Railway Accounts Department Examinations

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Bookkeeping - Accounting Cycle (Miniature Model)

 Bookkeeping  - Accounting Cycle

 (Miniature Model) 


Five Stages

1.       Transactions

2.       Journal Entries

3.       Ledger

4.       Trial Balance

5.       Final Accounts

 

1.        Transactions in ABC Ltd.

 

·         Started Business with Rs. 100

·         Cash Purchases – Rs. 50 (50 units)

·         Cash Sales  -  Rs. 60  (40 units)

·         Wages – Rs. 5

·         Salaries – Rs. 5

·         Furniture purchased – Rs. 20

·         Depreciation on Furniture – Rs. 5

·         Loan from Krishna – Rs. 20

·         Interest on Loan – Rs. 2

             Adjustments: Closing Stock – Rs. 10

2.       Journal Entries

Date

Particulars

LF

Dr

Cr

 

Cash A/c Dr

  To Capital

 

100

 

100

 

Purchases A/c Dr

  To Cash

 

50

 

50

 

Cash A/c Dr

  To Sales

 

60

60

 

Wages A/c Dr

  To cash

 

5

 

5

 

Salaries A/c Dr

  To Cash

 

5

 

5

 

Furniture A/c Dr

  To cash

 

20

 

20

 

Depreciation A/c Dr

  To Furniture

 

5

 

5

 

Cash A/c Dr

  To Krishna

 

20

 

20

 

Interest A/c  Dr

  To Cash

 

2

 

2

 

3.       Ledger

 

Capital A/c

Dr

 

Cr

Date

Particulars

JF

Amount

 

Date

Particulars

JF

Amount

 

To Balance c/d

 

100

 

 

By Cash

 

100

 

Total

 

100

 

 

Total

 

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Balance b/d

 

100

 

Cash A/c

Dr

 

Cr

Date

Particulars

JF

Amount

 

Date

Particulars

JF

Amount

 

To Capital

 

100

 

 

By Purchases

 

50

 

To Sales

 

60

 

 

By Wages

 

5

 

To Krishna

 

20

 

 

By Salaries

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Furniture

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Interest

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Balance c/d

 

98

 

Total

 

180

 

 

Total

 

180

 

To Balance b/d

 

98

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases A/c

Dr

 

Cr

Date

Particulars

JF

Amount

 

Date

Particulars

JF

Amount

 

To Cash

 

50

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

50

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales A/c

Dr

 

Cr

Date

Particulars

JF

Amount

 

Date

Particulars

JF

Amount

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Cash

 

60

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

60

 

Wages A/c

Dr

 

Cr

Date

Particulars

JF

Amount

 

Date

Particulars

JF

Amount

 

To cash

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries A/c

Dr

 

Cr

Date

Particulars

JF

Amount

 

Date

Particulars

JF

Amount

 

To cash

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Furniture A/c

Dr

 

Cr

Date

Particulars

JF

Amount

 

Date

Particulars

JF

Amount

 

To Cash

 

20

 

 

By  Depreciation

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Balance c/d

 

15

 

Total

 

20

 

 

Total

 

20

 

To Balance b/d

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation A/c

Dr

 

Cr

Date

Particulars

JF

Amount

 

Date

Particulars

JF

Amount

 

To Furniture

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Krishna A/c

Dr

 

Cr

Date

Particulars

JF

Amount

 

Date

Particulars

JF

Amount

 

To Balance c/d

 

20

 

 

By Cash

 

20

 

Total

 

20

 

 

Total

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Balance b/d

 

20

 

Interst A/c

Dr

 

Cr

Date

Particulars

JF

Amount

 

Date

Particulars

JF

Amount

 

To Cash

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.       Trial Balance

                                                                                Trial Balance

SN

Particulars

LF

Dr

Cr

1

Capital

 

 

100

2

Cash

 

98

 

3

Purchases

 

50

 

4

Sales

 

 

60

5

Wages

 

5

 

6

Salaries

 

5

 

7

Furniture

 

15

 

8

Krishna

 

 

20

9

Depreciation

 

5

 

10

Interest

 

2

 

 

Total

 

180

180

 

5.       Final Accounts

                                               Trading A/c of ABC ltd for the year ending______

Dr

 

Cr

SN

Particulars

 

