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61 Nonprofit Accounting Questions And Answers

41⟩ Suppose if assume we paid 50/- as an advance for worth or 100/- goods, but our supplier sent only up to 25/- worth of goods. Know my question is that we want to close the transaction now and how it possible? What about VAT like Tax Setups in AP and AR? What about the SWEEP command in AP?

First, there should not be assumptions in transactions. If you received 25 of worth in exchange of 50 advances, you can close it for a temp. The transaction entry would be...Supplier A/c Debit 25Received Goods A/c Debit 25Cash paid A/c Credit 50.

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42⟩ Define Provision?

Provision means liabilities it means payable account A it's an very useful for controlling payable accounts like telephone charges, ESIC accounts, EPF accounts, A EPF payable accounts Dr to EPF accounts ESIC payable accounts Dr to ESIC account.

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43⟩ Define marginal cost?

The marginal cost of an additional unit of output is the cost of the additional inputs needed to produce that output. More formally, the marginal cost is the derivative of total production costs with respect to the level of output. Marginal cost and average cost can differ greatly. For example, suppose it costs $1000 to produce 100 units and $1020 to produce 101 units. The average cost per unit is $10, but the marginal cost of the 101st unit is $20The Econ Model applications Perfect Competition and Monopoly emphasize the roles of average cost and marginal cost curves. The short movie Derive a Supply Curve (40 seconds) shows an excerpt from the Perfect Competition presentation that derives a supply curve from profit maximizing behavior and a marginal cost curve.

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46⟩ Which steps you would take before approving an invoice for payment?

Following steps should be taken.

1) Validate the invoice once it matched for checking any holds.

2) If workflow is implemented, then initiate approval for the invoice. Once the invoice is approved/Approval not required (status in case WF is not implemented) you can go for payments.

3) Create accounting after approval of invoice. Finally, for payments you need to format and build.

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47⟩ Can you described the meaning of invoice?

Invoice is a statement which contains the under mentioned details compulsorily:

1. Invoice Number

2. Invoice date

3. Name and address of the person

4. Name and address of the person to whom invoice is made (Buyer of goods and service)

5. Description of goods / services involved

6. Applicable rates and taxes with percentages

7. Rate of the goods / services

8. Quantity of the goods and services

9. Quality or any other specifications

10. Price / Value of the goods and services

11. Invoice must be signed by the person making it

12. Terms and conditions of making the payment

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48⟩ What is FBT?

The tax payable on a non-salary benefit provided to an employee or an associate of the employee. The employer is liable to pay any FBT and may choose to recover the FBT amount from the employee.

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49⟩ Explain your role in planning?

It is a common question in interview, based on CV Planning is a group work, so we find what work we done on the planning process. Every work is group work so we find what work we done in every part of Accounting.

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50⟩ How to do credit control?

1. Make the creditor, your debtor

2. For good creditor, give discounts & offers

3. For bad creditor, inform your position of willingness but inability to sustain relationship keeping in mind our business position.

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51⟩ Explain bank reconciliation statement?

A Bank reconciliation statements are prepared if balance of bank account as shown in cashbook differs from balance as shown in passbook. This statement shows the reasons or transactions because of which balances as shown in cashbook and passbook are not tallying with each other.

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52⟩ Described extraordinary items?

Transactions that happened due to catastrophic events i.e. unusual circumstance example: earthquake, flood, tsunami etc are called extraordinary items.

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53⟩ Described fictitious assets?

These are like intangible assets, which cannot be seen or touched. Actually, these are not assets but some expenditure, which cannot turn to profit and loss account of a particular period that is why these items are shown on assets side of balance sheet to be written off to P&L account in reasonable years.

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54⟩ Define premises in accounting sense?

Premises is and Fixed Assed in the accounting sense which is shown in the balance sheet in final accounts Vat adjustment is out put tax - input tax the vat which is paid on purchase will be deducted from vat collected from sales this adjustment is known as vat adjustment.

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55⟩ Described the functions of manger -accounts and manager-finance? Explain in detail?

When we see their difference from broad organizational review, the function of accounts manager are- The approval of the accounting system utilization and calculated amounts in supportable documents ,for example in journal vouchers and the approval of the accounting method. Also, change of the accounting procedures of the company.

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56⟩ Explain shadow balance?

Shadow Balance in bank accounts is the balance unto which the subsequent debits can be posted.

Shadow Balance = Book Balance - Debit (yet to be authorized for posting).

Example: Book balance is 1000. There is a debit of 500. The debit is posted in the system and is sent for authorization. Now the Account shows a Shadow Balance of 500.

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57⟩ Can you define premises in accounting sense?

Premises is and Fixed Assed in the accounting sense which is shown in the balance sheet in final accounts Vat adjustment is out put tax - input tax the vat which is paid on purchase will be deducted from vat collected from sales this adjustment is known as vat adjustment.

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58⟩ Explain meant by balancing?

Balancing means equalizing debit and credit side totals in a T-account.

If there is a deficit on side that is, debit, or credit a suspense account is opened with the balancing figure.

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59⟩ Explain turnover?

The turnover refers to the sales volume for a specific period like quarterly, semi annually or annually. It can be measured with sales volume figure or no. of days taken.

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60⟩ Explain operative accounts?

Operative Accounts means Account is running/operating regularly, transaction is running from the account (debit/credit and deposit/withdrawal from account) this is known as Operative Account.

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