Question

A limited company forfeited 300 shares of Mr. X who had applied for 500 shares on account of non-payment of allotment money Rs 3 + 2 (premium) and first call Rs 2. Only Rs 3 per share was received with application. Out of these 200 shares were re-issued to Mr. Y as fully paid shares for Rs 8 per share excluding premium. The Profit on re-issue is __________.

• A. Rs 1,500
• B. Rs 200
• C. Rs 600
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is B Rs 200

Forfeiture amount per share is the amount to be received by the company on forfeiture of each share.

$ForfeitureAmount=ApplicationAmount$

Substitute the values in above equation

$ForfeitureAmount=Rs3$

Forfeiture amount is the money received by company on forfeiture (cancellation of share) or on the reissue of share.

$ForfeitureAmount=No.ofshares\times ForfeitureAmount$

Substitute the values in the above equation

$ForfeitureAmount=300\times 3=Rs900$

$ForfeitureAmountfor200shares=200\times 3=Rs600$.

$ForfeitureAmountforreissuedshares=200\times 0=Rs0$

Profit on the reissue is the profit earned by the company when the forfeited shares are reissued

$Profitonreissue=ForfeitedAmountonforfeiture-Forfeitedamountonreissue$

Substitute the values in the above equation

$Profitonreissue=Rs600-Rs0=Rs600$

Hence, the profit earned on the reissue of shares is Rs $600$.