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Explain Each Real Account and Nominal Account With Examples
Explain Each Real Account and Nominal Account With Examples
o Furniture Account
o Land Account
o Machinery Account
o Building Account
o Goodwill Account
o Patents & Trade Marks Account
Nominal Account is an account of incomes or expenses
Types of Nominal account
o Salary Account,
o Commission Paid/Received Account,
o Telephone Expenses Account,
o Wages Account,
o Printing & Stationery Account,
Interest Paid/Received Account
Nominal account;- Debit all expenses and losses ,credit all incomes and revenues
An individual
Recording
Classifying
Summerising
Interpretation
Accounts payble ;-Ap is an accounting entry that represents an entity’s obligation to pay off a short term debt to its
creditors. Accounts payable are the debits that must be paid off within a given period to avoid default.
Journal entry
To A ltd.
3. Accrued income ;-
Accrued income account debit
To income account
4. Started business with cash
Cash account debit
To capital account
5. Goods withdrawn by owner
Drawing a/c debit
To purchase a/c
6. Sold furniture for cash
Cash account Debit
To sales a/c
7. Goods given as charity
Charity a/c Dr.
To purchase a/c
8. Bad debts: Bad debts denote the amount lost from debtors to whom the goods were sold on credit.
Bad debts arise from a customer’s failure to pay the amount owed to the business from a prior credit sale.
Journal entry for Bad Debts Loss
Bad debts a/c Dr.
To Debtors a/c (Ram’s account) Or bills receivable a/c
9. Journal Entry for Bad Debts Recovered
Bank Account Debit
To Bad Debts Recovered Account Credit
Give an example of compensating error
Which accounting principle requires,,that same accounting methods should be used from one period to another
Consistency
Personal transactions are distinct from business transactions in accordance with which accounting assumption?
Separate entity concept
Credit note;- It is an intimation sent to a person dealing with the business that his account is being credit for the purpose
indicated there in.
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Trading account
The account which is prepared to determine the gross profit or gross loss of a business concern is called trading account.It
takes only those expenses which are directly related with core operations of the business concern.
It should be noted that the result of the business determined through trading account is not true result. The true result is the
net profit or the net loss which is determined through profit and loss account.
Accounting standards
They are used for financial reporting.accounting standards specify how transactions & other events are to be
recognized,measured presented & disclosed in financial statements
An accounting standard is a guideline for financial accounting such as how a company prepares & presents its business
income,expenses,assets,liablities.
o Compare the items appearing in the bank column of the cash book with the item appearing in the bank pass book.
o Tick off the items in the pass book with the entries in the cash book. A list of unticked items either in cash book
or pass book will be found.
o Add or deduct items from the balance which has been taken as a starting point.
o The resultant figure will be the balance as shown by the pass book or vice versa.
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Mention what are things will not be included in bank reconciliation statement?
What are the reasons for the difference in the balances as shown by the cash book and the pass book?
o Cheques deposited into the bank but not yet collected and credited.
o Bank Charges.
Error of omission
Error of principle
Error of commission
Compensating error
Accrued income
It is an income earned by the business but not yet been collected by the firm.
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Suspense account
The suspence account is an account to which the difference in the trial balance has been put temprorily
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