BUS356: Scarborough Ltd issues a prospectus inviting the Public to Subscribe for 3 Million Ordinary Shares at a Price of $5.50 Each: Contemporary Financial Accounting Assignment, MU, Singapore

Individual Assignment

Scarborough Ltd issues a prospectus inviting the public to subscribe for 3 million ordinary shares at a price of $5.50 each. The terms of the issue are that $3.00 is to be paid on application and the remaining $2.50 within one month of allotment.

Applications are received for 5 million shares during July 2020. The directors allot 3 million shares on 5 August 2020. All applicants receive shares on a pro-rata basis. The amounts payable on the allotment are due by 5 September 2020.

By 5 September 2020, the holders of 50,000 shares have failed to pay the amounts due on allotment. The directors forfeit the shares on 10 September 2020. The shares are resold on 15 September 2020 as fully paid up for a price of $4.75 and incurred costs of $1,500. 

Required:

1. Provide the general journal entries necessary to account for the above transactions and events. (provide brief narrations).

Provide written, researched answers to the following two questions. Answers are to be reference where appropriate and is required to be a maximum of 500 words for both questions.

2. What is meant by a forfeited shares reserve? What does it mean if a company has created a forfeited share reserve? (reference your answer where appropriate).

3. Explain what kind of an account a forfeited share account is and why (reference your answers where appropriate).