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Cost and Management Accounting
Notes
Task From the following particulars, prepare Trading, Profi t & Loss account and a
balance sheet.
Current ratio -3
Liquid ratio -1.8
Bank overdraft - ` 20,000
Working capital - ` 2,40,000
Debtors velocity -1 month; Gross profit ratio -20%
Proprietary ratio (Fixed assets/shareholders’ fund) -.9
Reserves and surpluses -.25 of share capital
Opening stock - ` 1,20,000; 8% Debentures -` 3,60,000
Long term investments -` 2,00,000
Stock turnover ratio -10 times
Creditors velocity -1/2 month
Net profit to share capital -20%
Self Assessment
State whether the following statements are true or false:
8. The stock turnover ratio expresses the speed of converting the stock into cash.
9. Higher the duration shows greater the effectiveness in collecting the dues.
10. Greater the duration is better the liquidity management of the firm in availing the credit
period of the creditors and vice versa.
11.5 Solvency Ratios
Solvency ratios indicates company’s ability to meet its long-term liabilities. Therefore, these
ratios are also called long-term solvency ratios. The long-term liability of a company comprises of
debentures, long-term loans, unpaid installment on hire-purchase, and long-term creditors. The
long-term creditors take interest in those ratios which highlight the long-term fi nancial position
of the company so that they may ensure regarding the repayment of their principal amount on
maturity as well as regular interest on their dues. For this purpose the following solvency ratio
are calculated:
11.5.1 Debt-equity Ratio
It is the ratio expresses the relationship between the ownership funds and the outsiders’ funds.
It is more specifically highlighted that an expression of relationship in between the debt and
shareholders’ funds. The debt-equity ratio can be obviously understood into two different
forms:
1. Long-term debt-equity ratio
2. Total debt-equity ratio
Let us understand each of them one by one.
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