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What will be the accounting treatment of outstanding expenses in the Income and Expenditure A/c.

(A) Added in main or concerned head

(B) Subtracted from main head

(C) Shown in Balance-Sheet as Liability

(D) Will not be shown in Income and Expenditure A/c

(E) Shown in Receipt and Payment A/c only

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 1

Outstanding expenses are (A) added to the concerned expense head in the Income and Expenditure A/c (to reflect accrual) and (C) shown on the liabilities side of the Balance Sheet as a current liability. Hence A and C are correct.

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