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Chapter 1 NPO Basics
Chapter 1 NPO Basics
Learning Objectives
The study of this Chapter would enable you to understand:
➢ Meaning and Concept of Not – for – Profit Organisation
➢ Characteristics or features of Not – for – Profit Organisation
➢ Difference between Not – for – Profit Organisation and Profit Earning Organisation
➢ Meaning and Features of Receipts and Payments Account
➢ Difference between Receipts and Payments Account and Cash book
➢ Meaning and Features of Income and Expenditure Account
➢ Difference between Income and Expenditure Account and Profit and Loss Account
➢ Difference between Receipts and Payments Account and Income and Expenditure Account
➢ Preparation of Balance Sheet
➢ Fund Based Accounting
➢ Preparation of Income and Expenditure Account and Balance sheet from Receipts and
Payments Account with additional information
Financial Statements of Not - for - Profit Organisation: Not-for-Profit Organisation prepares annual or final
accounts showing the financial transactions of the organisation for its members and to comply with statutory
requirements (i.e. Legal requirements).
Financial Statements or Final accounts of a Not-for-Profit Organisation include:
1. Receipts and Payments Account
2. Income and Expenditure Account and
3. Balance Sheet
1. Receipts and Payments Account: Receipts and Payments account is a summary of cash and bank
transactions of not–for–profit organisations prepared at the end of each financial year (Accounting period)
shown under appropriate heads of accounts.
It is a real account in nature. The receipts and payments account begins with the opening balances of cash and
bank and ends with closing balances of cash and bank. All cash receipts are shown on the debit side and all cash
payments are shown on the credit side of this account.
All cash receipts and cash payments whether of capital or revenue nature will be recorded in the receipts and
payments account. They may relate to the current year or the previous years or the subsequent years. It means
that irrespective of the period for which the amount is received or paid, it is recorded if cash is received or paid
during the year.
Note: Adjustments for Outstanding expenses; Prepaid expenses; Accrued income or Income received in
advance; Bad debts and Non–cash items such as depreciation are not shown in receipts and payments
account since it is prepared on cash basis of accounting, i.e. Transactions and events which have been
received or paid in cash are shown in the account.
✓ Capital Receipts: Capital receipts are those receipts which are not revenue receipts or are receipts for the
purpose specified by the donor.
Examples: Life Membership Fee; Corpus Donations; Building Fund; Receipts from sale of Fixed Assets;
Legacies; Specific donations; Special funds; Tournament fund; Prize fund; etc.
✓ Capital Expenditure: Capital expenditure is an expenditure the benefit of which extends beyond one
accounting period, i.e. it spreads over more than one accounting period. It results in the acquisition of assets
which in the case of Not-for-Profit Organisations, are used for the furtherance of its activities.
Examples: The cost of land and building and any additions thereto. Purchase of sports equipment; Purchase
of books for library; etc.
✓ Revenue Receipt: Revenue receipts are those receipts which are received / earned as an income by the Non-
Profit Organisation from their activities / operations.
Examples: Entrance Fee; Subscription for the year from members; General Donations; Rent Received; Sale
of old Newspapers; Interest on investment; Interest on fixed deposit; Sale of (old) sports materials;
Collection or receipts relating to: a) Tournament; b) Sports; c) Matches; d) Entertainments; e) Dinner; etc.
✓ Revenue Expenditure: Revenue expenditure is that expenditure benefit of which expires within the
accounting period. In the context of Not-for-Profit Organisations, revenue expenditure means expenditure
incurred for social or charitable activities for which it is set up but excluding the capital expenditure.
Examples: Salaries to staff; Rent; Educational grants; Honorariums paid; Sports material used; Insurance;
etc.
By Repayment of Loan
By Bank charges
Receipts Payments
By Laboratory expenses
By Exhibition expenses
By Grass seeds
2. Income and Expenditure Account: Not-for-Profit Organisation are not setup for the purpose of earning
Profit. Therefore, they don’t prepare Profit and Loss Account. Instead, they prepare Income and Expenditure
Account at the end of the accounting period to determine Surplus or Deficit by matching its Revenue receipts
with Revenue Expenses.
Income and expenditure account is a summary of income and expenditure of a not–for–profit organisation
prepared at the end of an accounting year. It is prepared to find out the surplus or deficit pertaining to a
particular year.
It is a nominal account in nature in which items of revenue receipts and revenue expenditure, relating to the
current year alone are recorded. It is prepared following the accrual basis of accounting.
It is just like preparing a profit and loss account. In this account, incomes are shown on the credit side whether
they have been received or not and expenses are shown on the debit side whether they have been paid or not.
