Receipts and Payments Account Vs Income and Expenditure Account (R&P A/c Vs I&E A/c):-
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Basis of Comparison
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Receipts and Payments Account
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Income and Expenditure Account
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Nature
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Contains bank and cash transaction summary.
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Contains summary of income and expenses of current year
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Revenue and Capital
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Both revenue and capital transactions are recorded
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Only revenue transactions are recorded
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Debit Side
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Records cash and bank receipts are recorded
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Records expenses and losses incurred for the current accounting year
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Credit side
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Records payments received in form of cash and cheques
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Records incomes and gains during the current accounting year
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Account Type
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Real Account
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Nominal Account
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Accounting Period
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Records receipts and payments made during the year which may be
related to current, previous or next accounting year
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Records only the expenditure and income made during the current
accounting year
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Object
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Shows the cash position of NPO
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Shows the net results in terms of deficits or surplus
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Depreciation
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Non-cash items like depreciation is not included
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Includes non-cash items like depreciation, bad-debts for determining
net profit or loss.
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Adjustment
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Before preparing financial statements the Payments and Receipts
received during the year can be adjusted.
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Cash and non-cash transactions can be adjusted
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System
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Cash basis
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Accrual Basis
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Receipts and Payments Account Vs Income and Expenditure Account:-
Nature
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Contains bank and cash transaction summary.
|
Contains summary of income and expenses of current year
|
Revenue and Capital
|
Both revenue and capital transactions are recorded
|
Only revenue transactions are recorded
|
Debit Side
|
Records cash and bank receipts are recorded
|
Records expenses and losses incurred for the current accounting period
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Credit side
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Records payments received in form of cash and cheques
|
Records incomes and gains during the current accounting period
|
Account Type
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Real Account
|
Nominal Account
|
Accounting Period
|
Records receipts and payments made during the year which may be
related to current, previous or next accounting year
|
Records only the expenditure and income made during the current
accounting year
|
Object
|
Shows the cash position of NPO
|
Shows the net results in terms of deficits or surplus
|
Depreciation
|
Non-cash items like depreciation is not included
|
Includes non-cash items like depreciation, bad-debts for determining
net profit or loss.
|
Adjustment
|
Before preparing financial statements the Payments and Receipts
received during the year can be adjusted.
|
Cash and non-cash transactions can be adjusted
|
System
|
Cash basis
|
Accrual Basis
|

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