Identify the correct order of showing following current assets in Balance sheet of a company:
(A) Other current assets
(B) Inventories
(C) Current Investments
(D) Trade receivables
(E) Cash and Cash Equivalents
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (C), (B), (D), (E), (A)
Schedule III to the Companies Act, 2013 fixes the order in which current assets are shown in a company’s Balance Sheet:
(C) Current Investments — first, item (a) of the format.
(B) Inventories — second, item (b).
(D) Trade receivables — third, item (c).
(E) Cash and Cash Equivalents — fourth, item (d).
(A) Other current assets — last, item (f); short-term loans and advances, item (e), are not in the list given.
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