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Accounting Principles
Companies: Share capital
and the balance sheet
Learning objectives
Companies: An overview
Separate legal
entity
Continuous life
and
transferability
of ownership
No mutual
agency
Limited
shareholder
liability
Separation of
ownership and
management
Company
taxation
Government
regulation
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Companies: An overview
Forming a company
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Issuing shares
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Account title
Dr
Jan 2
20000000
Cr
20000000
Account title
Dr
Jan 2
Building (A+)
20000000
Cr
20000000
Account title
Dr
Jan 2
12000000
Application (L+)
Cr
12000000
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Account title
Dr
Jan 20
12000000
5000000
Cr
17000000
Jan 20
Cash (A+)
12000000
12000000
Account title
Dr
Jan 30
Cash (A+)
5000000
Allotment (A)
Cr
5000000
Account title
Dr
Cr
3000000
3000000
3000000
3000000
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Forfeiture of shares
If a shareholder does not pay a call on shares when it is due, then
those shares may be forfeited. If shares are forfeited, the person
who owned them is no longer a shareholder and loses the amount
previously paid to the company
Date
Account title
Dr
Cr
400000
60000
340000
Account title
Dr
May 1
350000
50000
Cr
400000
May 2
290000
290000
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Retained earnings
Then they close the final profit from the Income summary
account to the Retained earnings account
Date
Account title
Dr
Cr
100000
100000
60000
60000
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Account title
Dr
May 1
6000
Cr
6000
20000
20000
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Evaluating operations
Income tax payable = Taxable income from the tax return filed
with the ATO Income tax rate
Summary: