A public limited was incorporated on 1 October 2009 to take over a business as a going concern as from 1 April 2009. The purchase price of the business for such acquisition was fixed on the basis of the balance sheet of the firm as at 31 March 2009 but the agreement provided that the vendors would get 80% of the profits earned prior to 1 October 2009 as compensation. The company’s accounts were made up to 31 March each year and the summarized trading and profit and loss accounts for the year ended 31 March 2010, disclosed the following results:

Particulars

 

Particulars

 

To Materials

3,72,000

By Net Sales

5,20,000

Consumed

 

By Stock:

 

To Manufacturing

97,000

Finished Goods

98,000

Wages

 

Incomplete

12,000

To Misc. Expenses
of Manufacture

37,200

Goods

 

To Carriage

12,600

 

 

Inwards

 

 

 

To Gross Profit c/d

1,11,200

 

 

 

6,30,000

 

6,30,000

To Salaries &

36,600

By Gross Profit b/d

1,11,200

Establishment

 

 

 

Charges

 

 

 

To Office

5,500

 

 

Expenses

 

 

 

To Director”s Fees

3,600

 

 

To Bad Debts

4,600

 

 

To Debentures

2,500

 

 

Interest

 

 

 

To Commission &

15,600

 

 

Discounts

 

 

 

To Carriage

3,200

 

 

Outwards

 

 

 

To Depreciation

20,600

 

 

To Net Profit for the Year

19,000

 

 

 

1,11,200

 

1,11,200

Further information available was that sales made by the company amounted to Rs.2,32,000. Bad debts amounting to Rs.2,200 were written off prior to 1 October 2009.

Prepare a statement showing the profits earned prior to and after incorporation. State also the amount of profits prior to 1 October 2009 payable to the vendors. How should the company deal with its share of profits in the year ending 31 March 2010.