an error of commission (ii) An error in wrong casting of the sales day book will not affect the personal accounts of debtors (iii) Mistake in transferring the balance of an account to the Trial Balance will not affect the agreement of the Trial Balance (iv) The mistake of treating a liability as an income or vice versa will not affect the agreement of a Trial Balance
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