Class 12 Accountancy — Chapter 1: Accounting for Share Capital
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What you'll learn
- ▸Nature and Features of a Company
- ▸Kinds of Companies
- ▸Categories of Share Capital
- ▸Accounting for Issue of Shares
- ▸Oversubscription of Shares
- ▸Forfeiture and Reissue of Shares
Chapter Summary
--- PAGE 1 --- 12128CH01 Accounting for Share Capital 1 LEARNING OBJECTIVES A company form of organisation is the third stage in the evolution of forms of organisation. Its After studying this chapter, capital is contributed by a large number of persons you will be able to : called shareholders who are the real owners of the company. But neither it is possible for all of them to • explain the basic nature participate in the management of the company nor of a joint stock company considered desirable. Therefore, they elect a Board as a form of business of Directors as their representative to manage the organisatio…
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- What is the feature of a company that allows it to exist irrespective of changes in its membership? Get Solution →
- The capital amount which a company is authorized to issue by its Memorandum of Association is known as what? Get Solution →
- What acts as the official signature of a company since it is an artificial person? Get Solution →
- In a company limited by shares, the liability of a member is limited to what? Get Solution →
Did you know?
- 💡 The very first companies were created to fund dangerous overseas trading expeditions.
- 💡 Some companies are legally considered "persons" but cannot eat or sleep.
- 💡 The oldest continuously operating company in the world is over 1400 years old.
- 💡 Buying a single share of a company means you own a tiny part of it.
- 💡 Many early companies had special seals, like a unique fingerprint, for official papers.
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