X and Co. Ltd. absorbed the business of Y and Co. Ltd., as a going concern as
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X and Co. Ltd. absorbed the business of Y and Co. Ltd., as a going concern as at 31st March, 2018 the assets and liabilities of the latter company on that date being as under :The terms of the agreement were :
(a) That, for every 10 equity shares of Y and Co. Ltd., X and Co. Ltd., issued 12 fully paid equity shares of ₹10 each and paid ₹10 in cash;
(b) That, the preference shareholdes of Y and Co. Ltd. were paid at a premium of 5% by the issue of 6% preference shares of X and Co. Ltd. at par;
(c) That, all assets and liabilities were taken over except cash to the extent of ₹3,000 which was left for meeting realisation expenses;
(d) That, plant and machineries were only re-valued at ₹1,83,000 other assets and liabilities remaining at their book values. You are required to give the closing journal entries in the books of Y and Co. Ltd. and opening journal entries in the books of X and Co. Ltd.
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Financial Accounting Volume II
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