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Amrit Ltd. issued a prospectus inviting applications for 20,000 shares at a premium of Rs. 2 per share payable as follows : {:("On Application","Rs. 5 (including premium)"),("On Allotment","Rs. 4"),("On Call","Rs. 3"):} Applications were received for 30,000 shares and pro-rata allotment made on applications for 24,000 shares. Excess money paid on applications for these shares was utilised towards allotment money. Atul, who applied for 600 shares failed to pay the allotment money and on his subsequent failure to pay the cll, his shares were forfeited. Pass the necessary entries in the books of Amrit Limited.

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Solution :Amount received on allotment Rs. 58,500, Balance of Share Forfeiture A/c Rs. 2,000.
Hint : (1) As Atul had APPLIED for 600 Shares,
he must have been ALLOTTED `600xx(20,000)/(24,000)=500` shares.
(2) Entry for the forefeiture of shares :
`{:("Share Capital A/cDr.5,000",),("To Share Allotment A/c","1,500"),("To Share Ist & Final CALL A/c","1,500"),("To Share Forfeiture A/c","2,000"):}`


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