Assistant manager (management trainee)
59 Points
Joined August 2011
helo dear , there are mainly two types of reserves which is created in the books for some speceial perposes.
GENERAL RESERVE : is created from the current period profit's .In which generaly some money is set asside for future distribution as dividend,
and some time this reserve is credited an amount for complince of some legal provision as % of current profit ,for example
1. for paying the dividend in excess of some pre defined % ( like on above 20% of current profit )
2. for retaining some fix amount in lock in period .
this reserve is utilised mainly for issuing the fully paid up shares to its present shareholders as BONUS SHARES
CAPITAL RESERVE ; is created from the past rofits or from the re construction of capital structure of the organisation
or by the transaction of sale of old fixed assets or by the revaluation of assets & liability ,etc.
this reserve is utilised mainly in future for having finacial help in rehabilitisation of properties i.e. assets of organisation and setting off capital losses.