The Balance Sheets of Hot Ltd. and Cold Ltd. as on 31st March, 2016 were as follows:
Question:
The Balance Sheets of Hot Ltd. and Cold Ltd. as on 31st March, 2016 were as follows:
Profits earned for the half-year ended on 30th September, 2015 were :
Hot Ltd. ---- ₹ 2,05,000; Cold Ltd. ---- ₹ 1,08,000.
The above profits have been arrived at after charging depreciation at 5% per annum on building, 15% per annum on machinery and 10% per annum on furniture. On 30th August, 2016 both companies declared and paid 15% dividend on equity shares for 2015-16. Goodwill of Cold Ltd. has been valued at ~ 1,00,000 and other fixed assets at 10% above their book values on 31st March, 2015. Preference shareholders of Cold Ltd. are to be allotted 10% preference shares of ₹ 100 each of Hot Ltd. and equity shareholders of Cold Ltd. are to receive requisite number of equity shares of Hot Ltd. valued at ₹ 15 per share in satisfaction of their claims. Prepare the Balance Sheet of Hot Ltd. as of 30th September, 2016 assuming absorbtion is throught by that date.
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Corporate Accounting As Per The Companies Act 2013 Including Rules 2014 And 2015
ISBN: 9789352605569
2nd Edition
Authors: M Hanif, A Mukherjee