Profit and Loss Appropriation Account has the following features:
(A) It is merely an extension of the Profit and Loss Account of the firm.
(B) It shows how the profits are appropriated or distributed among the partners.
(C) It starts always with the net profit as per Profit and Loss Account.
(D) All adjustments in respect of partner's salary, partner's commission, interest on capital, interest on drawings, etc. are made through this account.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Profit and Loss Appropriation Account has the following features:
(A) It is merely an extension of the Profit and Loss Account of the firm.
(B) It shows how the profits are appropriated or distributed among the partners.
(C) It starts always with the net profit as per Profit and Loss Account.
(D) All adjustments in respect of partner's salary, partner's commission, interest on capital, interest on drawings, etc. are made through this account.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Solution
Statements (A), (B) and (D) describe the account correctly. Statement (C) fails because the account does not always begin with net profit; where the firm suffers a loss it starts with the net loss, so the word always makes it incorrect.
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