
Concept explainers
Lease: Lease refers to the transfer of the right to use of an asset for a specific period of time. This transfer can be for a short or long period of time.
Capital Lease: A capital lease refers to an agreement in which lessee pays installments to the lessor periodically to use a particular asset. The ownership of the asset is transferred to the lessee, after the maturity of the agreement.
Journalizing: It is the process of recording the transactions of an organization in a chronological order. Based on these journal entries recorded, the amounts are posted to the relevant ledger accounts.
Accounting rules for journal entries:
- To increase balance of the account: Debit assets, expenses, losses and credit all liabilities, capital, revenue and gains.
- To decrease balance of the account: Credit assets, expenses, losses and debit all liabilities, capital, revenue and gains.
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