The CUET UG Accountancy syllabus is designed to assess a student’s understanding of fundamental accounting concepts and practical application of financial principles, aligned with the Class 12 curriculum prescribed by CBSE. It covers topics such as accounting for partnership firms, admission, retirement and death of a partner, dissolution of partnership, accounting for companies, issue and redemption of shares and debentures, and analysis of financial statements using ratios and cash flow statements.
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The syllabus emphasizes conceptual clarity, numerical problem-solving, and interpretation of financial data, enabling students to demonstrate both theoretical knowledge and analytical skills. The examination is conducted under the guidance of National Testing Agency and plays a crucial role in undergraduate commerce admissions across central universities.
Unit I: Accounting for Partnership
- Nature of Partnership Firm: Partnership deed (meaning, importance).
- Accounts of Partnership: Fixed v/s Fluctuating capital, Division of profit among partners, Profit and Loss Appropriation account, guarantee of profit to a partner, past adjustments.
In the CUET UG Accountancy syllabus, these topics introduce students to the foundational aspects of partnership accounting. The nature of a partnership firm includes understanding the partnership deed, its meaning, and its importance in defining partners’ rights, duties, and profit-sharing ratios. The syllabus further covers accounts of partnership, focusing on the difference between fixed and fluctuating capital methods, division of profits among partners, and preparation of the Profit and Loss Appropriation Account. It also emphasizes practical scenarios such as guarantee of profit to a partner and past adjustments, helping students develop accuracy and conceptual clarity required for examinations conducted by the National Testing Agency.
Unit II: Reconstitution of a Partnership firm
- Changes in profit sharing ratio among the existing partners – Sacrificing ratio and Gaining ratio.
- Accounting for Revaluation of Assets and reassessment of Liabilities and Distribution of reserves and accumulated profits.
- Goodwill: Nature, Factors affecting and Methods of valuation: Average profit, Super profit and Capitalisation methods.
- Admission of a Partner: Effect of admission of partner, Change in profit sharing ratio, Accounting treatment for goodwill, Revaluation of assets and reassessment of liabilities, Reserves adjustment/distribution of (accumulated profits) and adjustment of capitals.
- Retirement/Death of a Partner: Change in profit sharing ratio, Accounting treatment of goodwill, Revaluation of assets and reassessment of liabilities, Adjustment of Accumulated profits (Reserves), Preparation of deceased partner’s capital account and his executor’s account, Preparation of Loan Account.
Unit III: Dissolution of Partnership Firm
- Meaning, Settlement of accounts: Preparation of Realisation Account and related Accounts (excluding piecemeal distribution, sale to a company and insolvency of a Partner).
In the CUET UG Accountancy syllabus, this topic explains the meaning of dissolution of a partnership firm and the process of settlement of accounts at the time of dissolution. Students are required to learn the preparation of the Realisation Account and related accounts to record the sale of assets, payment of liabilities, and determination of profit or loss on dissolution. The scope is limited to standard cases, excluding piecemeal distribution, sale of business to a company, and insolvency of a partner, allowing learners to focus on core concepts and accurate accounting treatment as prescribed for examinations conducted by the National Testing Agency.
Unit IV: Company Accounts: Accounting for Share and Debenture Capital
- Features and type of companies.
- Share Capital: Meaning, Nature and Types
- Accounting for Share Capital: Issue and Allotment of Equity and Preference Shares; Over subscription and Under subscription; Issue at par and premium; Calls in advance, Calls in arrears, Issue of shares for consideration other than cash.
- Accounting treatment of Forfeiture of Shares and Re-issue of forfeited shares.
- Presentation of shares capital and Debentures in company’s balance sheet.
- Issue of Debenture – At par, premium and discount; Issue of debentures for consideration other than cash. Issue of debentures with terms of redemption, Debenture as collateral security- concept, Interest on debentures, writing off discount/Loss on issues of debenture.
Unit V: Analysis of Financial Statements
- Financial Statements of a Company: Preparation of simple financial statements of a company in the prescribed form with major headings and sub headings.
- Financial Analysis: Meaning, Significance, Purpose and Limitations.
- Tools for Financial Analysis: Comparative statements, Common size statements.
- Accounting Ratios: Meaning and Objectives and types: Liquidity Ratio, Solvency Ratio, Activity Ratio, Profitability Ratio.
- Cash Flow Statement: Meaning and Objectives, Preparation, Adjustments related to depreciation, amortization, dividend and tax, purchase and profit or loss on sale of noncurrent assets (as per revised standard issued by ICAI).
Optional to Unit V
Unit V: Computerised Accounting System
- Overview of Concept and Types of Computerised Accounting System (CAS).
- Features of a Computerised Accounting System, Advantages, limitations
- Structure of a Computerised Accounting System: chart of accounts, Codification and Hierarchy of account heads.
- Accounting information system (AIS).
- Accounting Applications of Electronic Spreadsheet.
- Features offered by Electronic Spreadsheet. Applications of Electronic Spreadsheet in generating accounting information, preparing reports using pivot Table, common errors in spreadsheet, depreciation schedule, loan repayment schedule, payroll accounting.
- Graphs and Charts in electronic spreadsheet for Business Data.