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Q.EF Ltd. invited applications for issuing 4000, 10% debentures of ₹ 100 each at a premium of ₹ 10 per debenture. The amount was payable as follows : On application — ₹ 40 per debenture On allotment — ₹ 70 per debenture (including premium) The debentures were fully subscribed and all money was duly received. Pass necessary journal entries for the above transactions in the books of EF Ltd.

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EF Ltd. issued 4,000, 10% debentures of ₹100 each at ₹10 premium; application money ₹40 and allotment money ₹70 (including premium) were received, requiring three journal entries: application receipt, allotment call (with premium transfer), and allotment receipt.


Concept and Accounting Treatment

When a company issues debentures at a premium, the accounting follows the same logic as share capital: the face value goes to the Debentures Account (a liability), while the premium is credited to Securities Premium Reserve Account (a capital reserve under shareholders' funds, per Schedule III of the Companies Act, 2013). The issue is split into stages—application and allotment—and each stage triggers a journal entry.

The treatment:

  1. On receipt of application money: Debit Bank (asset increases), credit Debenture Application & Allotment Account (a temporary liability holding the money until debentures are formally issued).
  2. On allotment: Debit Debenture Application & Allotment Account for the amount called (including premium), credit 10% Debentures Account for the face value, and credit Securities Premium Reserve for the premium. This entry recognizes the liability (debentures) and the capital reserve (premium).
  3. On receipt of allotment money: Debit Bank, credit Debenture Application & Allotment Account.

The Debenture Application & Allotment Account is a combined account (many textbooks use separate Application and Allotment accounts, but the question's phrasing and the two-stage call structure allow a single account). After all receipts, this account closes to nil.

Why this sequence? The application receipt is a cash inflow before any obligation is created. Allotment creates the debenture liability and separates the premium into its reserve. The final receipt completes the cash collection.


Solution: Journal Entries

DateParticularsL.F.Debit (₹)Credit (₹)
Bank A/c1,60,000
To Debenture Application & Allotment A/c1,60,000
(Being application money received on 4,000 debentures @ ₹40 per debenture)
Debenture Application & Allotment A/c4,40,000
To 10% Debentures A/c4,00,000
To Securities Premium Reserve A/c40,000
(Being allotment made on 4,000 debentures @ ₹110 per debenture, including premium of ₹10 per debenture, and application money adjusted)
Bank A/c2,80,000
To Debenture Application & Allotment A/c2,80,000
(Being allotment money received on 4,000 debentures @ ₹70 per debenture)

Working Notes

W.N. 1: Application money received

Application money=4,000×₹40=₹1,60,000\text{Application money} = 4{,}000 \times ₹40 = ₹1{,}60{,}000

W.N. 2: Allotment call (total amount due per debenture)

Each debenture is issued at ₹110 (₹100 face value + ₹10 premium). Application money already received is ₹40, so the balance due on allotment is:

₹110−₹40=₹70 per debenture₹110 - ₹40 = ₹70 \text{ per debenture}

Total allotment call:

4,000×₹110=₹4,40,0004{,}000 \times ₹110 = ₹4{,}40{,}000 …

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