Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Accountancy

Chapter

Accounts for Non Profit Organsiation

Question:

Which of the following will be shown in Income and Expenditure statement of a NPO?

Options:

Subscriptions received for current year.

Subscriptions received for previous year in the current year.

Subscriptions received for next year in the current year.

All of the above

Correct Answer:

Subscriptions received for current year.

Explanation:

The correct answer is option 1- Subscriptions received for current year.

Subscription is a membership fee paid by the member on annual basis. This is the main source of income of such orgnisations. Subscription paid by the members is shown as receipt in the Receipt and Payment Account and as income in the Income and Expenditure Account. It may be noted that Receipt and Payment Account shows the total amount of subscription actually received during the year while the amount shown in Income and Expenditure Account is confined to the figure related to the current period only irrespective of the fact whether it has been received or not.