Y Ltd. forfeited 40 shares of Rs 10 each issued at a premium of 40% to Mr. Ramesh who had applied for 48 shares. After having paid Rs 6 (including Rs 2 premium), he did rot pay allotment money of Rs 2 (including Re 1 premium) and on his subsequent failure to pay the first call of Rs 3 (including Re 1 premium) his shares were forfeited. The amount to be credited to Forfeited Shares Account is _______.
Forfeiture amount per share is the amount to be received by the company on forfeiture of each share.
ForfeitureAmount=Applicationpershare
Substitute the values in the above equation
ForfeitureAmount=Rs6
Forfeiture amount is the money received by the company on forfeiture (cancellation of share) or on the reissue of share.
TotalshareforfeitureAmount=Sharesforfeited×Forfeitureamount
Substitute values in the above equation
TotalshareforfeitureAmount=48shares×Rs6=Rs288
Thus, the amount to be credited to share forfeiture account is Rs288 while shares are being forfeited or canceled.