Apart from cash items, non-cash items such as income accrued but not received (Subscriptions outstanding),
loss or gain on sale of fixed assets, depreciation, outstanding expenses, prepaid expenses, etc. will also be
recorded.
Capital Receipts (incomes) / Capital Expenditures are not considered while preparing Income and Expenditure
Account.
It helps to enable the members to know the working of the organisation and to know whether its income is
sufficient to meet its expenses. It can be prepared from a given receipts and payments account.
Note: The difference between the two sides is either Surplus or Deficit.
Surplus: When total of credit is more than the total of debit side. (i.e. Income side is greater than the
expenditure side)
Deficit: When total of debit is more than the total of credit side. (i.e. Expenditure side is greater than the income
side).
➢ Format of Income and Expenditure Account.
To Postages / Postage and Courier / Postage By Sale of old Newspapers / Sale of waste
Charges papers
To Stationery / Stationery Purchased By Profit on sale of Fixed Assets
To Honorarium By Receipts and Payments, A/c
To Honorarium to secretary / Coaches By Income & Expenditure
To Doctor's Honorarium By Profit on Entertainment
To Telephone Expenses By Accrued interest on fixed deposit /
investments
To Repairs / Repairs and Renewals By Hire of ground
To Depreciation By Sale of old bats, balls etc
To Loss on sale of Fixed Assets By Interest received from bank
To Sports / Medicine / Stationery / Materials By Sale of drama tickets / Proceeds of
used (Consumed) drama tickets
To Electricity Charges / Lighting Charges By Proceeds from Seminar / Profit from
Seminar
To Salaries / Staff salary By Current year Outstanding Subscriptions
To Salaries of Nurses (Add with current year Subscriptions)
To Salaries and Wages By Previous year Outstanding Subscriptions
To Wages and Salaries (Less with current year Subscriptions)
To Salaries to doctors (Polio eradication By Subscriptions Received in Advance at
project) the beginning of the year (Add with current
year subscription)
By Subscription Received in advance at the
end of the year (Less with current year
Subscriptions)
Expenditure Income
To Prize distributed
To Marking and repairing of Tennis court
To Meeting Expenses
To Books and Periodicals
To Governor's Party Expenses
To Rent and Taxes
To Rent, Rate and Taxes
To Sports Material Written off
IMPORTANT NOTE
✓ It should be noted that income and Expenditure Account doesn’t have any opening
balance. Closing balance is either Surplus or Deficit which is transferred to Capital
Fund which is also known as General Fund / Corpus Fund / Accumulated Fund on the
liability side of the Balance Sheet.
✓ Income and Expenditure Account records only the Revenue receipts and payments
pertaining to the current accounting period, however income and expenditure relating
to the preceding (Previous) or succeeding (Next) accounting periods are excluded
while preparing the Income and Expenditure Account.
❖ Difference between Income and Expenditure Account and Profit and Loss Account
Basis Income and Expenditure Account Profit and Loss Account
1. Object Object of income and Expenditure Object of Profit and Loss Account is
Account is to determine Surplus i.e. to determine Net Profit earned or Net
excess of income over expenditure or Loss incurred.
deficit, i.e. excess of expenditure over
income
2. Prepared by It is prepared by Not for profit It is prepared by business enterprises
organisations
3. Method It is prepared from the Trial Balance, It is prepared from the Trial Balance
where complete set of books of and other information
accounts are maintained or from the
Receipts and Payments Account and
other information, where complete set
of books of accounts are not maintained
4. Balance The balance in the account is termed as The balance in the account is termed
Surplus or Deficit as Net Profit or Net Loss
➢ Difference between Receipts and Payments Account and Income and Expenditure Account
Basis Receipts and Payments Account Income and Expenditure Account
1. Purpose Purpose of the account is to show Purpose of the account is to show net
difference between two sides showing result of activities undertaken during
cash and bank balances at the end the year resulting in surplus or deficit
2. Nature It is a classified summary of cash It is like a Profit and Loss Account
transactions showing receipts and (Nominal Account).
payments under different heads for the
period (Real Account)
3. Form Debit side of this account records Debit side of the account records
receipts and credit side records expenses and losses and credit side
payments. records income and gains.
4. Balance Balance in the beginning is cash in hand There is no balance in the beginning.
and bank balance in the beginning and Balance at the end is either surplus or
balance at the end is cash in hand and deficit, which is transferred to capital
bank balance at the end. fund
5. Capital and It records Receipts and Payments during It records income and expenditure of
Revenue items the year of both capital and revenue only revenue relating to the current
nature. accounting period.
