How to show a joint bank account in an individual's balance sheets

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A B Kundu

Professional

917 Points Posted on 13 September 2018

If a Savings Bank Account has 3 Joint Holders - A, B, C (Father and his two sons) and three of them have made their respective transactions through this account only. B is the 1st holder.

A is salaried person, B has professional income and some investment income and C has mostly investment income in this account. Regarding the expenses - most of the expenses are personal drawing in nature and few of it are related to B's professional expense.

Now, if I require to prepare Balance Sheet of three of them, then how to show this bank account in each of their balance sheets and at which balance?

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CA Raj Doshi

Practising CA

5649 Points Posted on 13 September 2018

Show the bank in the first holder account only and pass Journal entry for current asset , current liability as payable to or receivable from other join holders.

Practical solution hereafter is -
Open separate bank accounts and do the transactions separately.

Don't show bank balance in all the three accounts as you will not be able to allocate bank charges , saving bank interest to the three holders.

RAJA P M

"Do the Right Thing...!!!"

77833 Points Posted on 13 September 2018

Yes... I agreed to Mr Raj C Doshi.,

@ Mr A B Kundu.,

The account number using for 1st holder's ITR.
Better to seggeregate the transactions and to prepare Journal entry from A to B & C.