The balance of Income and Expenditure account represents:

The balance of cash on that date.

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The total cash receipts during the period.

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The total cash payments during the period.

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The excess of expenditure over income and vice-versa.

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Solution

The correct option is D The excess of expenditure over income and vice-versa.
Income and expenditure is a nominal account, It is similar to profit and loss account. It either represents deficit or surplus at the end of the year. Therefore, it either shows surplus that is excess of income over expenditure or deficit which is excess of expenditure over income.

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RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT for the year ending 31st March, 2019
Dr.				Cr.
Receipts	₹	Payments	₹
To Balance b/d:		By Charity	1,15,000
Cash in Hand	1,15,000	By Rent and Taxes	32,000
Cash at Bank	1,26,000	By Salary	60,000
To Donations	90,000	By Printing	6,000
To Subscriptions	4,28,000	By Postage	3,000
To Legacies Donations	1,80,000	By Advertisements	45,000
To Interest on Investment	45,000	By Insurance	20,000
To Sale of old Newspaper	2,000	By Furniture	2,16,000
		By Investment	2,30,000
		By Balance c/d:
		Cash in Hand	99,000
		Cash at Bank	1,60,000

	9,86,000		9,86,000

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
Dr.				Cr.
Receipts	₹	Payments	₹
To Balance b/d:		By Charity	1,15,000
Cash in Hand	1,15,000	By Rent and Taxes	32,000
Cash at Bank	1,26,000	By Salary	60,000
To Donations	90,000	By Printing	6,000
To Subscriptions	4,28,000	By Postage	3,000
To Legacies	1,80,000	By Advertisements	45,000
To Interest on Investment	45,000	By Insurance	20,000
To Sale of old Newspaper	2,000	By Furniture	2,16,000
		By Investment	2,30,000
		By Balance c/d:
		Cash in Hand	99,000
		Cash at Bank	1,60,000


	9,86,000		9,86,000

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT for the year ended 31st March, 2018
Dr.				Cr.
Receipts	(₹)	Payments	(₹)
To Balance b/d	31,900	By Rent	16,800
To Entrance Fees	5,500	By Wages	24,500
To Subscriptions	1,80,000	By Lighting Charges	7,200
To Donations	16,500	By Books	24,800
To Life Membership Fees	25,000	By Medicines (Polio Eradication Project)	1,00,000
To Government Grant (Polio Eradication Project)	2,00,000	By Salaries to Doctors(Polio Eradication Project)	80,000
To Proceeds of Seminar	23,200	By Office Expenses	45,000
To Interest on Deposits	2,400	By 8% Fixed Deposits	1,20,000
		(On 1st October, 2017)
		By Seminar Expenses	20,200
		By Cash in Hand	26,000
		By Bank A/c (Polio Eradication Project)	20,000


	4,84,500		4,84,500

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