Question 281 markMCQSection A

Subscribed and fully paid capital of Dharma Ltd. will be :

Accounting for Share Capital
Subscribed and Fully Paid Capital, Share Forfeiture

Options

(A)Rs. 9,00,000
(B)Rs. 8,30,000
(C)Rs. 8,56,000
(D)Nil

Official answer

Correct option: (B) Rs. 8,30,000.


  • Total shares subscribed = 90,000. Shares forfeited (partly paid, hence excluded from 'fully paid') = Aditi's 4,000 + Rohit's 3,000 = 7,000 shares.
  • Shares that are fully paid = 90,000−7,000=83,00090,000 - 7,000 = 83,000 shares.
  • Subscribed and fully paid capital = 83,000 × Rs. 10 = Rs. 8,30,000.
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Marking scheme

  1. 1.1 mark for selecting (B) Rs. 8,30,000 with the correct underlying computation of fully paid shares (83,000).

Hint

Subtract the forfeited shares (4,000+3,000=7,0004,000 + 3,000 = 7,000) from the total subscribed 90,000 before multiplying by the face value.

Quick oral answer

83,000 of the 90,000 subscribed shares had their full Rs. 10 received (the other 7,000 were forfeited), so subscribed and fully paid capital = 83,000×1083,000 \times 10 = Rs. 8,30,000.

Common mistakes

  1. 1.Treating all 90,000 subscribed shares as fully paid without excluding the 7,000 forfeited shares.
  2. 2.Confusing 'subscribed and fully paid' with the total Share Capital figure shown in the Balance Sheet (which also adds back the Forfeited Shares Account).

Analysis and explanation

Under Schedule III, subscribed capital splits into 'Subscribed and fully paid' and 'Subscribed but not fully paid'. After forfeiture, the shares of Aditi and Rohit are no longer part of the subscribed share capital — their partly-received money instead sits in the Share Forfeiture Account.


Why (B) is correct


  • Only the 83,000 shares on which the full Rs. 10 per share was received remain classified as 'subscribed and fully paid': 83,000×1083,000 \times 10 = Rs. 8,30,000.

Why the distractors are wrong


  • (A) Rs. 9,00,000 treats all 90,000 shares as fully paid, ignoring the 7,000 forfeited shares.
  • (C) Rs. 8,56,000 does not correspond to any consistent share count at Rs. 10 face value.
  • (D) Nil would be true only if no shares at all were fully paid, which is incorrect here.

Interesting facts

'Subscribed but not fully paid' is a temporary category — once shares are forfeited (as here) or the call money is finally received, they move out of that category entirely.

Schedule III requires this fully-paid/not-fully-paid split to be disclosed even though both amounts together simply reconcile to total called-up capital.

Question details

Q28 of 39 questions

Board
CBSE
Class
Class 12
Subject
Accountancy
Year
2026
Section
Section A
Marks
1
Type
MCQ
Chapter
Accounting for Share Capital
Topic
Subscribed and Fully Paid Capital, Share Forfeiture
Bloom's level
apply
Syllabus topic
Unit 1: Accounting for Companies — Accounting for Share Capital: Subscribed Capital (Fully Paid vs Not Fully Paid), Forfeiture of Shares
Author
CBSE
Reviewed by
Padhantu Academic Team

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Frequently asked questions

Why are the forfeited shares excluded from 'subscribed and fully paid'?

Because forfeited shares are no longer 'subscribed' shares outstanding in a shareholder's name — the amount received on them before forfeiture is instead held in the Share Forfeiture Account until the shares are reissued.