Trading Account Format
Particulars Amount Particulars Amount
To opening stock By sales
To purchase Less: Returns
Less: returns By Closing stock
To direct expenses:
Freight & carriage
Custom & insurance
Wages
Gas, water & fuel
Factory expenses
Royalty on production
To Gross profit c/d
Prepare a trading account for the year ending March 31, 2016, from the following particulars:
Particulars Amount Particulars Amount
Stock (April 1, 2015) 20,000 Octroi duty 75
Drawings in goods by the
Cash purchases 30,000 500
proprietor
Expenses of taking
Credit purchases 20,000 25
delivery
Goods are given as
Purchases returns 1,000 100
charity
Cash sales 40,000 Carriage inward 1,450
Goods are given in
Credit sales 30,000 100
samples free of charge
Goods sent on
Loss of goods by fire 1,500 1,500
consignment at cost
Wages 400 Rent and taxes 500
Returns inwards 2,000 Discount 200
Commission on purchase 100 Commission 400
Closing stock 3,500 Travelling exp. 700
Particulars Amount Particulars Amount
By Goods sent on consignment
To opening stock 20,000 1,500
a/c
To purchase By sales
Cash purchase 30,000 30000 Cash sales 40000
Credit purchase 20,000 20000 Credit sales 35000
Less: Return outward 1,000 (1000) Less: Return inward (2000) 68000
Drawings 500 (500)
Goods as charity 100 (100)
Goods as sample 100 (100) 48300
To carriage inward 1,450 By P&L A/c (Loss by fire) 1,500
To wages 400 By closing stock 3,500
To commission on purchases 100
To Octroi duty 75
To Expenses of taking delivery 25
To Gross profit transferred to P.&LA/c 4,150
74,500 74,500