Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Accountancy

Chapter

Accounting for Shares

Question:

Which of the following account is credited with the amount received on the share application and allotment?

Options:

Share Application & Allotment A/c

Share Application A/c

Share Capital A/c

None of these

Correct Answer:

Share Application & Allotment A/c

Explanation:

Sometimes a combined account for share application and share allotment called ‘Share Application and Allotment Account’ is opened in the books of a company. The combined account is based on the reasoning that allotment without application is impossible while application without allotment is meaningless. These two stages of share capital are closely inter-related. When a combined account is maintained, journal entries are recorded in the following manner:
Bank A/c Dr.
   To Share Application and Allotment A/c
(Money received on applications for shares @ Rs. _____ per share).