6. Contents It shows Receipts and Payments during It shows income and expenditures of
the year whether they relate to past, the current year alone.
current or succeeding (next) year.
7. Adjustments It is based on cash system of accounting. It is based on accrual system of
Hence, no adjustments are made. accounting. Hence, adjustments are
made for prepaid expenses,
outstanding expenses, accrued income
and income received in advance.
8. Depreciation It does not record non - cash items, It records non-cash items,
eg. Depreciation. eg. Depreciation
✓ Difference between Receipts and Payments Account and Cash Book
Basis Receipts and Payments Account Cash Book
1. Basis It is a summary of cash book and is It records each transactions of receipt t
prepared from the cash book. and payment separately.
2. Period Receipts and Payments account is Cash book is maintained on daily
prepared at the end of accounting basis.
year.
3. Date Transactions are not shown date wise but
Transactions are recorded date wise
are shown in summarised form, i.e.; in the cash book.
summarising transactions of one nature
together
4. Institutions It is prepared by the Not-for-Profit It is prepared by all organisations be
Organisation. it Not-for-Profit-Organisation or an
enterprise.
5. Side Under it, there are receipts and Cash book is divided into debit and
payments sides instead of debit and credit side.
credit side.
6. Ledger Folio There is no column for Ledger Folio. Cash book has a separate column for
Ledger Folio.
2. Prepaid Expenses: Any expenses paid during the current year which includes a portion of
expenses payable for the next year is known as Prepaid Expenses. Prepaid Expenses amount has
to be deducted from the respective expenses made during the current year on the debit side of
Income and Expenditure Account. Prepaid Expenses will appear on the Asset side of the Balance
Sheet.
2. Life Membership Fee: Life Membership Fee is accounted as a Capital Receipt and added to Capital Fund in
the liabilities side of the Balance Sheet. It is not accounted as income because a life member pays membership
fee once and avails services all through his life.
3. Special Receipts: Special Receipts means receipts of amount for special occasions. For example, contributions
received for annual dinner. Such contributions are credited to separate account (Annual Dinner Account in this
case) and expenses against these receipts are debited to it. The balance is transferred to the Income and
Expenditure Account.
4. Donations: A charitable institution often receives donations. Donation received may be a general donation or
a specific donation.
(i) General Donation: General Donation is the donation in which the donor does not specify any condition for its
use. The amount of general donation is accounted as an income and credited to Income and Expenditure Account.
(ii) Specific Donation: In case the donor specifies the purpose for which the donation can be used, it is a Specific
Donation. For example, a donor donates Rs. 10,00,000 for a library. It means the donation received can be used
only for library, i.e., it is a specific donation. Specific donation is capitalised and is shown in the liabilities side
of the Balance Sheet.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Entrance/admission fees and general donations are shown as revenue receipts. Hence, they are credited to income
and Expenditure Account.
5. Legacy: Legacy is the amount received as donation by a Not-for-Profit Organisation under WILL of a deceased
person. The donor may or may not specify conditions for its use. In case, no condition is specified, it is accounted
as 'General Donation'. And if a condition is specified, it is accounted as 'Specific Donation'. It is accounted for in
the books of account as follows:
(i) General Donation: It is accounted as revenue receipt and thus, is credited to Income and Expenditure
Account.
(ii) Specific Donation: It is accounted as capital receipt and is credited to a specific 'Fund Account' maintained
for the purpose (e.g. Prize Fund). It is shown in the liabilities side of the Balance Sheet. It being a fund, principles
of Fund Based Accounting are applied, i.e., income relating to such fund is credited to the fund while expenses
are debited.
6. Grant: Grant received is a capital receipt and is shown in the Balance Sheet since it is received for a particular
purpose say to buy assets or to meet expenses say salaries. In the event of receipt of fund, Fund Based Accounting
is applied.
7. Sale of Used Sports Materials: Stock of Sports Material is shown in the assets side of the Balance Sheet.
Sports material consumed during the year is debited to Income and Expenditure Account and balance amount is
carried forward in the Balance Sheet.
In case, old sports material that was debited to Income and Expenditure Account is sold, the sale proceeds are
credited to Income and Expenditure Account, i.e., is shown as income.
In case, old sports material appears in the Balance Sheet and is sold, gain (profit) if any on sale of old sports
material (Sale Proceeds - Book Value) is credited to Income and Expenditure Account, i.e., is shown as income.
If the sale of old sports material results in a loss (Book Value - Sale Proceeds), it is debited to Income and
Expenditure Account.
8. Sale of Old Assets: Sale of an asset may result in gain (profit), if sale value is more than the book value; or
loss, if sale value is less than the book value; or neither profit nor loss, if sale value is equal to the book value.
