Retention money

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07 August 2015 DEAR SIRS WE ARE A CONTRACTOR COMPANY DOING CONSTRUCTION WORK.WE ARE RAISING RUNNING BILLS & CUSTOMER IS DEDUCTING WCT, TDS & RETENTION 5 % FROM THIS. SIR IN WANT TO KNOW THAT IF RETENTION MONEY IS PART OF INCOME. AND HOW TO PASS ENTRY FOR THIS. AS THIS MONEY WILL RECEIVE TO US AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD.

07 August 2015 Sundry debtors retention money Dr
To income Cr.

07 August 2015 SIR A BILL IS PASSED FOR 4433376

I HAVE MADE ENTRY

DEBITOR A/C DR 4433376
SALES A/C CR 4304249
WCT TAX CR 129127

07 August 2015 SIR A BILL IS PASSED FOR 4433376

I HAVE MADE ENTRY

DEBITOR A/C DR 4433376
SALES A/C CR 4304249
WCT TAX CR 129127

then another entry
retention a/c dr 221669
debitors a/c cr 221669

in this methods this retention money is taken as income but we do not want to take this as income

i have create the retention money a/c in curretnt assest
kindly help

07 August 2015 Entry is OK keep the retention amount in debtors ac till it is paid.

07 August 2015 You can keep retention amount in separate account but you should take it as income.

07 August 2015 DEAR SIR THANKS FOR THE GUIDANCE. IF I DNT WANT TO TAKE IS AT INCOME THEN I SHOULD PASS A ENTRY BY

SALES A/C CR
RETENTION MONEY DR

07 August 2015 The entry is Sales ac Dr
to Retention money ac Cr.

08 August 2015 THANKS SIR .IF SALES A/C DOES NOT MATCH WITH THE TDS DEDUCTED AS IN 26 AS , IT WILL BE A CASE OF SCRUITANY. KINDLY GUIDE

08 August 2015 Then treat retention money as income.


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