Amount received from sale of scraps by a charitable hospital is treated as:

Income

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Expense

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Assets

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Liability

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Solution

The correct option is A Income
Sale of scraps is a routine activity which generates indirect income for any entity whose sole objective is not to deal in scraps. Hence, amount received from sale of scraps by a charitable hospital is treated as an income and booked in the income and expenditure account.

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(Accounts of a Charitable Hospital)

Following information has been provided by “Janseva Charitable Hospital”, Latur. You are required to prepare Income and Expenditure Account for the year ending on 31/03/2013 and Balance Sheet as on that date.

Balance Sheet as on 01/04/2012
Liabilities	Amount Rs	Assets	Amount Rs
Capital Fund	10,37,000	Building	10,00,000
Bank Loan	6,00,000	Ambulance	3,50,000
Outstanding bill for Drugs	45,000	Stock of Drugs	35,000
		Hospital Equipments	2,95,000
		Cash in Hand	2,000
	16,82,000		16,82,000

Receipts and Payments Account for the year ending 31.03.2013
Dr.	Cr.
Receipts		Amount Rs	Payments	Amount Rs
To Balance b/d		2,000	By Purchases of Drugs	1,90,000
To subscription		2,10,000	By Salary of staff	85,000
To Life Membership Fees		27,500	By Honararium to Doctors	3,85,000
To Hospital Receipts		5,20,900	By Repairs and Maintenance	17,900
(Revenue)			By Furniture	40,000
			By General Expenses	12,600
			By Balance c/d	29,900
		7,60,400		7,60,400

Adjustments:

1) On 31/03/2013 stock of Drugs was valued Rs 20,000.

2) Depreciate Building @ 5% p.a. and Ambulance by Rs 20,000

3) Life Membership Fees are to be capitalized.

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