Book Value of an asset as on the date of sale is determined after charging depreciation up to the date of sale. Sale
Value is credited to the Asset Account while gain (profit), if any, is credited or loss, if any, is debited to the
Income and Expenditure Account.
9. Sale of Old Newspapers: Amount paid for newspapers, magazines, periodicals, etc., is debited to Income and
Expenditure Account, it being a revenue expense. Thus, amount realised from sale of old newspapers, magazines,
periodicals, etc., is credited to Income and Expenditure Account.
10. Subscriptions: It is the amount paid by the members periodically (quarterly or half-yearly or yearly) so that
their membership remains alive. It is a source of income of Not-for-Profit Organisation.
Subscription received whether they relate to current, previous or next period, is shown in the debit side of the
Receipts and Payments Account.
Subscriptions relating to the current year whether received or not, are shown in the crédit side of the Income and
Expenditure Account.
Subscriptions not received, i.e., outstanding are shown in the assets side of the Balance Sheet. Subscriptions
received in advance for the following years are shown in the liabilities side of the Balance Sheet. Amount of
subscriptions to be shown in the Income and Expenditure Account is calculated as follows:
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To Entrance fees 43,000 By Honorarium to 25,000
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Cash in hand 20,000 By Salaries 75,600
Cash at bank 50,000 70,000 By Rent paid 4,800
To Subscriptions By Electricity 7,600
2018 – 19 7,000 expenses 30,000
2019 – 20 1,21,600 By Books Purchased 20,000
2020 – 21 5,200 1,33,800 By 10% Investments 25,600
By balance c/d 1,23,950
To Donation for building 70,000 Cash in hand
To Donation for Match 14,000 Cash at bank
To Entrance fees 4,000
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To Balance b/d By Rent 6,000
Cash in hand 500 By insurance premium 6,000
Cash at bank 1000 1500 By Sports material 4,000
To Subscription 10,000 purchased
To Entrance fees 10,000 By Newspapers and 1,200
To Life membership fees 10,000 Periodicals
To General Donations 10,000 By Furniture 10,000
To Locker Rent 4,000 By Salaries 14,500
To interest on 10% General 10,000 By Charity show 4,000
fund investment expenses 36,000
To Sale of old news papers 100 By Balance c/d
To proceeds from charity 25,900 Cash in hand 32,000
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To Sale of sports material
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Cr – Rs.77,700
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2. Specific donations – eg. Donation for Building; Donation for matches; Donation
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2) Specific fund: eg) Sports funds; Tournament funds; Match fund; Building fund; Pavillion fund;
Prize funds
All specific funds will be recorded in the Liability side of Balance sheet
However, any amount (Expenses) that exceeds the amount of the available fund should be
shown on the debit side of Income & Expenditure A/c.
Case 1
During the year 01.04.2020 – 31.03.2021 = Received Donation for Match Rs. 2,50,000
Rs. 4,00,000
Rs. 4,00,000
Rs. 4,00,000
Balance Rs. 10,000 will be shown on the debit side of Income & Expenditure A/c
Note: 1. If any amount from the specific fund is invested under any schemes, then the amount so
invested must be shown on the Asset side of the balance sheet.
2. The investments made will fetch some returns in the form of interest (Interest on investment)
such interest amount should be taken to the liability side of balance sheet and must be added along
with specific fund amt. and later deduct the expenses if any.
Rs. 4,00,000
4,00,000
4,15,000
8) Balance sheet as at ……
9) Balance sheet as at ……
Note: In NPO Final Accounts preparation includes Preparation of Income & Expenditure A/c and
Balance sheet
10) Case 1
Balance sheet as at ……
Balance sheet as at ……
Liabilities Amount Assets Amount
Rs. Rs.
Match Fund 1,00,000 68,000 Investment of Match 60,000
Add: Interest on 3,000 fund investments
Match fund investments
1,03,000
Less: Match Expenses 35,000
Case 3: Everything remains constant as per case 2 except your Match expenses
Match expenses – Rs. 1,04,000
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Expenditure Amount Income Amount
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To Match expenses 1,000
Balance sheet as at ……
Liabilities Amount Assets Amount
Rs. Rs.
Match Fund 1,00,000 68,000 Investment of Match 60,000
Add: Interest on 3,000 fund investments
Match fund investments
1,03,000 -
Less: Match Expenses 1,03,000
05-07-2021
1,68,000
Add: Accrued interest
6,000
1,74,000
Less: Tournament expenses
12,000
Note: If the item belongs to an Receipt category show them on the asset side of balance sheet
and if it is a payment in nature show them on the liability side of the balance sheet.