Due to non-payment of call money, a company has forfeited shares which were issued at premium earlier and the premium amount has been received on those shares. How securities premium reserve account will be shown in the journal entry of forfeiture of shares ?
Due to non-payment of call money, a company has forfeited shares which were issued at premium earlier and the premium amount has been received on those shares. How securities premium reserve account will be shown in the journal entry of forfeiture of shares ?
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 2
Securities Premium once actually received cannot be cancelled on forfeiture, since Section 52 does not permit its reversal in this manner. It is written back only when the premium itself remains unpaid. Here the premium has been duly received, so the Securities Premium Reserve Account does not appear at all in the forfeiture entry.
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