Amount

 

SN

Particulars

 

Amount

 

To Purchases

 

50

 

 

By Sales

 

60

 

To Wages

 

5

 

 

By Closing Stock

 

10

 

To Gross Profit

(c/d to P & L A/c)

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

70

 

 

Total

 

70

 

                                                                  Profit & Loss A/c of ABC Ltd for the year ending____

Dr

 

Cr

SN

Particulars

 

Amount

 

SN

Particulars

 

Amount

 

To Salaries

 

5

 

 

By Net Profit

(b/d from Trading A/c)

 

15

 

To Depreciation

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Interest

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Net Profit

(C/d to Capital)

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

15

 

 

Total

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

                                                         Balance Sheet of ABC ltd as on 31st March _____

Liabilities

 

Assets

SN

Particulars

 

Amount

 

SN

Particulars

 

Amount

 

Capital

100

 

 

 

Furniture

 

15

 

+ Net Profit

3

103

 

 

Cash

 

98

 

Sundry Creditors

 

20

 

 

Closing Stock

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

123

 

 

 

 

123

 

 

 

 


Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Budget Order & Expenditure Order

 Budget Order: 


  • Order by means of which was voted by Parliament & approved by President, communicated by Railway Board & Zonal Railway. 


Expenditure Order: 


  • When orders are issued by the Railway Board authorising the Railway administrations to incur expenditure to a certain extent over and above the allotment sanctioned for them, they should be taken as Expenditure Order as distinct from “Budget Order”


Custody Stores

 Custody Stores


  • Consists of items obtained for the Mechanical Dept for the construction of Rolling Stock sanctioned under RSP

  • Received directly by Mechanical Dept.

  • Payments made by the Workshop Accounts Officer

  • Responsibility of proper numerical records of Receipts, Issues & balance are kept by the Mechanical Dept

  • But Responsibility of safe custody of Custody Stores,  by the Stores Dept attached to the Production Unit /Workshop.

  • Periodical check of Stock cards & Material Schedules is exercised by the ASVs with copies of receipts and issue notes received by them. 


Accountal 


  • Debit to the cost to Work in question.

  • Credit to the Purchase Suspense


On Receipt: 


  • Receipt Notes - prepared in 4 foils printed on different color than those in use of Stores Dept for easy identification. 

  • Distribution of 4 copies


  • 1st copy  -  Office copy

  • 2nd copy - Firm (who supplies the stores)

  • 3rd copy - Workshop Accounts Office 

  • 4th copy - Workshop Progress Office ( as an intimation that stores can be drawn when needed, when the particulars of receipt of stores are entered on the copy of Material Schedule. 


On Issue: 


  • Authority: Pink Issue tickets/Pink Workshop Issue Notes signed by the Supervisor. 

  • 4 copies


  • 1st copy - Office copy

  • 2nd, 3rd & 4th  -  Sent to DMS/DSK who checks them with Pink Issue Ticket, sign all 3 copies and return 3rd and 4th to Workshop SSE and retain 2nd copy as Stores Dept copy

  • 3rd copy - Mechanical Dept

  • 4th copy - Accounts Office. 

Note: However, due to computerization (iMMS), the above procedure may be simplified/customised accordingly.


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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

First Centralized AC Railway Terminal - Bangalore

First Centralized AC Railway Terminal - Bangalore


  • India’s First Centralized Air Conditioned Railway Terminal

  • At Bangalore ( Baiyappanahalli )

  • Named after one of the foremost civil engineers, Bharat Ratna Sir  M. Visvesvaraya

  •  To meet the ever increasing demand for new trains

  • Sanctioned in 2015-16

  • Cost - Rs. 300 Crores (Approx)

  •  It decongest the existing Railway Stations at KSR Bengaluru and Yesvantpur.

  • Airport like facade

  •  State-of-the-art passenger amenities

  • 4200 Sq Meters area

  • Daily footfall - 50 thousand

  • Can operate 50 trains daily

  • Grand canopy over the Station Building concourse (like in Airports)

  • Fully AC entrancy Lobby

  • Good parking facility

  • 7 Platforms (along with 8 stabling lines and 3 pit lines)

  • Food courts, Escalators, Lifts, FOB, Subways

  • Water recycling plant - 4 Lakh liters capacity per day