Discounting of Bills

A drawer or the seller draws a bill of exchange on the drawee or the purchaser in order to ensure that the latter will pay him the amount due. However, if the holder or the drawer of the bill of exchange needs funds or money before the due date or the maturity date of the bill, he may opt for Discounting of Bills.

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Discounting of Bills

The drawer may discount the bill with the bank before the due date. The bank charges discounting charges from the drawer at a certain rate.

Thus, at the time of discounting the bank deposits the net amount after charging such amount of discount in the account of the holder of the bill.

The discount is an expense for the holder of the bill. Whereas, it is a gain or income for the bank.

Discount = Amount of bill x \(\frac{Rate of interest or discount}{100}\) x \(\frac{Remaining period to maturity}{12}\)

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Journal Entries for Discounting of Bills of Exchange

In the books of Drawer

Date	Particulars		Amount (Dr.)	Amount (Cr.)
1. Discounting the bill with the bank	Bank A/c (amount actually received)	Dr.
	Discount A/c  (amount of discount)	Dr.
	To Bills Receivable A/c
	(Being bill discounted with the bank)
2. Transfer of discount to P&L A/c	Profit and Loss A/c	Dr.
	To Discount A/c
	(Being transfer of discount to P&L A/c
3. Honor of bill	No entry
4. Dishonor of bill	Drawee’s A/c	Dr.
	To Bank A/c
	(Being dishonor of bill)

 In the books of Drawee

Date	Particulars		Amount (Dr.)	Amount (Cr.)
1. Discounting the bill with the bank	No entry
2. Honor of bill	Bills Payable A/c	Dr.
	To Cash/ Bank A/c
	(Being  payment made against the bill)
3. Dishonor of bill	Bills Payable A/c	Dr.
	To Drawer’s A/c
	(Being bill dishonored)

 In the books of Bank

Date	Particulars		Amount (Dr.)	Amount (Cr.)
1. Bill is discounted with the bank	Bill discounted A/c	Dr.
	To Customer’s current A/c
	To Discounting on bill A/c
	(Being bill discounted)
2. Honor of bill	Cash A/c	Dr.
	To Bill discounted A/c
	(Being honor of bill)
3. Dishonor of bill	Customer’s current A/c	Dr.
	To Bill discounted A/c
	(Being dishonor of bill on due date)

 

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Solved Example For You

On 1^st November 2018, Varun draws a bill of ₹5000 for 3 months on Sonil which he accepts. Varun discounts it with the bank at a discount of @ 12% p.a., as he was in need of cash. On the due date, the bill was dishonored and the bank paid noting charges of ₹50. However, Varun settles the claim of the bank in cash. Show necessary journal entries in the books of Varun.

Ans.

In the books of Varun

Journal Entries

Date	Particulars		Amount (Dr)	Amount (Cr)
1 Nov	Bills Receivable A/c	Dr.	5000
	To Sonil’s A/c			5000
	(Being bill received from sonil)
1 Nov	Bank A/c	Dr.	4850
	Discount A/c	Dr.	150
	To Bills Receivable A/c			5000
	(Being discounting the bill with the bank)
3 Feb	Sonil’s A/c	Dr.	5050
	To Bank A/c			5050
	(Being dishonor of bill and noting charges due from Sonil)
3 Feb	Bank A/c	Dr.	5050
	To Cash A/c			5050
	(Being settlement of bank dues)

Working notes:

Discount = Amount of bill x \(\frac{Rate of interest or discount}{100}\) x \(\frac{Remaining period to maturity}{12}\)

= 5000 x \(\frac{12}{100}\) x \(\frac{3}{12}\)

= 150