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Station Balance sheet – All About Indian Railway Finance and Accounts

· 2021-11-08
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Topicreservation
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Station Balance sheet – All About Indian Railway Finance and Accounts

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All About Indian Railway Finance and Accounts
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Station Balance sheet
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The Station Balance Sheets, which are prepared separately for Coaching and Goods
transactions in the form prescribed for the purpose by each Railway
Administration, are the ‘personal accounts’ of the Station Master.  The term
‘Balance sheet’ is inappropriate as no assets and liabilities are reported here. As
such, it is a ledger account of SM in the nature of a personal account.
Normally, each station prepared at least one balance sheet where goods
transactions  are not existing. In major stations, separate balance sheets are
prepared for PRS, UTS, Goods, Parcels etc., In case no truncations take place at a
station , a ‘nil’ balance sheet to be sent to Traffic Accounts Branch. If Balance Sheet
is not received from station , traffic accounts branch prepares an Approximate
Station Balance Sheet from the available data and returns. Non receipt of balance
sheets is to be taken up with DRMs/Sr.DCMs periodically as it affects correct
accountal, compilation of earnings of Zonal Railway.
In recent times, On Line submission of Station Balance Sheet program is taken up
by certain Zonal Railways through CRIS and if the same is implemented
completely all over IR  would lead to faster compilation of accounts . This will
provide faster information to GM/Railway Board for their decision making and
planning ways and means position
.          Check of Coaching Balance Sheet  in Traffic Accounts is an important
function  and the same to be carried out carefully and professionally and any
delays, laxity in this area may lead to non-detection of irregularities like short
remittance of earnings, non-remittance of earnings, non-submission of returns
etc., which may lead to leakage of revenues besides suppressing of irregularities,
like temporary misappropriation of earnings.
The following table presents items of Coaching Balance sheet and internal check of
each item in traffic accounts.

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CHART SHOWING HOW GOODS BALANCE SHEETS ARE CHECKED
WITH ACCOUNTS DOCUMENTS AND RETURNS
DEBITS
 
 
Items in Balance Sheet
 
Returns or Accounts
documents with
which checked
 
1
Opening balance
1
Closing balance of Balance
Sheet for the
previous month.
 
2
Local Goods Money Coal
outwards ’Paid’
 
2
Local goods/money coal Paid
statement
3
Through Goods/Money Coal
outwards ’Paid’
 
3
Through Goods/Money Coal
Paid statement.
 
4
Stamped Indemnity Bonds
4
Schedule of stamped
Indemnity Bonds
5
Siding charges
5
Statement of Siding charges
6
Crane charges
6
Statement of Crane charges
7
Demurrage and Wharfage, etc.
charges.
 
7
Returns of
Demurrage/Wharfage charges
8
Error Sheets and
disallowances
8
Register of Error Sheets issued
and list of errors.
 
9
Terminal Tax
9
Statement of Terminal Tax
 CREDITS

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Items in Balance Sheet
 
Returns or Accounts documents
with which checked
 
1
Cash
1
Cash remittance notes (Com/C.9
revised) as consolidated in the
cash register (A
2721)
 
2
Vouchers
2
Original vouchers as
consolidated in the Vouchers
Register (Paragraph 2728)
 
3
Special Credits
3
Special Credits.
3. a
Overcharge
3.a
Checked overcharge sheets
3.b
Re-booking
3. b
Machine statement of invoices
bearing Code No.6 and
statement of ‘Paid-on’
charges complied in the
Accounts Office.
 
3. c
Credit authorized by
Accounts Office
3. c
Credit Advice Notes (A. 2811).
3. d
Refunds allowed at the time
of
delivery of goods.
 
3. d
Check lists of Refunds
 
 
 
3. 

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